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Solved: 407. by Allemano - Aston Martin DP 114/2 prototype "Walls ice-cream van"
« on: April 29, 2010, 07:03:04 AM »
Please respond below if you know the make and model designation of this car.
It also has a certain nickname which I'd like to know as well.
One point for the right answer!

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Re: 407. by Allemano
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2010, 05:44:41 PM »
and another week is over...
Experts have a try!
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Re: 407. by Allemano
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2010, 01:02:22 PM »
Sorry for the delay...
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Re: 407. by Allemano
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2010, 01:28:10 PM »
I knew the pic you've posted, but never noticed it's the same as the puzzle car.. If I had known I wouldn't have post it here...though it's an amazing beauty!
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Re: Solved: 407. by Allemano - Aston Martin prototype "Walls ice-cream van"
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2010, 01:41:03 PM »
Quote from: barrett on May 07, 2010, 01:35:12 PM
Why not, is it a well known photo? It took me a long time to find it! I have one picture of it being rallied in 1989, but I have no scanner so can't show it. I actually found this one by accident whilst looking for a puzzle of my own to post up, which was lucky as I didn't want to trawl through old magazines for hours and hours looking for it.....

I think the car as it looks today was quite often shown on various pages for classic cars in the past month. I believe it had been too easy to solve it.

BTW: I like the steel rims a lot more than the wire wheels of the restored car.
It has some far resemblance to Facel Vegas, but is in my opinion even more elegant.
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Re: Solved: 407. by Allemano - Aston Martin prototype "Walls ice-cream van"
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2010, 01:54:37 PM »
Quote from: Allemano on May 07, 2010, 01:41:03 PM
BTW: I like the steel rims a lot more than the wire wheels of the restored car.
It has some far resemblance to Facel Vegas, but is in my opinion even more elegant.

Those wheels are a bit strange: the main disc looks like those Dunlop wheels used on the MGA twincam and Gordon-Keeble but the centre is not the same peg-drive as the MG or G-K and is more like that of the Facel-Vega HK500. I suppose they were spline-drive and fit the same hubs as those wire wheels.
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Re: Solved: 407. by Allemano - Aston Martin prototype "Walls ice-cream van"
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2024, 08:02:03 AM »
Worth adding the 'official' name of this car to the title? It's DP 114/2.

This car really deserves a good restoration to return it to original condition with the bespoke bumpers etc...
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Re: Solved: 407. by Allemano - Aston Martin DP 114/2 prototype "Walls ice-cream van"
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2024, 08:06:33 AM »
Done
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