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Solved - MJW #320 - Lee Triumph Special
« on: March 01, 2011, 01:56:45 PM »
Another "not quite what it seems" puzzles.
For a point - what car was this based on, what engine did it have and who built it?
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2011, 02:12:38 PM »
I'm moving this one up as it may time to resolve
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2011, 03:11:44 PM »
I have no idea, but the hardtop makes me think it may have started life as a Tornado?
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2011, 04:00:52 PM »
Well, I have no idea about the hardtop except that it was probably built by the constructer who built the car.
I don't know about a Tornado connection in relation to that.
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2011, 04:52:45 PM »
Well it looks like a healey 3000 kit car.

Obvious one first Sebring?

I think the roof was nicked off a 105e anglia....
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2011, 01:01:55 AM »
It may look like an Austin-Healey kit car but this is a 'one-off'
I don't have many details of the build except for the base car, engine and the name of the man who built it.
The body is the only Austin-Healey element and the base car is much older.
You may be correct regarding the roof though.
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2011, 12:28:13 PM »
British?
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2011, 12:46:37 PM »
All British - chassis, engine, body and builder
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2011, 01:44:00 AM »
Moving up again
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2011, 02:32:05 PM »
Another one that needs a helping hand.

To summarise what we know so far -
British (all elements), Austin-Healey body, 'one-off' built by an individual.

I'm going to award more points now - one for the basis of the car - marque and model (it may have a specially built chassis but the running gear was from a British prewar car)
and another point for the make and size of the British engine it used.
It is believed the car was built in the mid-1950s by a Mr. xxx (possibly another point for the correct answer to that)
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2011, 04:30:15 AM »
That damn' Mr X again; prolific wasn't he?!
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2011, 05:38:57 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on April 11, 2011, 04:30:15 AM
That damn' Mr X again; prolific wasn't he?!
:D  - true there are a lot of Mr.xs in my recent puzzles.
This man's surname is three letters long and sounds as if it may be Far Eastern in origin although it's a common enough British name.
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2011, 05:56:51 AM »
Lee?
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2011, 06:46:28 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on April 11, 2011, 05:56:51 AM
Lee?
Lee it is - I don't know his first name or initial though.
One point for you.
Now all I need is the base car and the engine for more points....
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2011, 10:51:02 PM »
Based on a Riley?
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #15 on: April 22, 2011, 11:18:05 PM »
Quote from: barrett on April 22, 2011, 10:51:02 PM
Based on a Riley?
Not Riley but an even more popular British make
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2011, 02:44:08 AM »
Morgan?
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2011, 02:54:35 AM »
Not Morgan, sorry
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2011, 03:06:37 AM »
Triumph?
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #19 on: April 26, 2011, 05:13:42 AM »
Apologies for the slow reply.
It is based on a Triumph - but which model?
The engine isn't Triumph however.
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #20 on: April 26, 2011, 05:16:10 AM »
TR 3?
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #21 on: April 26, 2011, 05:40:18 AM »
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #22 on: April 26, 2011, 05:46:07 AM »
Dolomite (pre-war) ?
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #23 on: April 26, 2011, 05:47:38 AM »
Not the Dolomite but it is pre-war
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Re: MJW #320
« Reply #24 on: April 26, 2011, 05:49:48 AM »
Gloria based?
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