Graham (G4FUJ) Posted May 20 Share #23401 Posted May 20 Advertisement (gone after registration) 2 hours ago, pippy said: Only if you promise to be my Riding Mechanic every time I take it out for a spin! 😸 Philip. Wilson's right. I have a friend here who has built up his own GTC, so there is some mechanical sympathy out here in Gloucestershire. He has a lot of experience with Reliant cars, GTE and earlier. Part of his business was servicing, repairing and restoring them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pippy Posted May 20 Share #23402 Posted May 20 (edited) 2 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: Check to see if it is a Tamworth or Middlebridge car. If it is Tamworth and automatic, I would give it a miss for reasons I have already posted. 50 years of clogging arteries is unlikely to have improved matters. Personally I would probably rather have a Volvo P1800E, because they are beautifully put together... Yes. The P1800ES is a very pretty car indeed! There was a gorgeous example which used to be seen around here finished in a very dark shade of sea-blue/green metallic and with pale fawn(?) leather interior. Absolutely stunning. I don't know much about them as far as from an owner's point of view is concerned. An old friend once had the regular P1800 coupé and was known to complain about the lovely looks not being matched by the mediocre performance. He ended up selling it and it was replaced by a BMW 2002 Ti (or possibly a Tii?). That made him a happier bunny. At my stage in life 'Performance' from a family car isn't exactly high up on the 'want' list. It would need to be interesting enough but hardly a rocket-ship. I can just imagine the face of SWMBO if I bought a 50-year-old car! The poor dear went through enough when our daily-driver was my warmed-over 914 with semi-track suspension, a peaky cam, a pair of twin Weber 40s and absolutely nothing left of the heater plumbing whatsoever. We used to drive it up to central Scotland for Christmas with my family each year! Somewhat understandably she hated that car with a passion. In any case we are hoping that our next car will be left-hand-drive but that's another story entirely... Philip. Edited May 20 by pippy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 20 Share #23403 Posted May 20 At one point when the UK tax rules changed for company cars, if your company acquired a classic car for you that was over 10 years ago, the benefit in kind calculation, was far more favourable than a new car and at the end of three years you could buy it from your company at the written down price. I looked at getting a Bristol. I spoke to a couple of outfits that worked on and/or restored Bristols. I was looking at a 411 or a 603. The advice I was given that if I was looking for a car to use everyday, just don't. Mainly electrical problems. Two of the cars I saw being repaired had had electrical fires and suffered severe under bonnet damage. In the end I opted for a 1986 E24 BMW M635, one of only two built with a ZF 5 speed auto box. Unfortunately like all the e24 6 series, the bodywork made by Bauer, had little to nothing in the way of Rustproofing and when rust broke through the tops of both front wings, I had it repaired and swapped it for a 1995 E34 3.8L M5 Nurburgring, which turned out to be a horrible car. I should have had the 635 body properly repaired and kept it. It was a lovely car with the only thing really needing improvement being the brakes, where spirited driving could make them fade, which I found out half way down the Grimsel pass, trying to keep up with a young lady in a very well driven Ferrari 355. Brembo did a kit to cure this with 6 pot front and 4 pot rear calipers and larger diameter and thicker discs but I never got round to doing this. I quickly changed from the weird Michelin metric size wheels with TRX run flat tyres to R18 BBS wheels and Yokohama tyres, which was a huge improvement in both ride and handling. I sold the Michelin wheels and tyres for more than the BBS/Yokohama cost me. Wilson 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 20 Share #23404 Posted May 20 OK! I have had a search through the Forum and it seems as though, somewhat to my surprise, this car has not yet been posted(!). Anything which springs to mind just have a go! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Best of good fortune all! Philip. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Best of good fortune all! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5804810'>More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted May 20 Share #23405 Posted May 20 Looks like a Tuscan - late 1990s to early 2000s, before the Sagaris. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted May 20 Share #23406 Posted May 20 (edited) 20 minutes ago, IkarusJohn said: Looks like a Tuscan - late 1990s to early 2000s, before the Sagaris. Not with external suspension and outboard wheels... But I haven't a clue what it might be. Edited May 20 by Graham (G4FUJ) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 20 Share #23407 Posted May 20 Advertisement (gone after registration) Auto Union Type D GP car? Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 20 Share #23408 Posted May 20 (edited) 29 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said: Auto Union Type D GP car?... No; the quiz car is nothing quite so exotic as an Auto-Union Typ D, Wilson (very little is!...😸...) and has considerably fewer cylinders but the marque did enjoy a surprising amount of racing success within their class / formulae. I only have two pics of this car and they were both taken from roughly the same position but, all things considered, I'll try to keep things interesting. Here's crop #2; Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. Edited May 20 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5804907'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 20 Share #23409 Posted May 20 Kieft? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted May 20 Share #23410 Posted May 20 3 hours ago, Graham (G4FUJ) said: Not with external suspension and outboard wheels... But I haven't a clue what it might be. I wondered what they were 🥺 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 20 Share #23411 Posted May 20 10 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said: Kieft?... Ah! No, Wilson, not a Keift but the car has much more in common with their output than it does with the Silver Arrows! Another bit? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! If, by tomorrow, we're still not making much headway I will post a snap in Glorious Technicolour to speed us on our way! Philip. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! If, by tomorrow, we're still not making much headway I will post a snap in Glorious Technicolour to speed us on our way! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5804920'>More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 21 Share #23412 Posted May 21 Right! Here is a crop of the fearsome beast in colour. As mentioned the manufacturer enjoyed considerable competition success both in Europe and the United States. This included a total of nine class victories shared between Le Mans, the Mille Miglia and Sebring. I suspect that this might clear things up; Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5805112'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 21 Share #23413 Posted May 21 I suspect it is a variety of Panhard powered car with their very tuneable flat twin (unlike the 2CV which is likely to go bang if you try anything in the way of a power step). Maybe a Deutsch-Bonnet? Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 21 Share #23414 Posted May 21 4 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: I suspect it is a variety of Panhard powered car with their very tuneable flat twin (unlike the 2CV which is likely to go bang if you try anything in the way of a power step). Maybe a Deutsch-Bonnet?... Wonderful, Wilson, and absolutely correct. This particular car is described as being a "1954 Panhard / Deutsch-Bonnet 'Monomil'..." and was fitted with a flat-twin engine displacing 850cc. Whole thing; Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Bonnet-badge detail; Interesting manufacturer patronised, for a while, by none other than Prince Rainier of Monaco. Their successes in sports categories for smaller-engined vehicules are rather notable. Here's a Wiki entry; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_(car) Thanks to all for having a look and On to the Next One! Philip. 3 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Bonnet-badge detail; Interesting manufacturer patronised, for a while, by none other than Prince Rainier of Monaco. Their successes in sports categories for smaller-engined vehicules are rather notable. Here's a Wiki entry; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB_(car) Thanks to all for having a look and On to the Next One! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5805434'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 22 Share #23415 Posted May 22 Open to all to post the next mystery car. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Goriup Posted May 24 Share #23416 Posted May 24 (edited) Allow me to take another crack at this.......the usual information, please - who made it and when did they make it, plus any additional tidbits to help identify the car. JZG Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited May 24 by Ivan Goriup Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5806829'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 24 Share #23417 Posted May 24 Could it be the 4 door version of the American Bantam? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Goriup Posted May 25 Share #23418 Posted May 25 You're spot-on with the timing - American Bantam was founded a couple of years before the red mystery car was produced, but not by AM. This thing is 100% European. JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 25 Share #23419 Posted May 25 1939 Skoda Rapid? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Goriup Posted May 25 Share #23420 Posted May 25 3 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: 1939 Skoda Rapid? Wilson You are closing in on the correct solution chronologically and geographically - but not the manufacturer. I'd like to wait to post another clue in the hope we receive more guesses from other players. JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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