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Solved -PJ684- Walker's Singer Special
« on: September 23, 2015, 12:23:22 PM »
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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2015, 05:10:51 AM »
Anything to do with Colonel Rixton Bucknall ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2015, 05:15:08 AM »
Attention to style apart? Nothing.

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2015, 01:08:17 PM »
Home-made one-off or built by a company ?

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2015, 02:19:59 PM »
Home-made one-off or built by a company ?

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2015, 03:13:39 AM »
Made in UK ?

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2015, 04:50:40 AM »
Yes!

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2015, 11:53:03 AM »
Can it be found online ?

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2015, 12:13:14 PM »
Yes, I took it from there...but it won't be easy at all.

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2015, 12:19:12 PM »
Challenge accepted.

Is it based on an MG ?

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2015, 12:23:31 PM »
Non MG.

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2015, 12:29:47 PM »
Based on British mechanicals ?

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2015, 12:41:24 PM »
Yes!

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2015, 12:46:25 PM »
Pre-war chassis ?

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2015, 12:59:43 PM »
Yes!

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2015, 02:47:30 PM »
Abbott bodywork?
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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #16 on: October 07, 2015, 02:53:30 PM »
Not any known coachbuilder, just a selfbuilt body.

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2015, 03:09:16 PM »
Sportscar chassis or mundane chassis ?

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #18 on: October 07, 2015, 03:32:52 PM »
The name was quite ...sporting. The maker in its 65 years (more or less) did a variety of cars, from 3-wheeler (at the early beginning) to Brooklands specials...ending with more mundane cars.
(talking about donor car, of course).

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2015, 04:08:47 PM »
Triumph chassis ?

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #20 on: October 07, 2015, 04:15:40 PM »
So it's a Riley chassis.

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #21 on: October 07, 2015, 05:41:17 PM »

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #22 on: October 07, 2015, 06:40:57 PM »
Lea Francis?
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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #23 on: October 08, 2015, 01:58:52 AM »
Not Lea-Francis.

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Re: PJ - 684
« Reply #24 on: October 08, 2015, 02:25:03 AM »
Talbot chassis ?