Solved - NEH 5516: Ford Prefect Special built by Gaull brothers from Fremantle

Carnut · December 10, 2019, 05:59:35 AM

I don't know a vast amount about this, just what it is, so to make it a bit more of an AutoPuzzle I'll need to know where it was registered (and I don't mean just the country!) and what its registration number is for the point:

Remember - solving puzzles using 'Google Search by Image' is BANNED on AutoPuzzles!

Carnut · December 26, 2019, 04:19:18 AM

Experts?

kwgibbs · December 26, 2019, 04:29:49 AM

Is it a british 1960s one-off?

Carnut · December 26, 2019, 06:20:10 AM

Not British..

FrontMan · December 26, 2019, 07:23:00 AM

Australian Ford Ten special?

kwgibbs · December 26, 2019, 09:19:02 AM

European?

Carnut · December 26, 2019, 09:21:13 AM

Quote from: kwgibbs on December 26, 2019, 09:19:02 AM
European?

No

Quote from: FrontMan on December 26, 2019, 07:23:00 AM
Australian Ford Ten special?

Yes!

kwgibbs · December 26, 2019, 10:36:54 AM

Was this car built by the same man that built the Mainland one-off from Australia?

Carnut · December 26, 2019, 01:11:12 PM

Quote from: kwgibbs on December 26, 2019, 10:36:54 AM
Was this car built by the same man that built the Mainland one-off from Australia?

I don't know who buit it, sorry.
Note that I've changed my reply to FrontMan's post...

FrontMan · December 26, 2019, 02:07:27 PM

New South Wales?

Carnut · December 26, 2019, 03:09:31 PM

Not NSW..

FrontMan · December 26, 2019, 06:42:01 PM

....er, Queensland?

Carnut · December 27, 2019, 04:30:14 AM

Not Queensland..

But I naively thought someone would identify the plate by finding the car and researching its origin, rather than just by going through all the different issuing authorities!
So I've decided to move the goalposts a bit and actually ask for the letters/numbers on the plate to gain the point! Sorry.

FrontMan · December 27, 2019, 07:27:33 AM

gte4289 · December 31, 2019, 05:58:37 PM

Quote from: Carnut on December 27, 2019, 04:30:14 AM
So I've decided to move the goalposts a bit and actually ask for the letters/numbers on the plate to gain the point! Sorry.

42-914

gte4289 · December 31, 2019, 06:06:59 PM

Quote from: gte4289 on December 31, 2019, 05:58:37 PM
Quote from: Carnut on December 27, 2019, 04:30:14 AM
So I've decided to move the goalposts a bit and actually ask for the letters/numbers on the plate to gain the point! Sorry.
42-914

Description: "A home-made car built by the Gaull Brothers of Fremantle based on a 1956 Ford Prefect."

Carnut · January 01, 2020, 04:27:02 AM

Well found!
Now that you've found the registration number and who built the car it should be easy answer the one remaining question asked: where was the car registered?
Locked for you.

gte4289 · January 01, 2020, 03:02:02 PM

Quote from: Carnut on January 01, 2020, 04:27:02 AM
Well found!
Now that you've found the registration number and who built the car it should be easy answer the one remaining question asked: where was the car registered?
Locked for you.

Northern Territory (Car was built in Western Australia, but those are NT plates.)

Carnut · January 01, 2020, 03:23:38 PM

That's right, yes.
I don't fully understand it that the car was built in Fremantle yet it has Northern Territory plates..
Maybe the brothers moved location and took the car with them!
This style of plate was issued from 1954 on.
You've earned your point now!

gte4289 · January 01, 2020, 04:40:34 PM

Thanks for the point!

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Solved - NEH 5516: Ford Prefect Special built by Gaull brothers from Fremantle