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

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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2019, 04:19:18 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2019, 04:29:49 AM »
Is it a british 1960s one-off?
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2019, 06:20:10 AM »
Not British..
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2019, 07:23:00 AM »
Australian Ford Ten special?
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2019, 09:19:02 AM »
European?
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2019, 09:21:13 AM »
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2019, 10:36:54 AM »
Was this car built by the same man that built the Mainland one-off from Australia?
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #8 on: 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...
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2019, 02:07:27 PM »
New South Wales?
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2019, 03:09:31 PM »
Not NSW..
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2019, 06:42:01 PM »
....er, Queensland?
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #12 on: 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.
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2019, 07:27:33 AM »
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #14 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.
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #15 on: 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.
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Description: "A home-made car built by the Gaull Brothers of Fremantle based on a 1956 Ford Prefect."
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #16 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?
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #17 on: 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.)
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Re: NEH 5516
« Reply #18 on: 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!
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Re: Solved - NEH 5516: Ford Prefect Special built by Gaull brothers from Fremantle
« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2020, 04:40:34 PM »
Thanks for the point!
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