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Solved - NEH 3715: Triumph ASF Spyder Special - 1964
« on: September 16, 2014, 07:34:27 AM »
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2014, 05:29:53 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2014, 06:42:40 AM »
This one has spent its 2 weeks with the Experts so has reached its time to move up, but surely this is not a Pro puzzle?
No Experts want to have a go?
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2014, 06:35:06 AM »
All right then, here's a very easy Pro point..
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2014, 12:35:32 PM »
Clearly not so easy. I couldn't get it out of my head that it was a chopped Tornado Talisman, but I'm sure it isn't. Then I thought about GSM Delta, but no.......

Is it a British GRP shell from the 50s/60s ?
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2014, 12:48:25 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on October 28, 2014, 12:35:32 PM
Clearly not so easy. I couldn't get it out of my head that it was a chopped Tornado Talisman, but I'm sure it isn't. Then I thought about GSM Delta, but no.......

Is it a British GRP shell from the 50s/60s ?

It's neither a Tornado nor a GSM Delta.
It's said to be from the 60s, yes, though I have an idea that the body is from somewhat later than that..
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2014, 04:09:06 AM »
Turner ?
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2014, 05:05:39 AM »
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2014, 05:24:26 AM »
Triumph-based?
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2014, 05:38:18 AM »
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2014, 07:52:20 AM »
Interestingly enough, I was thinking about this one when I was working last night, and also thought Triumph. So I've had a look through the web, but alas cannot find a thing.

Spitfire based?
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2014, 09:06:17 AM »
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2014, 09:43:46 AM »
With that cut-down tinted screen it looks like an SCCA racer, but it has a licence plate. Is it LHD ?
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2014, 10:02:51 AM »
Found it for sale (already sold actually) "Triumph ASF Spyder 1964"
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Re: NEH 3715
« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2014, 10:37:59 AM »
Of course!
As can be seen from the pictures below the car is 1964 registered (although of course anyone can fit such a number to almost any car) so is probably based on a 1964 Spitfire, but the body is a Sammio from the 21st century.  The seller made no mention whatsoever of the Sammio body, just that it's a 1964 Special, though no mention was made of what 'ASF' stands for either; I think it's the builder's initials...
Actually I'm pretty sure this car has featured before, in one of my own puzzles, but I can find no sign of it at all!
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