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Title: Barrett's #88 - Solved - Duncan Hillman and Duncan Alvis TA 14
Post by: barrett on November 29, 2010, 08:15:12 PM

Two cars - one point. Tell me what both of these are for the point!

Title: Re: Barrett's #88
Post by: barrett on December 09, 2010, 01:00:42 PM

Find one, and you'll find the other one, experts

Title: Re: Barrett's #88
Post by: woodinsight on December 09, 2010, 01:04:41 PM

I believe these are - on the left a Duncan bodied Healey and on the right a Duncan bodied Alvis

Title: Re: Barrett's #88
Post by: barrett on December 09, 2010, 01:07:13 PM

(oops I got over excited there!)

Not quite right MJW - The Alvis is correct, but the other car is not a Healey (although it looks like it)

Locked for you

Title: Re: Barrett's #88
Post by: woodinsight on December 09, 2010, 01:24:16 PM

Daimler 2.5 litre?

Title: Re: Barrett's #88
Post by: barrett on December 09, 2010, 02:01:51 PM

Not a Daimler

still locked for you

Title: Re: Barrett's #88
Post by: woodinsight on December 09, 2010, 02:48:32 PM

Bentley?

Title: Re: Barrett's #88
Post by: barrett on December 09, 2010, 03:02:06 PM

Not that either

Title: Re: Barrett's #88
Post by: woodinsight on December 09, 2010, 03:05:34 PM

Perhaps another Alvis!
Anyway if it's not that I'll have to do some digging and please unlock it for others

Title: Re: Barrett's #88
Post by: barrett on December 09, 2010, 03:09:02 PM

Not an Alvis no!

Okay, this is now unlocked for the other Experts

Title: Re: Barrett's #88
Post by: Aaron65 on December 09, 2010, 05:30:52 PM

Is it a Hillman Minx body that Ian Duncan dropped on a Healey chassis with a Healey style grille?

Title: Re: Barrett's #88
Post by: barrett on December 09, 2010, 07:17:48 PM

That's the one!
Although woodinsight guessed Healey this car is known as the Duncan-Hillman or Duncan-Minx

One point each for Aaron65 and MJW

Title: Re: Barrett's #88 - Solved - Duncan Hillman and Duncan Alvis TA 14
Post by: woodinsight on December 10, 2010, 12:55:03 AM

I have to say that I've never heard of the Duncan-Hillman Minx.
Autopuzzles surprises every day!
Thanks for the point - it was unexpected

Title: Re: Barrett's #88 - Solved - Duncan Hillman and Duncan Alvis TA 14
Post by: barrett on December 10, 2010, 09:13:16 AM

The small bit of information I have

"Three A-type chassis were ordered from the DHMC and the first one fitted with a Hillman Minx body suitably modified to take the Healey kite shape grille. While that was strange enough the next two were even more so with first a Ford Anglia followed by a Prefect body being fitted. The next body was completely new and fitted to a Alvis TA14 chassis"
 

Title: Re: Barrett's #88 - Solved - Duncan Hillman and Duncan Alvis TA 14
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 10, 2010, 03:18:26 PM

It would be fun to do Duncan doughnuts it one or both of those.

Title: Re: Barrett's #88 - Solved - Duncan Hillman and Duncan Alvis TA 14
Post by: grobmotorix on October 29, 2013, 04:23:18 PM

Here´s a nice contemporary photo: