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Title: Solved NIC #10 - Convair "S" frame from the 1950s
Post by: nicanary on June 30, 2013, 10:04:38 AM: Who can tell me what this is ?
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: nicanary on July 08, 2013, 10:35:14 AM: Experts ?
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Post by: D-type on July 08, 2013, 12:41:58 PM: Based on the spare wheel location and nothing else, is this a [naked] Healey Silverstone?
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Post by: nicanary on July 08, 2013, 06:43:07 PM: Sorry, not a Healey of any type.
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Post by: nicanary on July 21, 2013, 11:55:36 AM: Pros ?
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Post by: thorax on July 21, 2013, 04:31:56 PM: French?
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Post by: nicanary on July 21, 2013, 04:36:26 PM: Quote from: thorax on July 21, 2013, 04:31:56 PM
French?

Not French.
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: Allan L on July 21, 2013, 04:41:06 PM: Seems to be a four-cylinder BMC engine, probably "B" series.
Wheels look BMC so is it British?
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Post by: nicanary on July 21, 2013, 05:02:54 PM: Quote from: Allan L on July 21, 2013, 04:41:06 PM
Seems to be a four-cylinder BMC engine, probably "B" series.
Wheels look BMC so is it British?

Yes, British.
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: targhediferro on July 22, 2013, 03:13:38 AM: Austin A40 sport?
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Post by: nicanary on July 22, 2013, 05:51:56 AM: Quote from: targhediferro on July 22, 2013, 03:13:38 AM
Austin A40 sport?

Not an Austin. My source did not identify the power unit, but it could well be a BMC unit.
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: Allan L on July 22, 2013, 06:09:53 AM: It's 50+ years since I saw one in that state, but it does remind me of a Turner - like this one:
(http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=25236.0;attach=63670;image)
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: nicanary on July 22, 2013, 06:24:14 AM: Quote from: Allan L on July 22, 2013, 06:09:53 AM
It's 50+ years since I saw one in that state, but it does remind me of a Turner - like this one:
(http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=25236.0;attach=63670;image)

Not a Turner. Less common.
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: nicanary on July 27, 2013, 06:16:19 AM: Time for a clue. The makers were better known for their bodywork.
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Post by: Carnut on July 27, 2013, 12:23:21 PM: Quote from: nicanary on July 27, 2013, 06:16:19 AM
Time for a clue. The makers were better known for their bodywork.

Odd that they forgot to put it on this one then...
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: targhediferro on July 27, 2013, 06:08:24 PM: Jensen?
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Post by: nicanary on July 27, 2013, 06:53:58 PM: Quote from: targhediferro on July 27, 2013, 06:08:24 PM
Jensen?

Not as mainstream.
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: ropat53 on July 28, 2013, 11:21:37 AM: Quote from: nicanary on July 27, 2013, 06:16:19 AM
Time for a clue. The makers were better known for their bodywork.

Fiber glass body makers?
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: nicanary on July 28, 2013, 11:31:22 AM: Quote from: ropat53 on July 28, 2013, 11:21:37 AM
Quote from: nicanary on July 27, 2013, 06:16:19 AM
Time for a clue. The makers were better known for their bodywork.

Fiber glass body makers?

Yes !!
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: pnegyesi on July 28, 2013, 11:32:11 AM: Microplas?
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Post by: nicanary on July 28, 2013, 11:35:43 AM: Quote from: pnegyesi on July 28, 2013, 11:32:11 AM
Microplas?

No.
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Post by: D-type on July 28, 2013, 04:06:02 PM: Falcon?
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Post by: nicanary on July 28, 2013, 04:40:04 PM: Quote from: D-type on July 28, 2013, 04:06:02 PM
Falcon?

No. Just a few hundred more to go through........ ;D
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Post by: pnegyesi on August 30, 2013, 12:03:46 AM: Ashley?
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Post by: nicanary on August 30, 2013, 05:12:58 AM: Quote from: pnegyesi on August 30, 2013, 12:03:46 AM
Ashley?

No. I can tell you that two brothers were involved.
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Post by: Wendax on August 30, 2013, 05:20:10 AM: The Adams brothers?
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Post by: pnegyesi on August 30, 2013, 05:20:30 AM: Edward Brothers?
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Post by: nicanary on August 30, 2013, 05:42:10 AM: Neither Adams nor Edwards brothers. British, and from the East End of London, and not widely known outside the specialist world of GRP body makers.
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Post by: hermanoto on August 30, 2013, 07:13:36 AM: Deep Sanderson 301 Prototype for an open sportscar, 1961, BMC Mini engined. Later on raced by Chris Lawrence, left the track, and was written off
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: nicanary on August 30, 2013, 08:27:16 AM: Quote from: hermanoto on August 30, 2013, 07:13:36 AM
Deep Sanderson 301 Prototype for an open sportscar, 1961, BMC Mini engined. Later on raced by Chris Lawrence, left the track, and was written off

Sorry. Nowhere near.
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 30, 2013, 08:37:59 AM: It's a Convair S frame, used with the Excell body shell (we've had the complete car as a puzzle before)

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=10791.0

I'm sad to say that the old "go-to" site for 50's specials has gone under. :(
Title: Re: NIC #10
Post by: nicanary on August 30, 2013, 08:59:24 AM: Quote from: Otto Puzzell on August 30, 2013, 08:37:59 AM
It's a Convair S frame, used with the Excell body shell (we've had the complete car as a puzzle before)

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=10791.0

I'm sad to say that the old "go-to" site for 50's specials has gone under. :(

Yay ! Correct. Made by Terry and Clive Wren, similar to the Tojeiro frame, and could take a variety of engines. The front suspension was from an Austin (Nash) Matropolitan. It's quite possible that the engine in the photo is a BMC "B" series.

Yes, I miss "that" site too.