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Solved - MJW #317 - Bolwell Mk 1 1958
« on: March 01, 2011, 01:49:10 PM »
Moving on to a different era - what car is this and when was it built?

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Re: MJW #317
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2011, 12:35:24 PM »
Expertise please

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Re: MJW #317
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2011, 01:45:23 AM »
Professional help required

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Re: MJW #317
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2011, 01:06:11 AM »
Time for a clue I think -
This car was the first of over 600 cars produced by this company.

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Re: MJW #317
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2011, 02:44:13 AM »
Your 'first of over 600 cars' clue has rather thrown me as I had an idea which I now kno won't be correct.  I assume it is British though?
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

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Re: MJW #317
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2011, 03:10:30 AM »
No, it's not British!

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Re: MJW #317
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2011, 03:37:59 AM »
USAmerican?

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Re: MJW #317
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2011, 03:44:27 AM »
Australian?
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Re: MJW #317
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2011, 03:54:24 AM »
It's the Bolwell MK1 from 1958. Djetset made me remember!
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Re: MJW #317
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2011, 03:55:13 AM »
It' the Bolwell Mk I, a hobby car rather than a production sports car.

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Re: MJW #317
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2011, 03:56:57 AM »
49 seconds too late. Life is a shark pool  ;)

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Re: MJW #317
« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2011, 05:06:45 AM »
It's the Bolwell MK1 from 1958. Djetset made me remember!
It is indeed the Bolwell Mk 1 - a 'one-off' originally built in 1958.

Bolwell didn't really start mass producing cars until the Mk 4 (55 cars).
The Mk 2 was another 'one-off' and there were two made of the Mk 3.

You've sometimes got to be very quick after a clue is posted!