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Solved NIC#1016 - Nordec Special of Bob Evans
« on: December 12, 2018, 10:47:49 AM »
What is this car, and who built it? No points awarded for the base vehicle!
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Re: NIC#1016
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2018, 01:28:23 PM »
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Re: NIC#1016
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2018, 02:01:01 PM »
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Re: NIC#1016
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2019, 06:41:27 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#1016
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2019, 09:09:46 AM »
Bristol?

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Re: NIC#1016
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2019, 09:30:50 AM »
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Re: NIC#1016
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2019, 10:00:00 AM »
A modified BMW 328 described as a "Meteor" to disguise its origin.
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Re: NIC#1016
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2019, 11:39:37 AM »
A modified BMW 328 described as a "Meteor" to disguise its origin.

No BMW connection.
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Re: NIC#1016
« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2019, 01:08:43 PM »
I see it as a Ford 10 Special albeit with a radiator cowl copied from BMW.
Having decided that's what it is, I've had no luck finding it. . .
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Re: NIC#1016
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2019, 05:06:33 PM »
I see it as a Ford 10 Special albeit with a radiator cowl copied from BMW.
Having decided that's what it is, I've had no luck finding it. . .

It is indeed a Ford 10 Special. Since you haven't had luck finding it, I won't embarass you with a lock!

I thought the radiator cowl was fairly obviously modified from a Ford Popular item, which is why I suggested no points for the base car. I was wrong to assume this.  Now we all know, what is it?
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Re: NIC#1016
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2019, 07:10:09 PM »
Any Dellow connection?

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Re: NIC#1016
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2019, 04:18:53 AM »
Bob Evans's Nordec-Ford 10

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Re: NIC#1016
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2019, 04:58:38 AM »
Bob Evans's Nordec-Ford 10

Not a Dellow, because this is the correct answer. It was usually entered as a Nordec Special, although I'm not sure how much input there was from the Nordec business, apart from a Marshall supercharger. (We've already had the Nordec car as a previous puzzle). Many contemporary entry lists have the car as a Nordic Special, which was a different kettle of fish altogether.

Interestingly, the builder Bob Evans was also responsible for another puzzle of mine, the Kinloch-Climax.

Well solved, although TBH this car was covered on another well-known website in recent months  ;D. I'm surprised other members weren't on the ball.
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