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Latte macchiato.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2019, 02:04:31 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2019, 11:09:00 AM »
It reminds me some Lagonda...but I feel it's a replica.

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2019, 12:16:36 PM »
Not a Lagonda. I wouldn't call it a replica, rather a special.

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2019, 04:41:20 PM »
But it's from '90s, isn't it?

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2019, 05:17:07 PM »
I don't have a year, but even younger I'd think.

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2019, 02:44:00 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2019, 03:51:33 AM »
Made in Europe ?

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2019, 04:26:58 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2019, 04:33:05 AM »
Made in UK ?

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2019, 04:38:43 AM »
No, but British base

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2019, 04:50:31 AM »
Made in a Mediterranean country ?

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2019, 05:22:09 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2019, 05:26:19 AM »
Made in France ?

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2019, 05:48:29 AM »
The base is an Alvis and it’s a more recent conversion, but I don’t know who made it.
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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #15 on: May 19, 2019, 06:00:16 AM »
Is all fair in love and war?

Am I desperate enough for a point?

Sorry Djetset. It's based on a 1949 Alvis TA14, rebodied to a design by Jean Yves Manac'h and named Lady d'Armor.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #16 on: May 19, 2019, 06:12:33 AM »
Made in France ?
Yes

The base is an Alvis and it’s a more recent conversion, but I don’t know who made it.
Yes again

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Sorry Djetset. It's based on a 1949 Alvis TA14, rebodied to a design by Jean Yves Manac'h and named Lady d'Armor.
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Re: Wendax 2881
« Reply #17 on: May 19, 2019, 06:13:45 AM »
Some more views:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 2881 - Alvis TA 14 Lady d'Armor by Jean Yves Manac'h
« Reply #18 on: May 19, 2019, 06:20:46 AM »
Thanks. I feel very guilty now - normally once another puzzler has identified a car I feel it's the gentlemanly thing to do to allow him/her a bit of time for further investigation. I'm consoling myself that it's OK because this is the Pros. That's now my excuse.

Presumably the owner/designer was influenced by the "Dubonnet" tulipwood Hispano-Suiza. The track is too narrow for my taste.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia