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Solved - NEH 5280: 1958 Dellow MkVI with Falcon MkIII body
« on: July 17, 2018, 02:10:51 PM »
What's this car, for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2018, 01:02:34 PM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2018, 10:04:54 AM »
Any MG connection?
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2018, 10:54:00 AM »
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2018, 02:55:11 PM »
It's a Falcon Carribean Mk III isn't it, and judging by the wheels probably fitted to a Triumph Herald chassis.
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2018, 05:44:52 PM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 05, 2018, 02:55:11 PM
It's a Falcon Carribean Mk III isn't it, and judging by the wheels probably fitted to a Triumph Herald chassis.

Yes, it is a Falcon body (bult I think the Caribbean was an FHC) but there's nothing Triumph there.
So the question remains: what does that body cover?
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2018, 09:24:04 PM »
DKW?
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2018, 06:35:49 AM »
The wheels look as if they're from an Morris/Austin 1100. :o
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2018, 08:16:02 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 05, 2018, 09:24:04 PM
DKW?

No.

Quote from: richard cuyler on August 06, 2018, 06:35:49 AM
The wheels look as if they're from an Morris/Austin 1100. :o

They had round ones as well as I recall... 
These may well be the same, I don't know.  There are no Austin/Morris 1100 mechanical bits in there that I'm aware of!
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2018, 08:49:59 AM »
Obvious, ie stupid, question: is it front-engined?
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2018, 10:32:33 AM »
Yes it is.
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2018, 08:04:21 PM »
Is it Ford powered?
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2018, 04:14:44 AM »
Yes.
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2018, 06:45:49 AM »
So is it sitting on a chassis from another manufacturer like Fairthorpe or Turner?
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2018, 07:07:16 AM »
Yes it is!
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2018, 09:20:31 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on August 06, 2018, 08:16:02 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 05, 2018, 09:24:04 PM
DKW?

No.

Quote from: richard cuyler on August 06, 2018, 06:35:49 AM
The wheels look as if they're from an Morris/Austin 1100. :o

They had round ones as well as I recall... 

 ;D Cheeky devil! I think I recognise them now, they're Ford 105E wheels..... :o
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2018, 01:01:50 PM »
Well Falcons sometimes ran with Terrier chasses and even Elva chasses. Is either the case with this one?
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2018, 05:57:55 PM »
Neither of those..
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2018, 07:14:28 PM »
tornado?
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2018, 03:45:07 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 07, 2018, 07:14:28 PM
tornado?

Rochdale Tornado?  No, it is a marque in its own right rather than a kit car.
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2018, 03:24:30 PM »
Lotus?
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #21 on: August 08, 2018, 06:04:30 PM »
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #22 on: August 08, 2018, 07:42:45 PM »
There was Falcon Competition with am MGA chassis and Ford Engine, has anyone tried it on a MKIII?
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #23 on: August 09, 2018, 03:58:06 AM »
It's not on an MGA chassis!
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Re: NEH 5280
« Reply #24 on: August 09, 2018, 06:24:48 PM »
This is perplexing- these later Falcons in my experience were not fitted to E93A Ford chasses but were usually fitted to Herald/Spitfire units, so I am trying to think of a 60s cars that also had a separate chassis of the right size - and drawing blanks except with the specialist cars already mentioned. There was a famous Sprite that was bodied by Falcon for Le Mans, presumably by bonding the fibreglass shell to the floorplan. Is this another attempt on a Sprite fitted with a Ford engine?
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