Author Topic: Ubb82 Alfa Romeo bodied Triumph Gloria with Wolseley engine 2013  (Read 1062 times)

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What do we have here ?
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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2013, 06:22:57 PM »
An OM ?
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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2013, 03:00:28 AM »

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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2013, 05:42:34 AM »
Sorry, no idea, but it's absolutely ace.  8) 8) You'd need a soft helmet, goggles and a big handlebar moustache to pull off driving it about, though. I would definitely manage those parameters, even if the 'tache was a stick-on type. :D

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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2013, 08:15:41 AM »
It's RHD, so either British or Italian. The colour is exactly the same as 30s Maseratis but I don't immediately recognise the model. Is it a Maserati ?
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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2013, 09:51:24 AM »
Not a Maserati I'm afraid...

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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2013, 05:26:46 PM »
Alvis?
AC?
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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2013, 03:08:15 AM »
Not AC nor Alvis

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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2013, 10:36:14 AM »
Riley ?
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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2013, 11:22:27 AM »
Not a Riley

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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2013, 01:04:28 PM »
French ?
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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2013, 02:46:50 PM »
No French parts at all...

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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2013, 04:01:26 PM »
Alfa Romeo?

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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2013, 04:43:13 PM »
Not an Alfa

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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2013, 04:55:29 PM »
I think we'd better start again - is it British ?
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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2013, 02:51:59 AM »
I think we'd better start again - is it British ?
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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2013, 03:44:00 AM »
I think we'd better start again - is it British ?
Good idea  ;), yes it is British
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Lagonda?
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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2013, 04:23:50 AM »
Armstrong-Siddeley?

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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2013, 06:20:59 AM »
The usual suspects are nearly exhausted . Is it a rebodied MG Magnette K3 ?
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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2013, 08:09:14 AM »
No Lagonda, Armstrong-Siddely or MG I'm afraid...

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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #20 on: April 08, 2013, 08:20:13 AM »
Aston Martin ?
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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #21 on: April 08, 2013, 10:23:09 AM »
Not Aston Martin. This one isn't so easy... but too early to give a clue now  ;)

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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #22 on: April 08, 2013, 10:50:12 AM »
Wolseley Hornet special ?
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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2013, 01:14:11 PM »
Getting closer, the car has got a Wolseley Hornet Special engine, but no further Wolseley bits in this racer

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Re: Ubb82
« Reply #24 on: April 09, 2013, 05:15:17 AM »
Is this one of Tony Seber's creations ?
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