Solved -PJ175- Robert Box's Bobcat 1980s

[Paul Jaray]

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[Paul Jaray]

Expert this!

[Paul Jaray]

Pro time!

[Quiller]

Knowing what it is, is probably an easier task than knowing why it is...

I don't know what it is but it does bear a resemblance to the O&C Thruxton

[Paul Jaray]

Not that...

[Djetset]

This looks like the Bobcat, a late 1980s Reliant Fox/Kitten-based special.

[Paul Jaray]

I'm sure you are more familiar witht this pic...
Well done, this is indeed the Bobcat:

"John Box's sons, Robert, had a year out from studying,
and designed and built the one and only Bobcat in 1980 – well, that's when he started the project whose design
began in 1979, but a family house move got in the way, and the car was not in fact completed till 1984 !
It was a design exercise to make a Kitten do 100 MPH.
Built on a 1976 one owner Kitten estate chassis Its very distinctive looks are striking.
The aluminium body is not in fact particularly light, but the car is none the less very brisk.
This vehicle was owned by Joe Boulderstone-Salthouse of Stockport from 1995 till 2000 when it was acquired
by Steven Cambell of Tempest cars. It was subsequently acquired by John Pearce of Leighton Buzzard and
sold on in 2007 to James Butlin from Higham Ferrrers in Northants, who is presently restoring it"