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Solved - NEH 1164: 1954 Lanchester Roadster with GRP Royale Sabre body
« on: July 04, 2011, 08:08:11 AM »
1 point for this car's correct identification and when it dates from:
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Re: NEH 1164
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2011, 05:33:56 PM »
Delahaye 1949
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Re: NEH 1164
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2011, 06:39:08 PM »
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Re: NEH 1164
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2011, 04:50:03 PM »
French?
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Re: NEH 1164
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Re: NEH 1164
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2011, 04:44:10 AM »
Australian ?
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Re: NEH 1164
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Re: NEH 1164
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2011, 11:00:55 AM »
Royale Sabre
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Re: NEH 1164
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2011, 11:40:35 AM »
Quote from: Captain Slow on July 08, 2011, 11:00:55 AM
Royale Sabre

That's was not the answer I was looking for but now that you have said that I've looked into it and I have to agree that is exactly what this car looks like...

The puzzle car is due to be auctioned later this month and is being described as something completely different, a British marque from the early 1950's!!

I'll have to look a bit further into this but I have a feeling you're right and the auctioneers are talking total hogwash...   I wondered why I'd never seen one like it before!
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Re: NEH 1164
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2011, 12:16:25 PM »
There was one produced with Lanchester 14 running gear, but it is still a kit car dating from about 1991 at the earliest.

Is this what your sources are saying?
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Re: NEH 1164
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2011, 01:36:23 PM »
Yes, that's right.  It's being advertised as a 1954 Lanchester Roadster.
I did wonder if they'd used a Sabre body to avoid a costly rebuild and was trying to find out if that was the case, but there's no information on it on the auctioneer's website.
So that's the answer then and the point is yours!
Well done.
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