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GTC #107 SOLVED: Jameson MkII
« on: April 07, 2015, 08:38:00 AM »
Who's this lovely chap and what's his lovely vehicle?

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2015, 08:05:35 PM »
Up.

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2015, 02:29:05 AM »
Richard Noble , at the controls of the first Thrust

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2015, 05:36:59 AM »
Richard Noble , at the controls of the first Thrust

Wrong on both counts I'm afraid.

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2015, 09:39:38 AM »
Panther ?

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2015, 10:47:33 AM »

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2015, 02:48:14 PM »
Bob Jankel ?

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2015, 03:39:14 PM »
The Beast, a six wheel mid engined using a Rolls Royce Meteor (Merlin) engine.
Built by Paul Jameson and John Dodd.
Was on the cover of Motor magazine in the 1970's

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2015, 05:27:38 PM »
The Beast, a six wheel mid engined using a Rolls Royce Meteor (Merlin) engine.
Built by Paul Jameson and John Dodd.
Was on the cover of Motor magazine in the 1970's
This is indeed Mr. Jameson, but this is not The Beast. Held for you until your next response for the correct identification of the vehicle!

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2015, 06:42:28 PM »
The Merlin ?

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2015, 08:20:07 PM »
The Merlin ?

Not the Merlin, opened up to everyone again!

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2015, 01:22:12 PM »
Merlin Monster ?

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2015, 04:30:59 PM »
Merlin Monster ?
Nope, Merlin doesn't feature anywhere in the name.

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2015, 04:23:39 PM »
Meteor

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2015, 04:35:28 PM »
Is it Modulo ?

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #15 on: April 14, 2015, 06:49:31 PM »

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2015, 04:59:54 AM »
Easy point for the pros?

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #17 on: April 16, 2015, 05:01:32 AM »
That's Paul Jameson sitting in the chassis of his Rolls-Royce Merlin powered six-wheeler, the Jameson Concorde: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=12321

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #18 on: April 16, 2015, 05:20:04 AM »
That's Paul Jameson sitting in the chassis of his Rolls-Royce Merlin powered six-wheeler, the Jameson Concorde: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=12321

This might be what it became, but not the name it went by in the state shown in the above photo.

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #19 on: April 16, 2015, 05:53:10 AM »
Jameson Mk II

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2015, 06:00:26 AM »
Jameson Special?

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Re: GTC #107
« Reply #21 on: April 16, 2015, 06:06:29 AM »
Jameson Mk II

You are, once again, very much correct!

Jameson Special?
Afraid not, see above!

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Re: GTC #107 SOLVED: Jameson MkII
« Reply #22 on: April 16, 2015, 06:26:12 AM »
The other images accompanying my post. Sadly pictures went over 2 pages and the rind was very stiff making for difficult scanning, sorry!

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Re: GTC #107 SOLVED: Jameson MkII
« Reply #23 on: April 16, 2015, 08:18:28 AM »
Apparently a fairly sleek body was planned, but it ended up looking like on the second picture...