Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #505 - Mahdeen plan-built Lotus Seven-style (Read 1705 times)

Djetset · « **on:** March 22, 2011, 07:16:15 PM »

If you can see through the very poor quality of the photo (sorry!), can you name the car for a point?

Djetset · « **Reply #1 on:** April 04, 2011, 05:32:39 PM »

Can the Experts see through the mist?

gilescooperuk · « **Reply #2 on:** April 04, 2011, 05:46:25 PM »

This could be an early lotus 7. It looks like it is running steel wheels, and with a single exhaust probably either a 749cc austin or an early ford engine.

However that may be a pea-souper rather than mist obscuring the picture.

Djetset · « **Reply #3 on:** April 04, 2011, 05:52:45 PM »

Sorry Giles, but not a Lotus (early or otherwise).

gilescooperuk · « **Reply #4 on:** April 04, 2011, 05:59:14 PM »

Ok then - it mist be a special....

Harris?

Djetset · « **Reply #5 on:** April 05, 2011, 03:01:05 AM »

Not a Harris.

gilescooperuk · « **Reply #6 on:** April 05, 2011, 05:49:57 PM »

Do you have any other details on the car that could help narrow it down?

Djetset · « **Reply #7 on:** April 05, 2011, 05:54:29 PM »

It's British, and rather obscure (as in I've never seen one).

gilescooperuk · « **Reply #8 on:** April 05, 2011, 06:13:06 PM »

Not quite the reply I was looking for ..... ;-)

I was hoping we could narrow it down by age, engine etc.

Oh well, 1960s?

Djetset · « **Reply #9 on:** April 05, 2011, 06:14:40 PM »

Engine was variable, although mostly Ford.

Age is younger than the 1960's.

Carnut · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2011, 02:04:26 PM »

Falcon Sports?

Djetset · « **Reply #11 on:** April 14, 2011, 12:02:59 PM »

Not a Falcon.

Djetset · « **Reply #12 on:** May 12, 2011, 09:28:13 AM »

Up to the Pros...

shamrock · « **Reply #13 on:** May 12, 2011, 09:40:55 AM »

The name Dutton is in my mind

Djetset · « **Reply #14 on:** May 12, 2011, 09:42:25 AM »

Not a Dutton I'm afraid; more obsure.

woodinsight · « **Reply #15 on:** May 12, 2011, 10:39:47 AM »

Harvey?

Djetset · « **Reply #16 on:** May 13, 2011, 01:39:41 PM »

Not a Harvey.

woodinsight · « **Reply #17 on:** June 15, 2011, 05:49:47 AM »

This is going to be difficult to solve without a clue.
I'm assuming it is British.
I have several possibles in the 1950-59 period but with very little photographic evidence.

Let's try Kenyon to start....

Djetset · « **Reply #18 on:** June 15, 2011, 06:58:10 AM »

It's not a Kenyon.

OK, a clue. This car was only sold in plan form for self-build (i.e. even more basic than a kit car). The car is later than the 1950s.

woodinsight · « **Reply #19 on:** June 15, 2011, 07:07:09 AM »

Possibly too new but could it be a Deanfield?

Djetset · « **Reply #20 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:44:50 AM »

I don't know the Deanfield! What era was it from?

Oh, and this is not a Deanfield.

woodinsight · « **Reply #21 on:** June 15, 2011, 10:21:51 AM »

Quote from: Djetset on June 15, 2011, 09:44:50 AM

I don't know the Deanfield! What era was it from?

Oh, and this is not a Deanfield.

Deanfield I think was from the 1980s.

Let's try another - Locust from the 1970s (not to be confused with the more recent Locost)

Djetset · « **Reply #22 on:** June 15, 2011, 10:29:51 AM »

What if I said this car is more recent than either the Locust or Deanfield?! (meaning that it's not a Locust either).

woodinsight · « **Reply #23 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:09:51 AM »

Well that narrows the field to about a dozen possibles now.....

What about a Formula 27 built by Sterling Autoparts from 1992?

Djetset · « **Reply #24 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:25:28 AM »

Not that one.

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Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #505 - Mahdeen plan-built Lotus Seven-style (Read 1705 times)