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Barrett's #274 - Solved - The very first Diva GT, 1962
« on: March 28, 2012, 04:02:28 PM »
What exactly is this car? A point if you know
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Re: Barrett's #274
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2012, 09:59:07 AM »
Experts?
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Re: Barrett's #274
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2012, 05:56:43 PM »
MG Midget based?
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Re: Barrett's #274
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2012, 02:41:29 AM »
GSM?
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Re: Barrett's #274
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2012, 01:27:59 PM »
No MG or GSM connection
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Re: Barrett's #274
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2012, 01:11:45 PM »
The Pros will know
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Re: Barrett's #274
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2012, 04:48:27 PM »
Diva Ford GT 1962
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Re: Barrett's #274
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2012, 10:23:32 AM »
Correct, but could you expand on that at all? What differentiates this car from all the other Divas?

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Re: Barrett's #274
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2012, 11:08:03 AM »
This was the first of the Diva GT range.
Designed as mobile test-bed for A.J.D. "Don" Sim's Tunex Conversions Ltd., the car was powered by a Ford 105E engine and was registered 3 DLH in 1962.
Diva then progressed to using a modified Heron bodyshell before developing their own design for the C-Type and the D-Type.
Another view of the car -
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Re: Barrett's #274
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2012, 12:41:10 PM »
Correct, this was the very first Diva GT built by Tunex with a Heron shell and Ford Anglia running gear. The photograph is taken from the very first commercial advertisement for the Diva GT from 1962.
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Re: Barrett's #274 - Solved - The very first Diva GT, 1962
« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2012, 05:09:25 AM »
A photo of the car at the Brighton Speed Trials -
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