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Partly solved - NEH 5311: Austin Seven with self-built body said to resemble a Microplas Stiletto
« on: September 08, 2018, 06:43:50 AM »
What's this, for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 5311
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2018, 09:50:29 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 5311
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2018, 01:59:37 PM »
A Berkley?
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Re: NEH 5311
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2018, 04:56:07 PM »
An Austin 7 special of some sort, but I can't say I remember one with a windscreen like that.
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Re: NEH 5311
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2018, 05:40:15 PM »
Quote from: D-type on September 24, 2018, 01:59:37 PM
A Berkley?

No..

Quote from: Allan L on September 24, 2018, 04:56:07 PM
An Austin 7 special of some sort, but I can't say I remember one with a windscreen like that.

..and Yes, but that's just part of the answer.
I will lock it for you until your next reply though to see if you can find anything else out about it.
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Re: NEH 5311
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2018, 05:47:38 AM »
Can't say I've got anywhere - looks as if it should be an Ashley Laminates body but isn't. Please unlock as I'm stumped.
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Re: NEH 5311
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2018, 08:01:09 AM »
Interesting to learn more about this, there was some discussion about the identity of the car online a while ago. It still exists, but the current owner didn't seem to know much about it.
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Re: NEH 5311
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2018, 08:50:45 AM »
You're right.  The current owner thinks he knows what it is but most don't seem to agree with him.  I don't think I do either but I hoped someone here might know!
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Re: NEH 5311
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2018, 10:02:24 AM »
Well, it was thought to be a Microplas Stiletto, but the body is significantly different to the standard shell. Possibly modified by the first owner, or more likely built from scratch along similar lines.
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Re: NEH 5311
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2018, 11:25:13 AM »
That's the bit I was looking for, what it's said to be rather than what it is..
I'll call it solved because I don't think we're going to get any further than this.
It definitely doesn't look like a Microplas Stiletto to me, though that rear end does look vaguely familiar..
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