Author Topic: Solved: gte4289_78 -- Riley 2.5 Litre Gullwing Conversion by Johnny Pagnusat (South Australia, 1960s  (Read 6669 times)

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Identify this car and its builder for a point:

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Re: gte4289_78
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2018, 10:15:20 AM »
Experts?

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Re: gte4289_78
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2018, 03:34:46 PM »
A Tornado of some form?
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Re: gte4289_78
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2018, 04:34:45 PM »
The hubcaps look like cog nipple of a Kubelwagen or early postwar Beetle.

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Re: gte4289_78
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2018, 06:51:02 PM »
A Tornado of some form?
Nope

The hubcaps look like cog nipple of a Kubelwagen or early postwar Beetle.
Not VW-based

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Re: gte4289_78
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2018, 07:50:09 PM »
is it british?

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Re: gte4289_78
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2018, 08:53:46 PM »
is it british?
The donor vehicle was British, but the conversion was performed elsewhere.

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Re: gte4289_78
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2018, 08:26:51 AM »
It's a Riley RMB based, with some Holden parts, realized by Ron Spearman from Broken Hills, Australia.

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Re: gte4289_78
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2018, 09:57:39 PM »
It's a Riley RMB based, with some Holden parts, realized by Ron Spearman from Broken Hills, Australia.
"It's a Riley RMB based, with some Holden parts, realized by Ron Spearman from Broken Hills, Australia."

From Australia and based on a Riley RMB, however, it contains no Holden parts that I am aware of and you've given credit to the wrong guy. Locked for you to identify the correct builder.
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Re: gte4289_78
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2019, 04:52:09 AM »
I hot the wrong name....the correct one should ne Johnny Pagnusat.

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Re: gte4289_78
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2019, 08:45:56 AM »
I hot the wrong name....the correct one should ne Johnny Pagnusat.
Another point for you!

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And congratulations on the first puzzle solved in 2019!