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Solved - NEH 2662: Buckler Mk V ERD 96 - 1949
« on: May 09, 2013, 07:47:15 AM »
What's this, from when and what's its registration number - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2013, 05:07:56 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2013, 07:08:35 AM »
You have asked for the registration number, which infers that this was a well-known car. Was it built by someone who went on to be a famous racing car designer/constructor ?
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2013, 01:24:32 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 16, 2013, 07:08:35 AM
You have asked for the registration number, which infers that this was a well-known car. Was it built by someone who went on to be a famous racing car designer/constructor ?

Yes.
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2013, 04:24:18 PM »
The first Lotus?
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2013, 07:38:58 PM »
Quote from: D-type on May 16, 2013, 04:24:18 PM
The first Lotus?

No, not a Lotus.
Not as illustrious..
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2013, 12:54:41 AM »
Allard?
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2013, 05:14:20 AM »
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2013, 05:33:23 AM »
It's obviously Ford-based . I can't find a picture of it, but is it the CSM of Frank Nichols ?
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2013, 08:12:05 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 17, 2013, 05:33:23 AM
It's obviously Ford-based . I can't find a picture of it, but is it the CSM of Frank Nichols ?

No!
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2013, 08:33:26 AM »
The driver wears a tie ! Reminds me of Mike Costin ?
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2013, 08:48:48 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 17, 2013, 08:33:26 AM
The driver wears a tie ! Reminds me of Mike Costin ?

Everyone did in those days!  (Well, the men anyway..!)
Nothing to do with Costin.
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2013, 09:38:20 AM »
The days when we all looked like a younger version of our fathers. Tweed jackets and flannels.

I know this car from somewhere - I've seen the photo before and I'm getting frustrated. A "certain website" lists famous people who began with cars of this type, but none of them seem to fit the bill.

You have said "not as illustrious as Chapman" - did the builder progress to F1 design, or was he a sports-car maker ?
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2013, 09:41:29 AM »
Not F1, no.
Low-volume sports car/specials maker.
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2013, 10:26:35 AM »
That's a Buckler Mk V, the first "production" car registered in 1949 as ERD96. (Apparently Derek Buckler made sure all publicity photos were reverse-image so that the car seemed to be LHD - something to do with purchase-tax, maybe).
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Re: NEH 2662
« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2013, 10:39:43 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 17, 2013, 10:26:35 AM
That's a Buckler Mk V, the first "production" car registered in 1949 as ERD96. (Apparently Derek Buckler made sure all publicity photos were reverse-image so that the car seemed to be LHD - something to do with purchase-tax, maybe).

You got there!
Apparently it's Ford 10-based.
Well done!
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Re: Solved - NEH 2662: Buckler Mk V ERD 96 - 1949
« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2013, 11:15:02 AM »
Some more pictures:

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