Author Topic: Puzzle #306 - Solved! Standard / BMW by Zwakman (Read 2278 times)

Otto Puzzell · « **on:** May 15, 2007, 05:34:31 AM »

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grobmotorix · « **Reply #1 on:** May 15, 2007, 12:08:29 PM »

Is it Fiat based?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #2 on:** May 15, 2007, 12:10:53 PM »

It is not.

GRAYWOLF · « **Reply #3 on:** May 15, 2007, 02:34:19 PM »

Looks related to the Firearrow. Reminds me of a kid sticking his head out the window going down the highway!

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #4 on:** May 15, 2007, 03:33:58 PM »

There exists only the slimmest and most tenuous of connections to the Fire Arrow. And that connection wouldn't form until some decades after this car was constructed.

GRAYWOLF · « **Reply #5 on:** May 15, 2007, 03:46:34 PM »

Does that mean it isn't the same designer?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #6 on:** May 15, 2007, 04:20:26 PM »

Yep - different designer.

otis89 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 15, 2007, 05:39:33 PM »

Is it a Siata?

rchirnom · « **Reply #8 on:** May 15, 2007, 08:36:39 PM »

Is it British? I'm inclined to think so due to the MGA, TR6 and Mk2 in the background.

Tifosi · « **Reply #9 on:** May 15, 2007, 10:00:10 PM »

Quote from: KarnUtz on May 15, 2007, 03:33:58 PM

There exists only the slimmest and most tenuous of connections to the Fire Arrow. And that connection wouldn't form until some decades after this car was constructed.

Did Joe Bortz ever own it?

Dan

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #10 on:** May 16, 2007, 04:02:33 AM »

Quote from: otis89 on May 15, 2007, 05:39:33 PM

Is it a Siata?

Not a Siata

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #11 on:** May 16, 2007, 04:03:57 AM »

Quote from: rchirnom on May 15, 2007, 08:36:39 PM

Is it British? I'm inclined to think so due to the MGA, TR6 and Mk2 in the background.

The chassis is British, the drivetrain is not.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #12 on:** May 16, 2007, 04:04:34 AM »

Quote from: Tifosi on May 15, 2007, 10:00:10 PM

Did Joe Bortz ever own it?

Dan

As far as I know, he did not.

Ultra · « **Reply #13 on:** May 16, 2007, 11:57:36 AM »

I did not own it either.

Allan L · « **Reply #14 on:** May 16, 2007, 12:03:04 PM »

Nash-Healey perhaps, although the headlamps are more like the Alvis-healey

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #15 on:** May 16, 2007, 01:32:42 PM »

Not either of those.

rchirnom · « **Reply #16 on:** May 16, 2007, 08:32:59 PM »

JBM-Ford?? can't find a picture of it, however.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #17 on:** May 17, 2007, 04:55:38 AM »

Not a JBM-Ford

lynxd67 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 17, 2007, 05:14:33 PM »

There seems to be at least in the swage line, a resemblance to the Austin Metropolitan Nash. Am I even warm?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #19 on:** May 18, 2007, 04:32:51 AM »

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #20 on:** October 19, 2007, 06:49:42 AM »

I'm afraid this little roadster will rust into oblivion before it's ID'd...

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #21 on:** December 02, 2007, 05:09:01 PM »

Hi, that should be a Standard with a BMW engine.
It seems to be build on a standard chassis and the engine is a bmw 6 cylinder block.
It has 3 SU carburettors and seems to have english dashboard equipment.
It was probably build in england in 1949 (although it has lefthand drive) and was registered in holland in 1956.

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #22 on:** February 02, 2008, 08:46:46 AM »

I realize only now that I had the pic of the car from the beginning! It's in fact a BMW Barchetta Special by Zwakman, built in 1948 on a standard chassis.

Allan L · « **Reply #23 on:** February 02, 2008, 08:57:16 AM »

I cannot think of a Standard chassis built in or before 1949 that was good enough to justify spending all that time and money on.
Presumably it was a modest BMW engine rather than a 328, as the bonnet line hasn't the height for the downdraught carbs.

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #24 on:** February 02, 2008, 09:06:56 AM »

Fortunately I was able to find out where I took the pic...
http://www.nolinkshere.htm
the other pic is the same as KarnUtz's one but I really can't remember where it cames from...

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Author Topic: Puzzle #306 - Solved! Standard / BMW by Zwakman (Read 2278 times)