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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #50 on: April 03, 2020, 02:49:55 PM »
No! Time to try a different tack I think...
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #51 on: April 03, 2020, 02:59:08 PM »
Yes it is..
Did he design an engine which was used in a production car made in reasonable numbers?
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #52 on: April 03, 2020, 02:59:47 PM »
Yes
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #53 on: April 03, 2020, 03:10:42 PM »
Keith Duckworth?
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #54 on: April 03, 2020, 05:36:38 PM »
Quote from: Carnut on April 03, 2020, 02:59:08 PM
Did he design an engine which was used in a production car made in reasonable numbers?

Quote from: barrett on April 03, 2020, 02:59:47 PM
Yes

A steel-bodied car made by a major British manufacturer?
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #55 on: April 06, 2020, 06:06:13 AM »
Quote from: Djetset on April 03, 2020, 03:10:42 PM
Keith Duckworth?

Quote from: Carnut on April 03, 2020, 05:36:38 PM
A steel-bodied car made by a major British manufacturer?

Any news please barrett?
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #56 on: April 06, 2020, 07:08:16 AM »
Not Keith Duckworth. Yes, he designed at least one metal-bodied car which was produced in good numbers. I wouldn't say the manufacturer was 'major' but certainly everyone on this website will be aware of them. At least one other of his automotive designs has appeared on this website before
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #57 on: April 06, 2020, 07:20:40 AM »
Thanks.
Was it built post-war (1940s/50s) - I'm thinking perhaps Gerald Palmer?
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #58 on: April 06, 2020, 08:57:53 AM »
No, his most popular products were pre-ww2
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #59 on: April 06, 2020, 10:41:44 AM »
In the 1930s?
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #60 on: April 07, 2020, 05:39:33 AM »
earlier
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #61 on: April 07, 2020, 06:12:29 AM »
Aha, so 1920s I guess.
Could the car be an Armstrong-Siddeley?
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #62 on: April 07, 2020, 07:17:01 AM »
1920s yes, Armstrong Siddeley no!
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #63 on: April 07, 2020, 08:00:17 AM »
Alvis?
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #64 on: April 07, 2020, 09:48:04 AM »
No
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #65 on: April 07, 2020, 10:14:22 AM »
Was it perhaps C.M. van Eugen(1890-1980)?
Designer at Lea-Francis in 1920s/30s including "Ace of Spades" engine and Autovia in 1930s
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #66 on: April 07, 2020, 10:20:31 AM »
Not him
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #67 on: April 07, 2020, 11:16:09 AM »
Well I might as well try Hugh Rose (1886-1965) then
Designed at several companies in 1920s, Sunbeam and Riley in 1930s and Lea-Francis  in 1930s and 40s
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #68 on: April 07, 2020, 11:32:42 AM »
Granville Bradshaw ?
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #69 on: April 07, 2020, 11:37:37 AM »
Alan (A.H.) Wilde of the Standard Motor Company?
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #70 on: April 07, 2020, 11:42:14 AM »
Some of the manufacturers mentioned were on my list too but since you said you wouldn't call them 'major' manufacturers I had discounted most of them.
So would the car designed by him that was produced in some numbers in the 1920s have been made by a bigger company than those I have tried (Armstrong-Siddeley and Alvis)?
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #71 on: April 08, 2020, 05:20:46 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on April 07, 2020, 11:32:42 AM
Granville Bradshaw ?

Well, there you have it!

Locked for you to tell me exactly what this car is
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #72 on: April 08, 2020, 06:36:49 AM »
In 1955 (the same year the Toledo bodyshell was introduced) Bradshaw announcd his new i.c.e. motor which worked on the toroidal (I've seen it spelt Torodial) basis. I'm guessing he purchased this shell to clothe the mechanicals of his new invention.
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #73 on: April 08, 2020, 09:34:02 AM »
No, this doesn't use the toroidal engine and it is older than 1955... It has a name, and was built by a proper manufacturer
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Re: (not) Solved - Barrett's 1001
« Reply #74 on: April 08, 2020, 02:21:35 PM »
He designed something called The Bug for Sharp's Commercials, but that was a single seat device, Is this car connected ?

I can'r believe I just posted this drivel. Panic Post.

Please ignore the previous suggestion.  All I can think is - is it some sort of proposal for a Panther car?
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