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SOLVED - What car #395 - 2007 Stinger Mk 2
« on: August 25, 2008, 09:47:17 AM »
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2008, 12:56:50 PM »
Is it British?

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Re: What car #395
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2008, 08:22:02 PM »
Yes, it is.
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2008, 03:09:48 PM »
Promoted!
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2008, 12:30:09 PM »
Is this the Kip trike?

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Re: What car #395
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2008, 06:50:43 PM »
I'm afraid its name is not Kip, no.
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2008, 06:43:44 PM »
This is the rear of it, I'm sure, but I only have an enigmatic 'Kif'' next to it. Hey ho, my filing system!

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Re: What car #395
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2008, 06:45:13 PM »
Then again. maybe it#s not the same car

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Re: What car #395
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2008, 08:56:23 PM »
I don't think so - mine does have a quite specific name, anyway.
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2008, 10:11:31 AM »
Found it - it's Tony Bradwell's Fireblade-based trike

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Re: What car #395
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2008, 09:16:29 PM »
That's not a specific name, is it? ;)

You may well have found the answer, but I'd like you to prove it. My source does not mention anything about Tony Bradwell, and as I've said - I'd like a specific name!
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2008, 09:16:39 AM »
It's pictured in a kit car magazine only this month and all it says is the information I've given.

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Re: What car #395
« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2008, 09:46:02 AM »
That is interesting!

Can you provide a scan?
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2008, 10:26:42 AM »
I'll have to go and out but the mag now!

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Re: What car #395
« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2008, 06:20:47 PM »
What was that sentence? :D

I'd take your word for it, but as my source doesn't mention the name Tony Bradwell, and states a specific name, I'll leave it for now.
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2009, 06:20:26 PM »
I've just stumbled across the exact same photograph that you've used of this car, and it is labelled as the Tony Bradwell Fireblade Trike, as Quiller suggested some months back. 

Hmmm, the plot thins!  I have an owner's e-mail address and could e-mail him to ask what he believes his car to be called, but that's just not cricket so I'll do the gentlemanly thing and let the mystery continue.....
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2009, 06:12:54 PM »
The thing is this: My picture was taken from an eBay ad, where it was advertised for sale as built by the current owner. It could be a kit, which means that there would be more of them, but it doesn't really look like a kit - especially not in the other picture I've got of it, which is a rear-end one. In the ad, from June last year, it's listed with a specific name that has not yet been mentioned.

Here's the other pic:
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2009, 07:29:29 PM »
Short of locating Tony Bradwell, I'm not sure the answer will present itself.  :'(

On the plus side, great to see you back on the forum @re  :)

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Re: What car #395
« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2009, 08:03:27 PM »
Thanks - it's been a while... :P
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #19 on: March 10, 2010, 05:50:20 AM »
tweet tweet
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #20 on: March 13, 2010, 07:57:28 PM »
Tweet indeed.
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2010, 09:11:23 PM »
Time for a little clue. Its name is somewhat related to its colour(s)...
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2010, 02:53:25 AM »
Bee, Stinger or Wasp?

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Re: What car #395
« Reply #23 on: March 16, 2010, 07:49:30 PM »
Yes... I'm considering whether that'll be good enough to give you the points. Nobody's been closer :)
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Re: What car #395
« Reply #24 on: March 27, 2010, 05:59:43 PM »
Bumblebee?


(if correct, points to Paul Jaray please as I'm just guessing based on what he has said)
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