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Solved: Wendax 1599 - Tojeiro-MG
« on: May 20, 2015, 03:26:24 PM »
An easy one.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 1599
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2015, 02:51:16 AM »
Easy Expert Point

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Re: Wendax 1599
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2015, 05:23:23 PM »
Lagonda V12 ?

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Re: Wendax 1599
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2015, 02:44:43 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1599
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2015, 07:41:29 PM »
Frazer-Nash?

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Re: Wendax 1599
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2015, 02:42:01 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1599
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2015, 07:30:14 AM »
AC Bristol ?

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Re: Wendax 1599
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2015, 07:49:44 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1599
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2015, 02:53:33 PM »
up again

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Re: Wendax 1599
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2015, 05:34:34 PM »
Austin Healey based ?

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Re: Wendax 1599
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2015, 07:09:53 PM »
Leonard-MG.

More specifically it's a Tojeiro chassis with MG engine raced by Lionel Leonard as a Leonard-MG. Registration was LOY501.
« Last Edit: June 11, 2015, 07:13:08 PM by nicanary »
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Wendax 1599
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2015, 02:35:55 AM »
Certainly correct. I would have expected that this one was solved at expert level.

One more point for you.

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Re: Wendax 1599
« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2015, 05:40:46 AM »
Certainly correct. I would have expected that this one was solved at expert level.

One more point for you.

I expected it too! It was the sister car to the famous Cliff Davis Tojeiro-Bristol, and the forerunner to the line of AC cars which resulted in the Cobra.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1599 - Tojeiro-MG
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2015, 07:47:08 AM »
A photo taken in period. Note that it didn't have the now-fashionable highly chromed wire wheels.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1599 - Tojeiro-MG
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2015, 07:54:30 AM »
A photo taken in period. Note that it didn't have the now-fashionable highly chromed wire wheels.

I didn't think it did now either; aren't they stove-enamelled?  Apart from the spinners..
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1599 - Tojeiro-MG
« Reply #15 on: June 12, 2015, 08:17:22 AM »
A photo taken in period. Note that it didn't have the now-fashionable highly chromed wire wheels.

I didn't think it did now either; aren't they stove-enamelled?  Apart from the spinners..

Whoops! I really must buy a new light bulb for this room........

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1599 - Tojeiro-MG
« Reply #16 on: June 12, 2015, 12:26:05 PM »
The car in all its beauty: