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Title: Solved -PJ-17- Barrow Special Roadster 1948
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 10, 2008, 05:00:12 PM
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Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Anton on December 10, 2008, 09:59:55 PM
Allard?
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 11, 2008, 03:03:44 AM
Not an Allard...
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 13, 2008, 05:23:35 PM
Here you go...
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: hugo90 on December 16, 2008, 10:26:21 PM
I'm looking at the round badge, Lea Francis?
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Allan L on December 17, 2008, 03:44:43 AM
Quote from: hugo90 on December 16, 2008, 10:26:21 PM
I'm looking at the round badge, Lea Francis?
I'd be surprised if it were, although the front wings are a bit like a 14 Sports.
The wheels look like Jaguar, but with different hubcaps; the bonnet-top probably has carburettor(s) in it.
Perhaps it's based on the Daimler V8 250 but it looks earlier
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 17, 2008, 06:47:13 AM
Not Lea Francis or Daimler based.
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Allemano on December 17, 2008, 06:58:18 AM
..but Allard J-2 related?!
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 17, 2008, 07:12:51 AM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on December 11, 2008, 03:03:44 AM
Not an Allard...
or Allard-based...
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 17, 2008, 08:28:58 AM
Healey?
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 17, 2008, 09:12:42 AM
Not healey-based...
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: D-type on December 17, 2008, 04:58:13 PM
any connection to the (postwar) Triumph Dolomite?
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 17, 2008, 05:00:45 PM
No Triumph-connections...
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 18, 2008, 04:00:25 AM
Talbot-Lago?
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Allan L on December 18, 2008, 04:38:35 AM
OK let's go back a stage!
Is it British, or is it from some other Commonwealth country?
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 18, 2008, 07:31:19 AM
Yes, it's British...
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Allan L on December 18, 2008, 01:58:26 PM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on December 18, 2008, 07:31:19 AM
Yes, it's British...
Then why don't I remember it?!
I presume it's a special, not a series-produced job.
It must date from about 1955
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 18, 2008, 02:50:21 PM
Quote from: Allan L on December 18, 2008, 01:58:26 PM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on December 18, 2008, 07:31:19 AM
Yes, it's British...
Then why don't I remember it?!
I presume it's a special, not a series-produced job.
It must date from about 1955

The car is not far from 1955 and it is a special.
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Ehhxekt on December 22, 2008, 01:37:15 PM
1948 Barrow Roadster. Built on Vauxhall chassis, with a 6-cylinder Vauxhall engine.
Title: Re: PJ - 17
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 22, 2008, 01:56:46 PM
That's the car, very good!
Title: Re: Solved -PJ-17- Barrow Special Roadster 1948
Post by: nicanary on February 21, 2025, 08:22:52 AM
A photo of this car at the 1949 Lands End trial.