Author Topic: Solved -PJ404- Spike Anderson's Samuri Spitfire Special (Read 2451 times)

Paul Jaray · « **on:** September 08, 2011, 07:42:16 AM »

READ CAREFULLY:

Here you are a different kind of puzzle.
Try to identify this car.
If you want to play fair, find the answer the old fashioned way.
If you want to cheat, you can easily find it via Google Image Search, 1st page.
If you are dumb, here's the answer: - Samuri -, (right click and copy to read it.)

it's a game, if you like to play it go on!

(BTW: if you know the car, don't be afraid to answer immediately!

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Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #1 on:** September 08, 2011, 09:06:08 AM »

pguillem · « **Reply #2 on:** September 08, 2011, 09:45:42 AM »

woodinsight · « **Reply #3 on:** September 08, 2011, 10:07:46 AM »

Ultra · « **Reply #4 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:31:01 AM »

Thx, PJ, for emphasizing the positive!!!

Wendax · « **Reply #5 on:** September 08, 2011, 12:01:20 PM »

Yes, let's do it the old fashioned way.

Wild guess: Australian one-off with Jaguar engine

barrett · « **Reply #6 on:** September 08, 2011, 12:05:06 PM »

By the size of the number plate I would guess it is British...?

woodinsight · « **Reply #7 on:** September 08, 2011, 12:22:13 PM »

or Swedish on a UK base car?

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #8 on:** September 08, 2011, 05:23:11 PM »

Thank you all.

This car was not built in Australia, UK or Sweden, it is not based on a Jaguar and not a one-off...but only 2 were made.

woodinsight · « **Reply #9 on:** September 08, 2011, 05:36:20 PM »

From New Zealand?

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #10 on:** September 08, 2011, 05:54:50 PM »

Not from there...

jotage21 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 10, 2011, 11:35:58 AM »

Israel?

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #12 on:** September 10, 2011, 01:59:42 PM »

Not from there.
Some clues:
The name I'm after was known in another country for a kind of vehicles...then he moved to another country where 2 of these specials where built starting from different cars.
These specials where not built in any of the mentioned countries.

jotage21 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 13, 2011, 09:31:54 AM »

a kind of terrestrial vehicles? Truck?

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #14 on:** September 13, 2011, 09:40:11 AM »

Nope...he used to tune and race cars...one in particular...

jotage21 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 13, 2011, 10:19:30 PM »

dragsters?

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #16 on:** September 14, 2011, 05:09:40 AM »

Not dragsters....the 'one in particular' refers to a specific model of a specific brand.

Front page!

jotage21 · « **Reply #17 on:** September 14, 2011, 10:01:35 AM »

Mini?

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #18 on:** September 15, 2011, 11:47:15 AM »

Not Mini...
Find this car and you'll have the name!

Wendax · « **Reply #19 on:** September 15, 2011, 12:45:41 PM »

Were the cars he used to tune and race Italian?

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #20 on:** September 15, 2011, 01:39:26 PM »

Not Italian....

Tom_I · « **Reply #21 on:** September 15, 2011, 02:43:50 PM »

I owned a late model Triumph GT6 for nearly ten years, and things are ringing bells about this car.

You can't see a lot of detail, but the rear suspension looks like a Triumph swing-axle system, and the steering rack is in the right sort of place. Is this car based on a Triumph chassis - early or late GT6, or one of the associated models (Spitfire, early Vitesse or Herald)?

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #22 on:** September 16, 2011, 03:39:35 AM »

You have quite an eye!

The car is indeed based on a Triumph, not a GT6 but a Spitfire.
The engine was replaced with a different unit...

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #23 on:** September 21, 2011, 10:39:28 AM »

It's not that hard...

jotage21 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 24, 2011, 01:48:20 PM »

Mercedes-Benz?

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