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Q642 - solved - Sports Car Engineering Spyder
« on: November 21, 2009, 11:26:10 AM »
What's the make and model designation of this car?

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Re: Q642
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2009, 06:20:30 PM »
Expert attention required

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Re: Q642
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2009, 02:35:12 PM »
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Re: Q642
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2010, 01:18:43 PM »
Arciero Special?

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Re: Q642
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2010, 01:52:36 PM »
Don't forget Quiller's on a 5-month world tour, PJ!
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Re: Q642
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2010, 01:55:04 PM »
You are right, thank you!

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Re: Q642
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2010, 06:42:26 PM »
World tour done; not an Arciero ...

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Re: Q642
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2010, 12:50:24 AM »
Microplas body, I assume?

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Re: Q642
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2010, 04:00:58 AM »
Based on what I think the wheels are from, perhaps it's a Jowett engined Buckler 90 with a Mistral body.
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Re: Q642
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2010, 10:05:11 AM »
You are absolutely right that it's a Microplas Mistral body - but this version was marketed by a different company, and not in the UK.

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Re: Q642
« Reply #10 on: August 02, 2010, 10:10:56 AM »
Those wheels look suspiciously Saab-like, so could it be Swedish?
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Re: Q642
« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2010, 12:18:49 PM »
Not Saab

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Re: Q642
« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2010, 12:32:15 PM »
..but from Sweden by any chance?

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Re: Q642
« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2010, 12:40:22 PM »
Body by Sports Car Engineering of Hollywood, California?

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Re: Q642
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2010, 08:51:11 PM »
Elmslie & Flockton Ltd Mistral, from New Zealand?

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Re: Q642
« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2010, 12:41:43 PM »
Body by Sports Car Engineering of Hollywood, California?

That's the one! Now do you know the model name? Locked for you till your next reply.....

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Re: Q642
« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2010, 03:47:18 PM »
I haven't found the the exact name of this special.
Please unlock it for anyone who knows what this is.
I thought it may be the Tea Kettle Special and there were also several other possibilities.
I can't find it as a US sports racer and it may be from another country.

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Re: Q642
« Reply #17 on: August 14, 2010, 04:29:25 AM »
Anything to do with Kurtis?
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Re: Q642
« Reply #18 on: August 14, 2010, 07:05:17 AM »
It's as simple as Sports Car Engineering ******

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Re: Q642
« Reply #19 on: August 14, 2010, 07:19:46 AM »
Spyder?
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Re: Q642
« Reply #20 on: August 14, 2010, 01:48:45 PM »
Special?

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Re: Q642
« Reply #21 on: August 15, 2010, 07:43:32 AM »
Spyder?

Spyder is correct!
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Re: Q642 - solved - Sports Car Engineering Spyder
« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2011, 02:54:46 AM »
I found a different name...

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Re: Q642 - solved - Sports Car Engineering Spyder
« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2011, 04:26:54 AM »
Very interesting find PJ.
I did originally have doubts about whether my answer was correct but I had nothing further to go on.
Sports Car Engineering's (or Sport Car Engineering as they called themselves) address was at 5807 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood 28, California.
I understood that they were the main agents/imports of Microplas bodies in the USA.

I've never heard of Track Kraft before but it seems clear that they were offering Microplas Mistral bodies at around the same time.
However it doesn't really answer what the car featured was called or what it was based on.
It seems quite distinctive with that forward air-scoop but I haven't come across another photo of it so far.

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Re: Q642 - solved - Sports Car Engineering Spyder
« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2011, 04:27:39 AM »
Anyone knows when their book is available?