hektor Posted March 5, 2022 Share #17141 Posted March 5, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well done Wilson. Maybe the crop wasn't tight enough. Here is the car after restoration: 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! 3 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=4395531'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 5, 2022 Posted March 5, 2022 Hi hektor, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
wlaidlaw Posted March 5, 2022 Share #17142 Posted March 5, 2022 Hektor, My reasoning was: Rudge Whitworth wheels so probably British. Big rear wings so maybe a largish engine and dating from late 40's to very early 50's. The choice really came down to a Healey Silverstone or an Allard and the door shape was more Allard but not a J2, which in any case doesn't have the spare tyre in the boot. So that just left a K1 Allard. One of my wife's late patients, Ray Thompson, who with his brother Eric had been leading amateur race drivers in the 1940's and 50's, used to talk about continental trips in his L1 Allard, the four seat version of the K1. He had a Mercury engine in his one with Ardun OHV heads and triple Stromberg carburettors. He commented that the steering became a bit vague at much over 100MPH, probably due to front end lift. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted March 6, 2022 Share #17143 Posted March 6, 2022 Interesting. Not one of my preferred cars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 7, 2022 Share #17144 Posted March 7, 2022 Wilson - It's your turn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 8, 2022 Share #17145 Posted March 8, 2022 I have been trawling my images and cannot find anything I have not posted before. I should be very grateful if someone could step in for me. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 9, 2022 Share #17146 Posted March 9, 2022 Just to keep things going in the interim here's something I glimpsed - but didn't quite recognise - tootling around town about ten days ago but, unexpectedly, came across parked-up in a different quarter the very next day so grabbed a few snaps. Comes from a fairly well-established manufacturer of sporty runabouts. This particular version of the regular 'base-unit' has several individualistic flourishes - which I shall endeavour to illustrate - which distinguish the thing from the mass-produced fare. Car was painted Metallic Black so reflections are perhaps going to be a little bit of a distraction... Just the make, model & model variant, please. Production year could only be from a very small window but anyone guessing correctly will already have done enough; 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! Good luck everyone! Philip. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Good luck everyone! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4397622'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted March 9, 2022 Share #17147 Posted March 9, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) La Ferrari ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 9, 2022 Share #17148 Posted March 9, 2022 I think it might be the 20th Anniversary special version but I won't say of what, as I have nothing to post. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 9, 2022 Share #17149 Posted March 9, 2022 Hello Wilson and John. No; it's neither a 20th Ann. version* nor, although it does share some design cues and other aspects with La Ferrari, is it one of those either. I'll give other players a bit more time to have a go before posting another picture. In any case I'll need some inspired 'cropping-time' to experiment with those images I have without giving the game away completely; it's a fairly dramatically-styled thing and there are not too many boring panel-shapes from which I can make my choices.... Philip. * To the best of my knowledge and all things considered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 10, 2022 Share #17150 Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) Time for another picture. Some subtle Harris Tweed adornments help the car stay on the road during the weekly shopping trip to Lidl; 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 March 10, 2022 by pippy 1 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=4398132'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted March 10, 2022 Share #17151 Posted March 10, 2022 McLaren Senna........and I am more confident of this guess than my La Ferrari stab in the dark. JZG 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 10, 2022 Share #17152 Posted March 10, 2022 7 hours ago, John Z. Goriup said: McLaren Senna........and I am more confident of this guess than my La Ferrari stab in the dark... ...and with every justification, John, as it is - as you say - a McLaren 'Senna'. Using the company's 720S as a base there were 500 of these special edition examples made with deliveries starting around autumn 2018. For anyone unfamiliar with the car (as I was) here is the link to the relevant Wiki entry; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_Senna A pair of snaps showing the full vehicle. I'd never call it an 'attractive' car but, design-wise, the detail-work at the rear - for a road car - really is something else; 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! Over to you for the next puzzle, John! Philip. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Over to you for the next puzzle, John! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4398459'>More sharing options...
NigelG Posted March 10, 2022 Share #17153 Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) Soho Square? (edit - not a bad guess from 3500 miles away!) Edited March 10, 2022 by NigelG 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 10, 2022 Share #17154 Posted March 10, 2022 30 minutes ago, NigelG said: Soho Square? And the winner of 'Name That London Location is....'... 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! NigelG with 'Soho Square'....! Very Well Spotted, Nigel! P. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! NigelG with 'Soho Square'....! Very Well Spotted, Nigel! P. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4398505'>More sharing options...
NigelG Posted March 10, 2022 Share #17155 Posted March 10, 2022 To be fair when I’m in London I’m often at the Groucho round the corner....and the Soho Square “hut” is pretty distinctive! Glad to see that “Senna” being used in the traditional manner of a track-focussed supercar (at least in London) -pootling around in the 20mph zone, scraping over speed humps, getting stuck at the width restrictions and annoying everyone with its “Thor gargling in an echo chamber* “ soundtrack. * with apologies to Mr Clarkson 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted March 10, 2022 Share #17156 Posted March 10, 2022 Thanks, Philip. Another car with interesting rear view / treatment and quite fast............in fact, faster by 2+ seconds around Fiorano in Maranello than the venerated Enzo model, which in my opinion really never was designed, intended and sold as a Grand Touring car as this one was, rather as a wealthy enthusiast's track toy. Obviously a Ferrari - but I am looking for the correct and complete model designation. If you identify it correctly you probably know the yearsduring which it was produced. This should be quite easy, but it'll have to do for the moment as I've been suffering from the flu ( no, not covid ) and it's a Hell of an effort just getting out of bed and remining upright. 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! 1 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=4398552'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted March 11, 2022 Share #17157 Posted March 11, 2022 Get well very soon, John! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted March 11, 2022 Share #17158 Posted March 11, 2022 Thank you very much, Ronald. Another crop - from the front this time. 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! 1 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=4398745'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 11, 2022 Share #17159 Posted March 11, 2022 I'm thinking F12 Berlinetta, about 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted March 11, 2022 Share #17160 Posted March 11, 2022 3 hours ago, stuny said: I'm thinking F12 Berlinetta, about 2014 Absolutely correct, Stuart. Your turn ! 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! 3 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=4398955'>More sharing options...
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