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Solved - MJW #247 - Burdmonk Mk 3 1952
« on: January 25, 2011, 01:52:00 PM »
Make, model, year and what it was based on.
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Re: MJW #247
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2011, 12:31:49 PM »
Moving up a level

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Re: MJW #247
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2011, 01:34:23 PM »
Anything to do with Colin Chapman?
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Re: MJW #247
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2011, 02:04:46 PM »
As far as I know nothing to do with Colin Chapman

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Re: MJW #247
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2011, 02:49:05 PM »
Those look like Ford wheels.  Is it Ford 10 based?
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Re: MJW #247
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2011, 02:53:05 PM »
Ford wheels perhaps but based on a different car

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Re: MJW #247
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2011, 11:04:49 AM »
Let's see if the Pros can solve it

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Re: MJW #247
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2011, 11:24:27 AM »
Buckler?
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Re: MJW #247
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2011, 11:32:55 AM »
It was based on a Buckler but has a specific name/model

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Re: MJW #247
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2011, 06:22:39 PM »
It's The Burdmonk, built by Nigel Kennedy of Glasgow for hill-climbing and based on a Buckler Mk 5 Chassis with a Morris 10 engine.
It was registered KGB 1, a Glasgow issue dating from April 1952.
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Re: MJW #247
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2011, 03:26:38 AM »
Yes! - well done Carnut.
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Re: Solved - MJW #247 - Burdmonk Mk 3 1952
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2011, 03:56:57 AM »
A later version... ;D
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Re: Solved - MJW #247 - Burdmonk Mk 3 1952
« Reply #12 on: February 01, 2011, 04:23:31 AM »
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