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What's this, built when and for what purpose - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 4040
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2015, 06:06:37 AM »
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Re: NEH 4040
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2015, 12:49:48 PM »
Hamblin?
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Re: NEH 4040
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2015, 04:15:31 AM »
Hamblin?

No, it just looks a bit like one..
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Re: NEH 4040
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2015, 04:41:39 AM »
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Re: NEH 4040
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2015, 04:52:03 AM »
1936 Austin Seven Competition Special, built as a pre-production prototype

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Re: NEH 4040
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2015, 04:56:18 AM »
1936 Austin Seven Competition Special, built as a pre-production prototype

Correct so far, but that year is when the original of which this is a replica would have been built; when was this built?
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Re: NEH 4040
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2015, 05:02:02 AM »
1959
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Re: NEH 4040
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2015, 06:39:21 AM »
Yes, that's right.
I note the registration number is from 1936 so it seems to have been based on a real 1936 chassis.
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Re: NEH 4040
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2015, 06:41:08 AM »
It was built by Jim Shaw of Dante Motor Works.