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Puzzle #137 - Solved! Ashley Sportiva
« on: December 16, 2006, 06:43:29 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #137
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2006, 10:58:08 AM »
The Ashley GT was a kit car of 1961 which took Ford components. Yours for £267 ex works in Harlow, Essex – "you can be on the road in just 30 hours!"
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Re: Puzzle #137
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2006, 05:55:23 PM »
How could ANYONE possibly know that?    :o
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Re: Puzzle #137
« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2006, 03:06:23 AM »
Not an Ashley GT.
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Re: Puzzle #137
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2006, 07:27:17 AM »
Quote from: KarnUtz on December 17, 2006, 03:06:23 AM
Not an Ashley GT.
Might just be the Ashley Sportiva which was the later name for the same thing, but IIRC that had plastic front bumpers and this has metal
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Re: Puzzle #137
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2006, 01:44:13 PM »
Ashley Sportiva is correct!  :)
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Re: Puzzle #137 - Solved! Ashley Sportiva
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2013, 11:01:49 PM »
Ashley Sportiva, Yes, metal bumper, No just a good coat of Silver paint. I know because I built it back in 1962 was on Ford chassis and mechanics, see www.ashleysportiva.zoomshare.com
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Re: Puzzle #137 - Solved! Ashley Sportiva
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2013, 05:10:06 AM »
Welcome Ivor!
Apart from reading us pfaffing about identifying your car I hope you may find some amusement here as some of us have done for years!
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