Author Topic: Monty125 - Solved: Burlington SS Mk.1 (Read 889 times)

el_monty · « **on:** May 31, 2017, 07:49:42 AM »

Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please identify this vehicle and tell me the year and what it's based on. Shouldn't be too hard!

Don't be naughty! Stay away from Google Search by Image, kids

el_monty · « **Reply #1 on:** June 09, 2017, 03:43:46 AM »

Up to the Experts

FrontMan · « **Reply #2 on:** June 12, 2017, 03:24:52 PM »

Moss Malvern, based on Triumph Herald, about 1969.

el_monty · « **Reply #3 on:** June 13, 2017, 03:07:30 AM »

Not a Moss Malvern, but it IS based on a Triumph Herald and the year is almost right, so you get a lock.

FrontMan · « **Reply #4 on:** June 13, 2017, 09:27:06 AM »

Gentry!

el_monty · « **Reply #5 on:** June 13, 2017, 10:33:57 AM »

Not a Gentry either. I will keep it locked for another try.
Looking at images of other units of this car, it seems to me that this one in particular has undergone some cosmetic modification, as it looks different from the rest. I'm not sure though.

el_monty · « **Reply #6 on:** June 20, 2017, 03:13:57 AM »

One week has gone by with no new tries from FrontMan, so I'm afraid I have to remove the lock.
Open for all.

el_monty · « **Reply #7 on:** June 29, 2017, 05:29:42 AM »

Up to the Pros

oko94 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 29, 2017, 05:33:42 AM »

Made in Europe ?

el_monty · « **Reply #9 on:** June 29, 2017, 05:35:21 AM »

oko94 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 29, 2017, 05:40:54 AM »

Made in UK ?

el_monty · « **Reply #11 on:** June 29, 2017, 05:44:17 AM »

oko94 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 29, 2017, 05:52:21 AM »

Built in 1970 ?

el_monty · « **Reply #13 on:** June 29, 2017, 05:54:12 AM »

Not 70, earlier

oko94 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 29, 2017, 06:08:59 AM »

1968 ?

Wendax · « **Reply #15 on:** June 29, 2017, 06:27:02 AM »

Are you sure that it's not the base car that's from before 1970, with the conversion done quite a few years afterwards?

el_monty · « **Reply #16 on:** June 29, 2017, 06:37:17 AM »

I am sorry, Wendax is right. The ad that this image came from (which is no longer online) only said 1968, but I'm looking through the history of this company in more detail and it seems the body kit must be from the early 80s.

oko94 · « **Reply #17 on:** June 29, 2017, 07:46:22 AM »

Was the body kit company from UK too ?

el_monty · « **Reply #18 on:** June 29, 2017, 07:49:55 AM »

Yes, when I answered it was made in the UK I was referring to the body, since it has already been established the base is a Triumph Herald

Djetset · « **Reply #19 on:** June 29, 2017, 08:32:52 AM »

It looks like a modified Burlington Arrow.

el_monty · « **Reply #20 on:** June 29, 2017, 09:33:27 AM »

Locked for Djetset! It is a Burlington but not an Arrow.

Djetset · « **Reply #21 on:** July 04, 2017, 06:07:57 AM »

Thanks for the Lock, and sorry for the slow reply, but I've been very busy with the Goodwood Festival of Speed for the past few days. If not a modified Arrow, then it could be one of two other Burlington models, so I will opt for a modified Burlington SS.

el_monty · « **Reply #22 on:** July 04, 2017, 06:13:07 AM »

Yes that is correct. Its an early Burlington SS mk.1, which had no doors (those came later in the mk.2). The grille has seemingly been modified at some point. This car was offered for sale in Italy last year in a handful of websites but the ads have now been removed.
Unedited puzzle pic below, plus a couple more.

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Author Topic: Monty125 - Solved: Burlington SS Mk.1 (Read 889 times)