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GG-179 Barry Thompson - Austin FX4 Custom
« on: June 26, 2010, 06:45:01 AM »
A point for you, if you tell me what this is:
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Re: GG-179
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2010, 12:45:28 PM »
up..

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Re: GG-179
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2010, 04:44:51 AM »
up once more

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Re: GG-179
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2010, 06:33:36 AM »
Avions Voisin customized?

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Re: GG-179
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2010, 06:47:16 AM »
Not that..

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Re: GG-179
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2010, 11:15:21 AM »
I have found a couple of pictures of this gothic creation online, but very few details.

It's said to be based on an Austin FX4 taxi, and its owner (and I presume creator) is called Barry Thompson.

It has "Princess" and "4-litre" badges on the radiator. According to the DVLA website the engine capacity is 3909 cc, so it looks as if it has been fitted with the six-cylinder Rolls-Royce inlet-over-exhaust engine from a Vanden Plas Princess 4-litre R.

I'm afraid that's all I have managed to find.

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Re: GG-179
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2010, 01:51:49 PM »
You've found more than I knew about it  :thumbsup: