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It's probably easy to guess the base car but who built the body?
So, required - make, model and coachbuilder for the point.

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2011, 12:37:59 PM »
Moving up....

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2011, 12:53:40 PM »
No guesses? This one is harder than you thought!

Could it be based on a Lanchester?

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2011, 04:02:31 PM »
Not Lanchester although it is British

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2011, 04:12:42 PM »
Daimler Sovereign bodied by ... Hooper?
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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2011, 07:44:20 AM »
Daimler Sovereign bodied by ... Hooper?
Not Daimler and not by Hooper - more obscure

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2011, 06:03:36 AM »
Moving up to the Pros

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2011, 06:18:58 AM »
Lea-Francis?

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2011, 07:59:43 AM »
Jowett Jupiter based?

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2011, 08:38:32 AM »
Neither Lea-Francis or Jowett based.
The make is usually associated with larger cars than those......

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2011, 08:42:54 AM »
The wheels suggest it's a Bentley
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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2011, 09:12:19 AM »
Not a Bentley but more of that sort of quality

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2011, 09:17:54 AM »
Lagonda

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2011, 09:20:34 AM »
Yes - it's a Lagonda, but who built the coachwork?

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2011, 09:25:48 AM »
Abbott?

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2011, 09:26:34 AM »
Stabilimenti Farina?
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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2011, 09:34:48 AM »
Tickford?

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2011, 09:37:03 AM »
No to all three.
Coachbuilder is fairly obscure but not unknown..

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2011, 09:38:51 AM »
Pennock?
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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2011, 11:07:54 AM »
Not Pennock

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2011, 12:15:10 PM »
1949 Lagonda 2-1/2 Litre for a Mr. G. Arpino, using the "Superleggera" method of light alloy panelling on a steel tube framework by Leacroft Ltd. of Egham (UK).

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Re: MJW #322
« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2011, 12:54:35 AM »
1949 Lagonda 2-1/2 Litre for a Mr. G. Arpino, using the "Superleggera" method of light alloy panelling on a steel tube framework by Leacroft Ltd. of Egham (UK).
We have a winner!
That's it exactly - well done.