dkCambridgeshire Posted September 27, 2016 Share #9061  Posted September 27, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thank you for that very informative reply, Wilson. Very intresting reading.  When I was having my 914-4 2.0 (mentioned above) sorted the unreliable (on the 'fourteen' at any rate) K-Jetronic system had already been ditched prior to my ownership in favour of a pair of twin 40 IDFs and roping-in someone skilled in playing about with the settings became an absolute necessity. Once sorted, however, they were excellent - if a tad thirsty when pressed hard...  Sharing the Dino on classic rallies must be an unalloyed pleasure. Please keep the images updated as-and-when!  Pip.  EDIT : For those who might be interested in seeing the '14 here is the old thing snapped just after she was certified 'road-legal' in the UK. Not 100% finished yet - rear valence is yet to be re-fitted, for example - but not far off;  914 Thumper and me lo-res.jpg  P.   The October 2016 edition of Classic & Sports Car magazine features an interesting 6 page 'Porsche 914 & 914/6' article.  dunk 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Toshack10 Posted September 27, 2016 Share #9062  Posted September 27, 2016 Here's the story of the restoration of the blue 914 in that article http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=51573  This one will be a bit draughty...  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! 2 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=3119959'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 28, 2016 Share #9063  Posted September 28, 2016   At Uni I used to cycle out the half-dozen or so miles south from Merchiston to Ninemileburn and en route I would pass an old petrol-station-come-garage which, for three years (at least!), had a 'Flag Blue' 246GT under half-an-inch of dust sitting looking forlorn and unloved in the 'to do' pile window. Occasionally I wonder about what, eventually, became of that car...   Pip.  I was at Merchiston Castle School in the late 1950's and early 1960's. A friend, whose father owned the distributors for south east Scotland for one of the British car groups and I were well known to be petrol heads. The school vicar came up to us one day and said his son, who had died some time before in the army (I think maybe in Cyprus), had left behind an old car which he had started to restore and would we be interested in buying it for say £10. To our astonishment, having expected to find something like an old Austin 7, round the back of the vicarage in Colinton Village, we found the remains of a 1921 5 litre competition Delage II (we got the details from the chassis plate and the VSCC). It was in a rather sad state and most importantly both magnetos and the carburettor/inlet manifold were missing. My friend's elder brother came to have a look at it and pronounced it too difficult to restore and felt it would become a "garage queen" occupying space at their dealership. I suspect it ended up in the scrap yard.  Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 28, 2016 Share #9064  Posted September 28, 2016 I haven't a clue about the car, I'm afraid and sorry to derail the photo-thread even further for a(nother) mo'...  ...round the back of the vicarage in Colinton Village, we found the remains of a 1921 5 litre competition Delage II.......My friend's elder brother came to have a look at it and pronounced it too difficult to restore and felt it would become a "garage queen" occupying space at their dealership. I suspect it ended up in the scrap yard.  Wilson  Oh My Word, Wilson! A case of "If we knew then what we know now..."...  And as far as the 914-6 goes; Back when I picked up the '4' I was considering hunting down a 'real' six as, at the time, they weren't that much more to buy. Nobody liked the 'fourteener' back then. Impatience got the better of me, however, and I chose the above-shown. Which, in hindsight, was a pity....and a BIG mistake..........  Pip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshack10 Posted September 28, 2016 Share #9065  Posted September 28, 2016 Another angle?  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! 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=3120411'>More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted September 28, 2016 Share #9066 Â Posted September 28, 2016 Hillman Minx Cresta Saloon 1930s vintage? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshack10 Posted September 28, 2016 Share #9067 Â Posted September 28, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I really don't think it would be possible to be more wrong Apart, perhaps from the decade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 28, 2016 Share #9068  Posted September 28, 2016 I would guess a Derby Bentley 3½ or 4¼ open Tourer. Would need to see a lot more to guess at coachbuilder but the most "common" and often prettiest were from Vanden Plas.  Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemgb Posted September 28, 2016 Share #9069  Posted September 28, 2016 I really don't think it would be possible to be more wrong Apart, perhaps from the decade  You'll find I'm very good at being wrong, according to my wife, anyway.  That just happens to be the only car I know with suicide front doors, no B pillar and no quarterlights, I shall do some more digging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted September 28, 2016 Share #9070 Â Posted September 28, 2016 (edited) I might be going a bit mad but is it some sort of Tatra? A T97? "Clutching at Straws" springs to mind as I type.... Absolutely nothing seems right for a Tatra except the low headlights but I just thought I'd open myself up to a bit of tomfoolery and ridicule! Â Â Pip. Edited September 28, 2016 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshack10 Posted September 29, 2016 Share #9071  Posted September 29, 2016 Coincidentally, the manufacturer is mentioned on this page! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 29, 2016 Share #9072 Â Posted September 29, 2016 (edited) Delage D6-70 c.1936 Â dunk Edited September 29, 2016 by dkCambridgeshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshack10 Posted September 29, 2016 Share #9073 Â Posted September 29, 2016 Much closer though all your numbers are a bit low Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoleica Posted September 29, 2016 Share #9074 Â Posted September 29, 2016 Delage D8 1940 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshack10 Posted September 29, 2016 Share #9075 Â Posted September 29, 2016 It's a D8 Anything more specific? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshack10 Posted October 2, 2016 Share #9076 Â Posted October 2, 2016 A clue It's in the permanent collection of a well known museum in LA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted October 3, 2016 Share #9077 Â Posted October 3, 2016 A clue It's in the permanent collection of a well known museum in LA Â That'll be the Petersen Automotive Museum, and the car is a '37 Delage D8-120 Aerosport Coupe, splendidly restored in its original color..........it's quite magnificent. Â JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshack10 Posted October 3, 2016 Share #9078  Posted October 3, 2016 That'll be the Petersen Automotive Museum, and the car is a '37 Delage D8-120 Aerosport Coupe, splendidly restored in its original color..........it's quite magnificent.  JZG Well done John http://petersen.org/portfolio-item/1937-delage-d8-120-coupe-aerosport/ Your turn - although you might want to argue it out with Manoleica! 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! 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=3122788'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 3, 2016 Share #9079  Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) That may well be its original colour but I don't think it does it any favours. I feel the lovely lines of the Letourneur body would be shown off much better with say a very dark blue, like Lancia blue, maybe with the flash in a contrasting light blue. It may be just me. I have never had a gold painted car and don't want to either.  Wilson  PS Has it had a "bird strike" just above the rear wing? Edited October 3, 2016 by wlaidlaw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toshack10 Posted October 3, 2016 Share #9080 Â Posted October 3, 2016 At a guess, turn signals? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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