Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #661 - Buckby Engineering Heinz 57 (Range Rover-based) (Read 1280 times)

Djetset · « **on:** November 05, 2013, 02:01:15 PM »

For a point, which company made this, what is its model name, and what car is it based on?

Djetset · « **Reply #1 on:** November 19, 2013, 02:37:18 AM »

Up to the Experts.

richard cuyler · « **Reply #2 on:** November 20, 2013, 12:08:00 PM »

It's based on something with a separate chassis, so a Ford Transit perhaps?

Djetset · « **Reply #3 on:** November 21, 2013, 06:58:49 AM »

Ys, it does have a separate chassis, but it's not from a Ford Transit.

D-type · « **Reply #4 on:** November 21, 2013, 05:30:52 PM »

Land Rover perhaps?

Djetset · « **Reply #5 on:** November 21, 2013, 06:28:24 PM »

Yes-ish! Can you be more specific?

D-type · « **Reply #6 on:** November 21, 2013, 06:45:29 PM »

I've no idea. Right hand drive, separate chassis, too chunky for a Triumph Herald. What's left?

Land Rover.

So, is it a modified Range Rover?

If I'm right please don't lock it as I'm blundering around in the dark.

Djetset · « **Reply #7 on:** November 21, 2013, 06:53:35 PM »

Yes, it is on a Range Rover chassis (what a way to treat a first-generation Range Rover!

).

So, any idea who made it, and what it's called?.

D-type · « **Reply #8 on:** November 22, 2013, 05:57:16 PM »

From Australia?

Djetset · « **Reply #9 on:** November 25, 2013, 08:18:52 AM »

Not from Australia.

Djetset · « **Reply #10 on:** December 01, 2013, 01:30:10 PM »

Climbing up to the Pros.

Wendax · « **Reply #11 on:** January 27, 2014, 06:26:08 AM »

It is a British one-off, based on a 1989 Range Rover Vogue EFi.

I couldn't find out who made it though. Here's the online auction blurb:

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Loosely based on a 1920s style roadster, this car is a true one of a kind, it's chassis 110" has been fully reworked, and is in excellent condition, powered by a rover 3500cc V8 (buick) engine run through a chrysler 727 torque flight gearbox and a transfer box. the original car was a Range Rover, lowered suspension, dislocation cones on the rear, full new exhaust system, mitsubishi L200 radiator, Audi A6 servo and master cylinder and dual circuit braking system, retro style dashboard, button back upholstery, good tyres all round, new brake pads all round, fold down windshield, recoiling seatbelts x 4, stylish externally mounted transmission brake, halogen headlights, miller style tail/stop lights, custom built body, roof packs away in the boot. double fold up side access bonnet allows excellent access for working.

Djetset · « **Reply #12 on:** January 27, 2014, 11:28:54 AM »

Well done Wendax, you've got the base of this monster correctly sorted. Locked to you now to tell me who made it, and what is the model's name.

Wendax · « **Reply #13 on:** January 27, 2014, 11:38:43 AM »

Was it done by Buckby Engineering from Daventry?

Djetset · « **Reply #14 on:** January 27, 2014, 01:42:17 PM »

Well done again Wendax, as this creation was built by Buckby Engineering in Daventry. They did give this horror a name, so still locked for you for that final piece of information.

Wendax · « **Reply #15 on:** January 28, 2014, 04:28:35 AM »

I can't find anything. Just a guess going by the radiator mascot: Eagle?

Djetset · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2014, 04:05:30 PM »

It's not Eagle Wendax, but as your detective work to date has been so good on this obscure one, I think a point should be yours anyway once fully resolved.

Now re-opened to all-comers to find the model name.

Wendax · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2014, 04:10:52 PM »

Thank you!

richard cuyler · « **Reply #18 on:** February 01, 2014, 10:52:53 AM »

Quote from: Djetset on January 27, 2014, 01:42:17 PM

Well done again Wendax, as this creation was built by Buckby Engineering in Daventry. They did give this horror a name, so still locked for you for that final piece of information.

Horror indeed. It really is quite unbelievably awful.

As for it's description 'loosely based on a 1920's roadster', this gives the word loosely a completely new meaning.

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #19 on:** February 05, 2014, 03:14:51 PM »

The Strange Rover?

nicanary · « **Reply #20 on:** February 06, 2014, 06:33:06 AM »

Quote from: richard cuyler on February 01, 2014, 10:52:53 AM

Quote from: Djetset on January 27, 2014, 01:42:17 PM
Well done again Wendax, as this creation was built by Buckby Engineering in Daventry. They did give this horror a name, so still locked for you for that final piece of information.

Horror indeed. It really is quite unbelievably awful. As for it's description 'loosely based on a 1920's roadster', this gives the word loosely a completely new meaning.

Interesting that this is an "engineering" company, but the rear doors are closed by a garden gate bolt. The engineering level of a 12-year old boy building a go-kart. Shocking.

Djetset · « **Reply #21 on:** February 08, 2014, 05:02:48 AM »

Strange Rover would be a very appropriate name, but it is not that. I have seen this car in person, and it is even worse than it looks in the photos!

As a clue to its model name, the car uses a lot of parts from a lot of different cars, so...

Wendax · « **Reply #22 on:** February 08, 2014, 05:08:51 AM »

Buckby Bitsa?

Djetset · « **Reply #23 on:** February 08, 2014, 01:52:36 PM »

I thought someone would guess at 'Bitsa', but it's not that I'm afraid!

Wendax · « **Reply #24 on:** February 08, 2014, 02:45:08 PM »

Potpourri?

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Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #661 - Buckby Engineering Heinz 57 (Range Rover-based) (Read 1280 times)