Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #517 - Humberstone Triumph TR7, narrowed for Bermuda

[Djetset]

The base car is the easy part, so no points for that. However, give me a full and complete answer to what this is (e.g. who made it, why, etc.) and an extra point may be added to your tally.

[Djetset]

No Rookies around, so up a level...

[barrett]

Triumph TR7 modified by Chris Humberstone. The body was narrowed by a few inches (not really visible here!) to make it more suitable for the narrow island roads on.... I want to say Jersey?

[Djetset]

Gosh, once again Barrett you are almost there, so another lock to you until your next reply.  To finish off this puzzle, do you know how much the bodywork was narrowed by (evident by the lack of the strange wedged swage line of the original TR7, possible making this one look better), and for which market it was intended (not Jersey). 

[barrett]

ha! I want to say 7 inches but that seems like a lot... was the island destination Bermuda?

[Djetset]

OK Barrett, that's close enough so you get another point.  Three TR7s were modified by Chris Humberstone for the Bermuda market, each one being narrowed by 5 inches (not 7") for the tight local roads.  Well done, you are on a bit of a roll at the moment (or perhaps I need to make my puzzles more difficult!) 

[barrett]

You just happened to have taken a bunch of puzzles from a source I'm very familiar with! They are all very obscure as far as I know - just wish I was at home so I could get the other ones solved!

[Djetset]

Ah, I thought you might be a 'consumer' of a certain popular automotive reference work