Author Topic: Solved NIC#1025 - 1930/34 Martin Special (Read 3475 times)

nicanary · « **Reply #25 on:** February 25, 2019, 12:44:01 PM »

Quote from: D-type on February 25, 2019, 12:12:36 PM

Remembering we are looking for a very obscure make, rarer than a Leyland 8, is it based on a Railton?

Sorry if my previous answers misled anyone - the base car is not obscure, just the name of the builder! Not a Railton, more mundane.

D-type · « **Reply #26 on:** February 25, 2019, 04:58:24 PM »

Is the base car an Austin 7 with a straight 8 engine based on two Austin 7 engines in line built by Ken Wallis?

nicanary · « **Reply #27 on:** February 26, 2019, 03:58:52 AM »

Quote from: D-type on February 25, 2019, 04:58:24 PM

Is the base car an Austin 7 with a straight 8 engine based on two Austin 7 engines in line built by Ken Wallis?

It's not the Wallis car, and it's not an Austin base.

richard cuyler · « **Reply #28 on:** February 26, 2019, 12:14:45 PM »

Is the chassis from an early 1920s car?

nicanary · « **Reply #29 on:** February 26, 2019, 01:11:48 PM »

Quote from: richard cuyler on February 26, 2019, 12:14:45 PM

Is the chassis from an early 1920s car?

The base car was indeed built for a few years in the 1920s.

D-type · « **Reply #30 on:** February 26, 2019, 03:13:47 PM »

British, 1920s
Armstrong-Siddeley
Leyland
Leidart
Daimler
Alvis
RR
Railton
Austin

Could it be based on a Vauxhall?

nicanary · « **Reply #31 on:** February 26, 2019, 03:19:06 PM »

Quote from: D-type on February 26, 2019, 03:13:47 PM

British, 1920s
Armstrong-Siddeley
Leyland
Leidart
Daimler
Alvis
RR
Railton
Austin

Could it be based on a Vauxhall?

No.

Allan L · « **Reply #32 on:** February 27, 2019, 03:19:44 AM »

How about it being a conversion from an SS1 - the proportions of radiator and front chassis/axle look similar.

nicanary · « **Reply #33 on:** February 27, 2019, 06:31:09 AM »

Quote from: Allan L on February 27, 2019, 03:19:44 AM

How about it being a conversion from an SS1 - the proportions of radiator and front chassis/axle look similar.

No. Much more mundane.

Allan L · « **Reply #34 on:** February 27, 2019, 08:01:44 AM »

D'you mean like the 15 h.p. Standard (that the SS 1 was derived from!)?

nicanary · « **Reply #35 on:** February 27, 2019, 08:08:52 AM »

Quote from: Allan L on February 27, 2019, 08:01:44 AM

D'you mean like the 15 h.p. Standard (that the SS 1 was derived from!)?

Now that WOULD be mundane. Not a Standard of any kind - this car was homebuilt from a really ordinary car but was substantially modified to achieve the end product.

D-type · « **Reply #36 on:** February 27, 2019, 08:51:03 AM »

A Ford?

nicanary · « **Reply #37 on:** February 27, 2019, 12:06:12 PM »

Quote from: D-type on February 27, 2019, 08:51:03 AM

A Ford?

No.

D-type · « **Reply #38 on:** February 28, 2019, 03:55:56 PM »

Armstrong-Siddeley
Leyland
Leidart
Daimler
Alvis
RR
Railton
Austin
Vauxhall
Standard
Ford

Is a Hillman mundane enough?

nicanary · « **Reply #39 on:** February 28, 2019, 04:33:53 PM »

Not a Hillman.

targhediferro · « **Reply #40 on:** February 28, 2019, 05:09:53 PM »

Wolseley?

nicanary · « **Reply #41 on:** February 28, 2019, 05:22:18 PM »

Quote from: targhediferro on February 28, 2019, 05:09:53 PM

Wolseley?

No.

D-type · « **Reply #42 on:** March 01, 2019, 05:12:59 AM »

Trojan

Seriously: Does the source car begin with A-M or N-Z ?

nicanary · « **Reply #43 on:** March 01, 2019, 05:39:58 AM »

Quote from: D-type on March 01, 2019, 05:12:59 AM

Trojan

Seriously: Does the source car begin with A-M or N-Z ?

Not a Trojan although I like the idea.......

When I say mundane, it's not cheap and cheerful, just a very "ordinary" car. Begins N-Z.

targhediferro · « **Reply #44 on:** March 01, 2019, 08:57:52 AM »

Sunbeam?

nicanary · « **Reply #45 on:** March 01, 2019, 11:52:51 AM »

Quote from: targhediferro on March 01, 2019, 08:57:52 AM

Sunbeam?

No.

D-type · « **Reply #46 on:** March 01, 2019, 04:41:33 PM »

Railton
RR
SS
Standard
Sunbeam
Vauxhall
Wolseley

I can't think of another make at the moment, so N-R or S-Z?

FrontMan · « **Reply #47 on:** March 01, 2019, 04:45:09 PM »

Morris???

nicanary · « **Reply #48 on:** March 01, 2019, 05:18:14 PM »

Quote from: FrontMan on March 01, 2019, 04:45:09 PM

Morris???

Not a Morris, but it's N-R.

D-type · « **Reply #49 on:** March 02, 2019, 10:42:40 AM »

Based on a Rover?

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Author Topic: Solved NIC#1025 - 1930/34 Martin Special (Read 3475 times)