Author Topic: Solved - NEH 1751: 1935 Frazer Nash-BMW 319/2 rebodied 1990s to 328-style  (Read 402 times)

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What is this car based on and when was it re-bodied - for 1 point?



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Re: NEH 1751
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2012, 04:26:43 AM »
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Re: NEH 1751
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2012, 01:21:46 AM »
1935 Frazer-Nash (BMW) 319/2 rebodied and registered as 328 of 1940 vintage.

Apparently the original owner began a restoration, but never completed it.  It was acquired by a new owner without a body and in the mid-1990s, it was given a body that's "loosely based on a 328."

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Re: NEH 1751
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2012, 05:02:38 AM »
1935 Frazer-Nash (BMW) 319/2 rebodied and registered as 328 of 1940 vintage.

Apparently the original owner began a restoration, but never completed it.  It was acquired by a new owner without a body and in the mid-1990s, it was given a body that's "loosely based on a 328."

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Was it rebodied by a coachbuilder . If yes by whom.
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Was it rebodied by a coachbuilder . If yes by whom.
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From the 'site where I got some pictures:

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This beautifully presented example is a matching-numbers Frazer Nash-BMW and was delivered new to the Falcon Works in Isleworth, Frazer Nash HQ, on the 2nd July 1935 and was finished in beige and brown paintwork. The car was bought in the 1960s by the Shaw family of Derby, where it stood inactive until the early 1990s when a complete restoration began. Unfortunately, Mr Shaw passed away before the car was completed and it was subsequently sold as a complete rolling chassis, minus body, to a Mr Ugalve of Devon.

The car was then restored utilising the expertise of pre-war BMW specialist, Steve White at Lodge Motor Engineering and Ashbridge Automobiles of Leighton Buzzard. In addition, the original engine was rebuilt and converted to shell bearings using Bristol connecting rods. As confirmed by a Vintage Sports-Car Club eligibility document, the car retains all of its original running gear including chassis, engine crankcase, back and front axle casings and gear box casing. Made by Jonathan Rose, the body is loosely based on a BMW 328 sports car of the period and is constructed on the original 319 chassis - without alteration - using a robust tubular framework and aluminium panels. Consequently, this lightweight coachwork has enabled an extremely potent power-to-weight ratio.

Complete with its original registration number, 'LMF 37', it has been campaigned in recent years at Brooklands and Prescott and is very well known to the VSCC and Frazer Nash-BMW circles. Offered with MoT test certificate until March 2012, original buff log book, current road fund licence and a detailed record of correspondence between owners, this aluminium bodied pre-war tourer would make an ideal entrant to the very best competitions and rallies throughout the world.
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