Topic: SOLVED - What car #177 - 1959 Buckle GT Tourer / 2.5 Coupé

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This, too, is a bit tough for the rookies. That means the serve goes to the Experts

[Paul Jaray]

Hi, that is the australian Buckle Zephyr Coupé from 1957

[@re]

Yes, it's a Buckle. But it's not called the Zephyr where I got the picture from. Who's wrong - me or your source? I got the story from a website and from a book. Have you got another suggestion for the model designation?

[Paul Jaray]

Probably where I found the pic it's called Zephyr because that is where the engine cames from...
http://www.geocities.com/bob_billiards/goggo.html
Somewhere is called simply Buckle 2.5 coupè

[@re]

I'm nit-picking here, but I'm looking for another model designation - and I have a feeling I may be right in assuming that that's the original one used by the manufacturer, because it has this name in Australian library records...

[Paul Jaray]

Uhm...I'm familiar with the GT coupe and the Dart roadster...
"BUCKLE MOTORS PTY LTD., WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1927 BY WILLIAM G BUCKLE WITH SHOWROOMS AT 127 WILLIAM STREET, SYDNEY, STARTING WITH TRIUMPH AND TALBOT FRANCHISES FOR NSW.
This company subsequently gained N.S.W. franchises for Armstrong-Siddeley and De Soto (Chrysler Corp.) vehicles. In 1949 Citroen was added to the group.
In 1954, W F Buckle (Bill Buckle Snr.) having been involved in various forms of motor sport in Australia and the UK, began design and construction of a fibreglass-bodied sports car using Ford Zephyr components and named Buckle 2.5 Coupe. These cars held every hill climb and lap record for G.T. class at circuits on the East coast, and twenty four were produced.
In 1958, Bill Buckle Snr. went to Dingolfing in Bavaria to convince Hans Glas that we could produce fibreglass bodies for Goggomobil cars, and obtained the rights for Australia. About 5000 cars were assembled from the German mechanical parts, with various style bodies, including the Dart, a light sports car, designed by Bill Buckle Snr."

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That's close enough.

On this web page: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-HTTP%253A%252F%252FENC.SLQ.QLD.GOV.AU%252FLOGICROUTER%252FSERVLET%252FLOGICROUTER%253FPAGE%253DOBJECT%2526OUTPUTXSL%253DOBJECT_ENC36UI.XSLT%2526PM_RC%253DPICTQLD%2526PM_OI%253D23304%2526API_1%253DGET_OBJECT_XML%2526NUM_RESULT%253D0 - wow, that's a monster URL - it is called the Buckle GT Tourer. That is also what it is called in The World Encyclopedia of Cars by Martin Buckley and Chris Rees.

Another point for you

[Carnut]

Here's a picture of Bill Buckle and his wife Alvia with their recently-restored Buckle coupé: