Solved - MJW #836 - Alexis Mk 1 1954

[woodinsight]

Identify the make, model and year of this small sports car for a point.....

[Paul Jaray]

Great puzzles as usual! 

[woodinsight]

Great puzzles as usual! 

Thanks!
Sometimes I think they may be a bit tough to solve but only a handful end up in the BH.

[woodinsight]

Expertise please.....

[woodinsight]

Pros turn

[Djetset]

Starting at the beginning, is it Austin 7-based?

[Allan L]

Those look more like prewar Ford 8 wheels and the grille looks like a flattened Ford Prefect job so perhaps it's a Ford special.

[woodinsight]

I don't know what it was based on but I suspect it was Ford rather than Austin.
As a clue - this I believe was the forerunner of many cars of this marque.

[Djetset]

A Buckler?

[woodinsight]

Not a Buckler.
Clue - this company made many single-seater racing cars.....

[Carnut]

Lotus?

[Djetset]

Cooper?

[pnegyesi]

Tojeiro?

[woodinsight]

Not Lotus, Cooper or Tojeiro....

[pnegyesi]

Lester?

[woodinsight]

Not Lester either

[Djetset]

So far all of our answers have been for British firms.  Are we correct in thinking this car is British?

[Wendax]

Lola?

[woodinsight]

Yes it is British
A small clue - the single seaters the company built were mainly for the smaller capacity classes.

[Djetset]

Pilbeam?

[woodinsight]

Okay - hold everything for the moment!
I have just found the article accompanying the photo and I have to admit I was mistaken.
The puzzle car was not the forerunner of the maker of single-seaters and sports racers.

However it shares the same marque name.

It will be enough to give me the marque name to gain the point....

[woodinsight]

Pilbeam?

Not Pilbeam

[Wendax]

Emeryson?

[Djetset]

Chevron?

[Carnut]

McLaren?