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Solved: Wendax 648 - Duncan Drone
« on: August 25, 2012, 01:50:21 AM »
Another "I can't believe it wasn't posted before".

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Re: Wendax 648
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2012, 01:33:25 AM »
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Re: Wendax 648
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2012, 05:03:10 AM »
1947-ish Healey-based Duncan Drone?
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Re: Wendax 648
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2012, 05:16:47 AM »
It surely is. One point for you.
« Last Edit: September 04, 2012, 12:44:11 PM by Wendax »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 648 - Duncan Drone
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2012, 02:09:58 PM »
The car was also known as the 2.4 Litre Healey-Duncan Competition 2-Seater.
Picture from a sunnier day:
« Last Edit: October 05, 2012, 02:13:03 PM by Wendax »
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Re: Solved: Wendax 648 - Duncan Drone
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2013, 11:54:24 AM »
There's one For Sale now; some pictures below of it and another.
They say the idea was to fit this basic body so they could sell the car for under £1000, then the purchaser would have a coachbuilder design and fit a body to suit him.  I wonder how many did?!
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Re: Solved: Wendax 648 - Duncan Drone
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2013, 12:11:44 PM »
Quote from: Carnut on July 26, 2013, 11:54:24 AM
There's one For Sale now; some pictures below of it and another.
They say the idea was to fit this basic body so they could sell the car for under £1000, then the purchaser would have a coachbuilder design and fit a body to suit him.  I wonder how many did?!
Possibly more than you think!
Around the time we are dealing with, Purchase tax on passenger cars was levied at 33.33% of the basic price. If that price were £1000 or over Purchase tax was doubled to 66.67% - however if there were Purchase Tax on the coachbuilder's subsequent work and I'm not sure that would have been, it would have been at 33.33%.
Somewhere I've seen that the Elliott bodied Healey cost £2725 inc. PT, so the basic price would have been circa £1650
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Re: Solved: Wendax 648 - Duncan Drone
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2013, 06:57:58 PM »
Yes, it did actually say that the reason for keeping it under £1000 was to avoid the double rate of purchase tax; I should have added that!
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Re: Solved: Wendax 648 - Duncan Drone
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2016, 08:24:36 AM »
It must be tons of fun to drive this little special...
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