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Title: Solved -PJ523- 'Abbey Cat' by Whitley Abbey School 1984
Post by: Paul Jaray on April 14, 2013, 03:35:22 PM
Who knows this car?
1 point for you.
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Post by: Wendax on April 16, 2013, 03:57:58 AM
British?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on April 16, 2013, 03:59:44 AM
Yes!
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Post by: Wendax on April 16, 2013, 04:09:17 AM
Hillman Imp chassis?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on April 16, 2013, 04:06:37 PM
I don't have any detail about it...just who built it and when.
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Post by: Wendax on April 16, 2013, 04:09:47 PM
Looks a like a contemporary fellow of a Franke Scout. So I'll have a try at 1976?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on April 18, 2013, 03:27:23 AM
Later than 1976.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on April 25, 2013, 05:42:01 AM
Few guesses in the right direction and you'll bring it home!
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Post by: sixtee5cuda on April 25, 2013, 08:42:23 AM
Built before 1990.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on April 25, 2013, 08:47:02 AM
Yes, and later than 1980.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on April 30, 2013, 05:55:55 AM
It is definetly not too hard.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on May 06, 2013, 02:31:34 PM
Ok, I'll park into the black hole, then.
...but it is much easier than it seems.
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Post by: Djetset on May 06, 2013, 04:59:30 PM
Do you know if it is electric?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on May 06, 2013, 05:41:33 PM
Nope, but I think it's not.
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Post by: Djetset on May 06, 2013, 05:59:26 PM
Is it an Ogle Design project?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on May 07, 2013, 03:48:11 AM
Not Ogle Design.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on June 01, 2013, 05:32:22 PM
I can't give clues about this one..it's definetly not so hard.
If you find the right question (a question you often use in these cases) you'll find it via Google, 1st page!
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Post by: Djetset on June 03, 2013, 05:35:46 PM
Any Reliant connection?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on June 04, 2013, 03:22:22 AM
Not that I'm aware of.
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Post by: pnegyesi on June 08, 2013, 02:15:59 AM
was the picture taken at an auction?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on June 08, 2013, 02:37:45 AM
I don't think, but can't be sure.
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Post by: pnegyesi on June 08, 2013, 03:04:11 AM
university project?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on June 08, 2013, 03:11:48 AM
Yes!
Locked for you till your next guess.
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Post by: pnegyesi on June 08, 2013, 03:33:50 AM
I don't have a guess, yet. Built by students at Coventry University's School of Art and Design?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on June 09, 2013, 05:35:40 AM
it is from Coventry but not from A&D...and it's not from an University but a School, sorry.
Locked for you.
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Post by: pnegyesi on June 09, 2013, 07:15:20 AM
Winner of BP Buildacar '84 - Whitley Abbey School, the car was called Abbey Cat
The 28 November, 1984 issue of Autocar says this:
AN all white, two-seater called "Abbey Cat", built by the Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School of Coventry, has won this year's BP buildacar competition gaining a £1,000 prize for the school as well as helping its four builders to get jobs in the motor industry.  Built by 16-year-olds Peter Walker, David Wyer, David Black and 17-year-old Stephen Campbell it has a glass-fibre body and powered by a 20-year-old NSU Prinz air-cooled engine
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Post by: pnegyesi on June 12, 2013, 02:40:21 PM
let's give this a little bump
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Post by: Paul Jaray on June 13, 2013, 03:58:40 PM
Thank you, I'm here now.  ;)
You found the car and some additional info I didn't know.
I'd like to know more about those BP Buildacar cars...I found some of them and are a nice subject.
Here's your point!