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SOLVED: Djetset #639 - Pilgrim Rapier (Hawthorn prototype)
« on: April 15, 2013, 05:06:39 PM »
Forgive the poor-quality photo, but what is the make and model name of this car for a point?
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2013, 05:16:22 PM »
Up to the Experts.
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2013, 05:39:12 PM »
Is it LHD or RHD or are there two steering wheels ?
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2013, 06:10:30 PM »
It could be either, but only one steering wheel!
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2013, 08:07:34 AM »
Jaguar project?

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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2013, 10:59:10 AM »
Is it a Ginetta Fairlite ?
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2013, 02:25:51 PM »
No Jaguar or Ginetta connections here.
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2013, 06:49:19 AM »
Prototype Berkeley Bandit ?
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2013, 07:01:30 AM »
Not a Berkeley.
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2013, 01:43:28 PM »
Up to the Pros...
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2013, 06:57:19 PM »
Is it British?
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2013, 06:27:10 AM »
By Jove, it is terribly British!
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2013, 07:07:07 AM »
Martin?
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2013, 10:19:04 AM »
Not a Martin.
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2013, 05:25:11 PM »
vale?

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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2013, 07:18:43 PM »
BMC-based?
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2013, 04:48:58 AM »
Not a Vale, but sort of BMC (as in BL) based.
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2013, 10:28:30 AM »
MGB-based then?
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2013, 10:33:55 AM »
Can be MGB-based, along with related other vehicles (nothing like keeping it cryptic hey!) ;)
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2013, 10:35:58 AM »
Can be MGB-based, along with related other vehicles (nothing like keeping it cryptic hey!) ;)

Related to MGB?  You mean Morris Oxfords and their ilk?
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2013, 10:39:47 AM »
Indeed a Morris (happy 100th birthday!) but younger than an Oxford  ;)
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #21 on: May 16, 2013, 10:57:17 AM »
Indeed a Morris (happy 100th birthday!) but younger than an Oxford  ;)

Younger? I was thinking the car looked around 1959/60 in style !

So it has a transverse engine then? Mini based?
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #22 on: May 16, 2013, 11:48:51 AM »
Not a transverse engine, and the car is younger than 1959/60.
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #23 on: May 16, 2013, 01:26:02 PM »
The illustrious Marina?
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Re: Djetset #639
« Reply #24 on: May 16, 2013, 01:29:09 PM »
Yes, based on the wonderous Morris Marina!  So, what's the car called?
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