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Solved - MJW #100 - F.M.C. Bristol 1956
« on: November 04, 2010, 05:09:02 PM »
Make, year, who built it and what engine did it use for a point.
Not easy perhaps but I'm sure someone can solve this.
« Last Edit: January 18, 2011, 11:51:31 AM by woodinsight »
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2010, 02:47:55 AM »
Hay! No fair hiding behind that bale!
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2010, 04:31:55 AM »
Unfortunately this was the only photo I have of this particular car.
Perhaps others will come to light after it is solved.
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2010, 05:12:33 AM »
'twas a pun  :D
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2010, 05:18:56 AM »
I know - I enjoyed it!
Sometimes I think I'm becoming too serious (about cars!)  :D
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2010, 07:58:08 AM »
Is it Mercedes Benz badge on the front?
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2010, 01:51:50 PM »
I don't know what the badge may be on the front but I can assure you it isn't Mercedes
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2010, 03:04:38 PM »
Based on an Elva?
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2010, 03:12:58 PM »
Not as far as I know
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2010, 11:44:37 AM »
Obscure car needs professional help.....
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2010, 11:46:30 AM »
Fibersport?
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2010, 11:55:49 AM »
I'd be surprised if this car had a Fibersport body.
It is British (a clue) and although I don't know very much about the car - I can tell you that I know the make, engine and year. What I don't know is whether the builder based it on another car and acquired a shell from one of the numerous body shell producers of the day or built the car entirely from scratch.
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2010, 01:22:19 PM »
This is a difficult one - it's the only image I have ever seen of this car.
However (a big clue) the name has been mentioned in one of my posts on a similar car.
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2010, 01:54:55 PM »
Jehu-Riley built by John Horridge?
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2010, 02:00:06 PM »
Not the Jehu.
On a much longer lasting puzzle!
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #15 on: December 16, 2010, 02:54:49 PM »
Okay - another clue - the car has a Bristol engine
Please note that the name was mentioned (by me) in another long lasting thread!
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2010, 04:29:26 PM »
Bristol engine?
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #17 on: December 16, 2010, 04:30:37 PM »
Yes - Bristol engined
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #18 on: December 16, 2010, 05:28:41 PM »
Quote from: woodinsight on November 26, 2010, 01:22:19 PM
This is a difficult one - it's the only image I have ever seen of this car.
However (a big clue) the name has been mentioned in one of my posts on a similar car.
BBS of H.M. Barron?
(and you wrote that BBS may stand for Barron Bristol Special or Sports)

Doesn't mean I've any idea about it - just that I can follow clues!
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2010, 02:20:30 AM »
Good guess Allan but it's not that one.
Glad to see someone following my clues!
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2010, 04:39:02 AM »
As I wrote in that (Lester Bristol) thread this one doesn't look high enough in the bonnet to house a Bristol engine.
The other car you mentioned was John Horridge's Lister Bristol, which this can't be as the Horridge car looked like this when it was Bristol-powered:

However it was said to have been once Riley powered and may have looked more like the Jehu then.
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2010, 08:01:43 AM »
No - it's not that one.
I mentioned quite a few obscure Bristol engined cars I think this was one of my final thoughts
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2011, 03:42:33 PM »
Quote from: woodinsight on December 17, 2010, 08:01:43 AM
No - it's not that one.
I mentioned quite a few obscure Bristol engined cars I think this was one of my final thoughts
I stand corrected on this one, the name of this car was suggested by another puzzler in that infamous thread - my apologies
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2011, 04:25:27 PM »
A Chapman? Chapman-Mercury? Looks quite similar!

OK, it's late, and all cats are grey in the night, so my brain possibly told me 'Yeah, Bristol = Mercury!'...

Could it be FMC though?
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Re: MJW #100
« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2011, 05:22:19 PM »
Well I'll try the Warrior-Bristol as there is some similarity - but this one seems not to have the bonnet-top airscoop/carb box of the Warrior (and most Bristol-engined cars).
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