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What is this for a point please (i.e. who made it)?
« Last Edit: July 04, 2017, 11:50:09 AM by Djetset »
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2017, 05:20:53 AM »
Moving up...
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2017, 07:59:59 AM »
Wow! Superb proportions.  8)

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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2017, 02:14:52 AM »

 English car

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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2017, 05:41:17 AM »
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2017, 02:06:11 PM »
Frazer-Nash
 

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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2017, 02:35:11 PM »
Ford Y type wheels so is it just an early Ford 8 (or 10) Special?
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2017, 02:58:57 PM »
Sorry but none of the above so far...
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2017, 05:19:53 PM »

 Vernon-Derby

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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2017, 04:42:47 AM »
Ford Y type wheels so is it just an early Ford 8 (or 10) Special?
Perhaps I got the scale wrong and they are Model A Ford wheels.
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2017, 05:24:02 PM »
Not Ford wheels as far as I know, and not a Vernon-Derby.
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2017, 08:21:26 AM »
Riley based?

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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2017, 08:27:58 AM »
Riley based?
Yes! Locked to you for 24 hours to correctly identify its constructor.
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2017, 08:18:58 AM »
Hmmm...   Riley 12/4 Special by Brooklands Bodycraft?

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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2017, 05:18:24 AM »
Hmmm...   Riley 12/4 Special by Brooklands Bodycraft?
Sorry but not made by Brooklands Bodycraft, so open to all again
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2017, 05:23:23 AM »
Pros?
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #16 on: June 22, 2017, 07:08:51 AM »
Is it 9hp-based?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #17 on: June 22, 2017, 07:24:58 AM »
Is it 9hp-based?
Sorry, but I have no information on which Riley it is based.
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #18 on: June 29, 2017, 01:29:03 PM »
I have this as the Vincent made by Dwornik Engineering of Oxford.
According to my information it was to be MGB-based, but maybe they changed their minds...

I've seen MPH replicas Riley-badged so they are possibly Riley-based, but I gathered this one wouldn't be.
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #19 on: July 04, 2017, 06:11:34 AM »
Ah ha, I can see which magazines you've been leafing through in the news agent recently Carnut  ;)

This is indeed the Dwonik Riley replica (with GRP bodywork by Westgate) , and interesting to see that its creator has had to correct the magazine on its information and engine source!  Another point to you
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Re: Djetset 818
« Reply #20 on: July 04, 2017, 07:27:03 AM »
Ah ha, I can see which magazines you've been leafing through in the news agent recently Carnut  ;)

This is indeed the Dwonik Riley replica (with GRP bodywork by Westgate) , and interesting to see that its creator has had to correct the magazine on its information and engine source!  Another point to you
More for indexing reasons than just nit-picking, can I say he's Dwornik, not Dwonik. :D

Sorry, my mistake. Brain not fully functional today as unbelievably exhausted after working on and at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. Going for a long sleep now...
« Last Edit: July 04, 2017, 11:49:29 AM by Djetset »
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