Topic: Solved - MJW #004 - LVT 1947

[woodinsight]

I know very little about this car.

For one point tell me the name, year and anything about it's engine.

Apologies for the quality of the image but it's the only one I've seen.

[woodinsight]

I should have looked at the size of the image before I posted it.
Anyway I hope you have no difficulties viewing it - i can resize it if necessary.......

[woodinsight]

Here it is in a more viewable size -

[Carnut]

Much better!
It is actually possible to replace the original image with this one without having to post 2 separate pictures!

[woodinsight]

Okay - I didn't try in case it didn't work.
I'm still very much a rookie when it comes to posting puzzles!

[Allemano]

1. click on 'MODIFY' right below your first post.
2. click the 'Additional Options' pop-up menu at the bottom
3. uncheck the original file. (important!)



4. select your updated file (it doesn't matter if it's filed with the same name as long as you've unchecked the original one!)
5. save!
done!

[woodinsight]

Thanks Allemano!
No excuses now for getting it wrong!

[woodinsight]

Apologies to anyone reading this puzzle for the first time.
I had to resize the original image because it was way too large.
Ignore the first few posts.

Anyway, I see a lot of people have been viewing this topic.

Any guesses Rookies?
I will be moving it up to the Experts in the coming few days.

[perhamoe]

It's looks italian... maybe a Alfa from the 50'ties

[woodinsight]

Not Italian and nothing to do with Alfas

[woodinsight]

Any more Rookie guesses before I promote it?

[woodinsight]

I wonder what the experts will make of this

[Carnut]

Looks a bit Healey-ish?

[mymokke]

Strikes me a bit Jaguar-ish, some sort of XK 120 variant?

[woodinsight]

As I pointed out I have very little information on the car.
What I can tell you is that it pre-dates the Jaguar XK although it may have been re-bodied at some stage.
I agree that there are some similarities to a Healey and a Jaguar but I don't know what chassis was used or if it was scratch-built.
The car was given a new, more powerful engine at some stage.

[Carnut]

It certainly looks similar to a late Forties Healey Westland, but clearly isn't actually one!
But it looks too similar not to be a Healey I think, so the question is: which one?

If the car no longer exists it will be harder to find anything out but a bit of digging might produce something!

[woodinsight]

If it helps the car was originally fitted with an engine that was neither Healey or Jaguar.
I believe three were built although I don't know if they were all the same.
I'm going to some more digging to see if I can come up with any additional information......

[barrett]

Is there any connection to the cars behind it?

[woodinsight]

I really don't think there is any connection to the cars in the background.
The photo I posted was of the car when it was for sale thirty years ago.
I'll post a better photo shortly.

[woodinsight]

This is maybe going to be difficult to solve but I have found more information on the car and a new picture of the car as originally built - see below.
I had thought that the car may have been fitted with a new body but this is not the case.
The front end had been designed along the lines of a Healey and it was repowered by a larger engine after it was sold.
Hope this helps in your searches.

[diecastaussie]

Would it be a Lea Francis?

[woodinsight]

Not Lea-Francis.
Much more obscure than that - only three were built.

[Allan L]

posted in error in this section and where's the "delete" gone

[woodinsight]

Any more suggestions before the pros have a go?

[D-type]

Alvis?