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barrett's #171 - Solved - Alvis TD V8 by Jim Keeble
« on: June 26, 2011, 08:59:52 AM »
What car is this, what engine does it use, who carried out the modifications, and for whom?
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Re: barrett's #171
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2011, 05:12:58 PM »
Alvis TD 21, engine 5.4 l Corvette, made for guitarmaker Jim Burns
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Re: barrett's #171
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2011, 05:16:09 PM »
Corerect so far. Just tell me who did the modifications and you'll get a point. Locked for you.
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Re: barrett's #171
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2011, 02:24:59 PM »
Graber
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Re: barrett's #171
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2011, 08:36:47 PM »
Not Graber. I'm looking for the name of an individual rather than a company. I'll give you one more chance to solve it and then open it up again....
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Re: barrett's #171
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2011, 04:30:54 AM »
I stop
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Re: barrett's #171
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2011, 08:29:17 AM »
Okay, open to all rookies again
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Re: barrett's #171
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2011, 12:36:04 PM »
I believe that Jim Burns helped in the design himself and Jim Keeble did the engine modification.
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Re: barrett's #171
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2011, 06:57:43 PM »
Jim Keeble was the name I was looking for, yes.
Burns approached Keeble after the collapse of the G-K project with a view to building a series of V8 engined Alvis'. Keeble agreed as he had a surplus of engines left over from G-K. He outsourced the body modifications to Williams & Pritchard, and all chassis and running gear was Alvis TF spec.
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