Author Topic: Solved - MJW #198 - Hopper Special 1947 (Read 1875 times)

woodinsight · « **on:** January 07, 2011, 02:40:11 PM »

Probably difficult for Rookies but who knows?
Anyway, make, who built it and the year for a point.
(apologies for the poor photo)

woodinsight · « **Reply #1 on:** January 11, 2011, 05:33:01 PM »

May even be difficult for an Expert - let's see.....

D-type · « **Reply #2 on:** January 13, 2011, 05:59:02 AM »

The windscreen looks like a Jaguar XK120 - Is there one, or part of one, under there?

woodinsight · « **Reply #3 on:** January 13, 2011, 08:32:24 AM »

Only the windscreen perhaps.
No other Jaguar parts that I'm aware of.

hugo90 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 13, 2011, 06:09:38 PM »

I think it's too small to be from a Jaguar. I see Volvo 544 in the windshield and hood. Is it from Sweden?

woodinsight · « **Reply #5 on:** January 14, 2011, 03:34:56 AM »

Not Swedish.
This was the first car built by this person.
He built another two cars, all totally different.

woodinsight · « **Reply #6 on:** January 15, 2011, 10:45:49 AM »

Another view -

Amsterdam · « **Reply #7 on:** January 15, 2011, 12:48:12 PM »

Quote from: Allemano on January 15, 2011, 12:39:01 PM

You have identified 375 cars to many for asking that question

Allemano · « **Reply #8 on:** January 15, 2011, 12:49:39 PM »

woodinsight · « **Reply #9 on:** January 18, 2011, 03:59:09 PM »

Pros - any solution?

Allemano · « **Reply #10 on:** January 19, 2011, 01:04:59 AM »

Jowett Jupiter based?

woodinsight · « **Reply #11 on:** January 19, 2011, 02:29:28 AM »

No Jowett parts were used.

A little piece of extra information - the car had a British engine and the suspension came from an Italian marque.

woodinsight · « **Reply #12 on:** April 06, 2011, 05:33:40 AM »

A clue is now necessary to move this one forward.

The car is named after its' creator who hailed from Glasgow, Scotland.

It is the first of three cars he built (all very different) and the name is xxxxer.
(something a small aquatic animal does!)

Carnut · « **Reply #13 on:** April 06, 2011, 06:07:04 AM »

Beaver?

Allemano · « **Reply #14 on:** April 06, 2011, 06:36:45 AM »

Croaker?

Wendax · « **Reply #15 on:** April 06, 2011, 06:45:52 AM »

Hopper?

woodinsight · « **Reply #16 on:** April 06, 2011, 06:57:22 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on April 06, 2011, 06:45:52 AM

Hopper?

Hopper it is!
Can you provide me with a year before I award you a point please.
Locked for you until your next reply.

I'll reply with a fuller explanation of the car later.

Wendax · « **Reply #17 on:** April 06, 2011, 07:04:01 AM »

I guess it is the Hopper Special by Ian Hopper from 1951.

woodinsight · « **Reply #18 on:** April 06, 2011, 07:51:52 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on April 06, 2011, 07:04:01 AM

I guess it is the Hopper Special by Ian Hopper from 1951.

It is the Hopper Special built by Ian J. Hopper but this is the first one he built - the third one was built in 1951.
Have another try and I'll give you the point if you are within a year of the actual date.

Wendax · « **Reply #19 on:** April 06, 2011, 08:02:12 AM »

Hopper's first post-war special, registered FUS 1, was a low-slung coupe with a Triumph Dolomite engine in a modified Riley Kestrel chassis. It was made in 1947.

woodinsight · « **Reply #20 on:** April 06, 2011, 08:42:47 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on April 06, 2011, 08:02:12 AM

Hopper's first post-war special, registered FUS 1, was a low-slung coupe with a Triumph Dolomite engine in a modified Riley Kestrel chassis. It was made in 1947.

That's it - well done Wendax

Here is an ad for the car in 1951

DeAutogids · « **Reply #21 on:** April 06, 2011, 10:03:23 AM »

because of the name Ltd, is this a production car?

woodinsight · « **Reply #22 on:** April 06, 2011, 10:56:32 AM »

Quote from: DeAutogids on April 06, 2011, 10:03:23 AM

because of the name Ltd, is this a production car?

No - this was Ian Hopper's father's company which wasn't involved in car production

Carnut · « **Reply #23 on:** March 17, 2015, 12:15:20 PM »

Picture of it competing at a hillclimb in Bo'ness in 1948:

grobmotorix · « **Reply #24 on:** March 19, 2015, 02:51:02 PM »

News:

Author Topic: Solved - MJW #198 - Hopper Special 1947 (Read 1875 times)