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SOLVED - What car #85 - 1959 Ashley 1172 Roadster
« on: November 29, 2007, 06:29:07 AM »
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2007, 05:55:29 AM »
Are those Triumph hood (bonnet) latches?
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2007, 06:23:21 AM »
I think it may be a Fairthorpe Zeta but I can't find a photo of one from this angle.
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2007, 08:21:41 AM »
They might be Triumph latches. I haven't been able to find out for sure. You should not get stuck on the latches, though, as they might have been installed afterwards and might not have been an option offered by the factory. But it is neither a Triumph nor Triumph-based, neither is it a Fairthorpe.
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2007, 09:25:32 AM »
Wheels look like widened E93A Ford
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2007, 09:57:55 AM »
That might be because it is indeed Ford-based.  :)
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2007, 05:45:32 AM »
Cheetah?
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2007, 07:21:39 AM »
Falcon??
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2007, 01:02:50 PM »
Cheetah? No.

Falcon?? No.
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2007, 03:25:23 AM »
Reliant Sabra?
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2007, 07:41:13 AM »
Not a Reliant. But your focus is on the right country.
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2007, 11:39:49 PM »
Some kind of an older Marcos?
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2007, 09:01:31 AM »
Not a Marcos.
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2007, 09:33:12 AM »
It looks a lot like an Ashley 1172 with the roof lopped off.
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2007, 09:38:01 AM »
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Re: What car #85
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2007, 10:13:04 AM »
Bingo! And it is located right here in my own sweet home country of Norway...

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