Author Topic: Solved: PN #1835 -- Motorhome by Laurence Brownlie  (Read 4809 times)

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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #25 on: June 25, 2024, 12:54:49 PM »
THe parent company was European, but the donor is local (Australian)
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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #26 on: June 25, 2024, 01:07:49 PM »
Leyland ?

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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #27 on: June 25, 2024, 01:59:29 PM »
yes, based on a car made by Leyland Australia. Locked for you for 3 attempts to find the builder. Won't be easy
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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #28 on: June 26, 2024, 08:42:04 AM »
Leyland P76-based ?

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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #29 on: June 26, 2024, 01:06:00 PM »
"based on a car made by Leyland Australia"

I chose my word very carefully. Not Leyland P76 based
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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #30 on: June 26, 2024, 01:29:27 PM »
Peugeot 505-based ?

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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #31 on: June 26, 2024, 04:10:41 PM »
no, it was a BLMC-brand
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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #32 on: June 26, 2024, 04:42:59 PM »
Land Rover-based ?

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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #33 on: June 26, 2024, 10:33:15 PM »
no
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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #34 on: June 27, 2024, 02:06:20 AM »
Morris-based ?

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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #35 on: June 27, 2024, 05:53:56 AM »
no
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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #36 on: June 27, 2024, 06:06:27 AM »
Rover-based ?

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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #37 on: June 27, 2024, 10:47:57 AM »
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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #38 on: June 27, 2024, 11:12:24 AM »
Jaguar-based ?

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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #39 on: June 28, 2024, 06:17:49 AM »
no
was Jaguar assembled in Australia?
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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #40 on: June 28, 2024, 08:20:17 AM »
Austin-based ?

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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #41 on: June 28, 2024, 01:06:45 PM »
now we are getting somewhere.
It was built in New Zealand, using engine and other bits from an Australia-only Austin
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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #42 on: June 28, 2024, 02:55:44 PM »
Austin Kimberley/Tasman-based ?

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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #43 on: June 28, 2024, 03:39:22 PM »
Austin Kimberley/Tasman-based ?

yes, it seems so. Locked for you for 3 attempts to find the builder
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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #44 on: September 07, 2024, 04:19:01 PM »
I think I can unlock this now :)
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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #45 on: October 26, 2024, 12:04:27 AM »
Built in the mid-1970s by Laurence Brownlie of Kelso.
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Re: PN #1835
« Reply #46 on: October 26, 2024, 11:39:05 AM »
very good. Nicely found! I gave you two points, because this should have been a Black Hole puzzle by now!
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Re: Solved: PN #1835 -- Motorhome by Laurence Brownlie
« Reply #47 on: October 26, 2024, 01:33:53 PM »
Thanks!