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F#71 - Solved - Fireflash
« on: April 01, 2009, 02:47:34 PM »
Name the car for one point.
« Last Edit: August 26, 2014, 10:28:21 AM by Paul Jaray »

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Re: F#71
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2009, 10:46:16 AM »
Any ideas?

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Re: F#71
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2009, 08:42:39 PM »
I've seen an Allard with similar grille.  Could it be an Allard?

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Re: F#71
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2009, 05:29:56 AM »
It is not Allard, no.

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Re: F#71
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2009, 02:26:12 AM »
I now realize I was thinking Jensen.  Is it an early Jensen?

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Re: F#71
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2009, 02:36:05 AM »
It's neither Jensen...

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Re: F#71
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2009, 10:58:27 AM »
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Re: F#71
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2009, 01:04:53 PM »
It is not...

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Re: F#71
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2009, 05:53:58 PM »
Wheels look like Riley bolt-ons
Presumably even if it's a Riley special, there would be another name for it that you want.
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Re: F#71
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2009, 08:19:19 AM »
It is Riley based, and it had its own name. Your post was completely right, but still not enough to get a point.

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Re: F#71
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2009, 12:09:22 PM »
It is Riley based, and it had its own name. Your post was completely right, but still not enough to get a point.
Quite so, and if it helps someone else that's fine by me!
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Re: F#71
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2009, 11:58:33 AM »
Further move.

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Re: F#71
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2009, 01:39:26 PM »
American?

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Re: F#71
« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2009, 05:56:09 AM »
No, it's not.

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Re: F#71
« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2009, 06:25:55 AM »
Can be found in the web.

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Re: F#71
« Reply #15 on: September 27, 2009, 06:44:37 AM »
Was the special made in Europe?
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Re: F#71
« Reply #16 on: September 27, 2009, 06:47:18 AM »
Yes, it was.

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Re: F#71
« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2009, 06:55:57 AM »
Was also built in UK like its donor?
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Re: F#71
« Reply #18 on: September 27, 2009, 06:57:12 AM »
Exactly

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Re: F#71
« Reply #19 on: January 14, 2010, 09:41:56 AM »
This is the Fireflash, built by Harry Ratcliffe and Jeff Goodliff on a 1933 Riley Monaco base.
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Re: F#71
« Reply #20 on: January 14, 2010, 05:21:55 PM »
So it is - but I'd never heard of it until I read the last post
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Re: F#71
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2010, 03:01:26 PM »
Yes, it is! Poor little puzzle goes to bed :)

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Re: F#71 - Solved - Fireflash
« Reply #22 on: August 26, 2014, 10:15:35 AM »
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