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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2023 => Topic started by: barrett on August 30, 2023, 06:42:06 PM

Title: BX4 - Jimmy Gibbon's Girastro Rover special (2nd version, 1949)
Post by: barrett on August 30, 2023, 06:42:06 PM: Who built this car, when, and what was it called? A point if you know
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Post by: Oguerrerob on September 14, 2023, 07:34:04 AM: Italian?
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Post by: barrett on September 14, 2023, 07:57:19 AM: Quote from: Oguerrerob on September 14, 2023, 07:34:04 AM
Italian?

Not Italian
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Post by: Oguerrerob on September 14, 2023, 09:15:59 AM: German?
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Post by: nicanary on September 14, 2023, 09:30:40 AM: Scotland ?
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Post by: barrett on September 14, 2023, 10:51:23 AM: Quote from: nicanary on September 14, 2023, 09:30:40 AM
Scotland ?

A very specific question... so I suspect you'll solve this easily when I say 'yes, Scotland'!
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Post by: nicanary on September 14, 2023, 11:56:51 AM: I wish I could, but I can't remember the name of this car !Was it Rover -based ?
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Post by: barrett on September 14, 2023, 12:44:34 PM: Quote from: nicanary on September 14, 2023, 11:56:51 AM
I wish I could, but I can't remember the name of this car !Was it Rover -based ?

Yes! LOCKED for you.
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Post by: nicanary on September 14, 2023, 12:55:21 PM: Is it a later version of the Girastro?

BTW the po-lis gentleman in 1940s/50s uniform was a clue.
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Post by: barrett on September 14, 2023, 02:03:10 PM: Yes, it's one of the incarnations of Girastro. Can you fill in the blanks?
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Post by: nicanary on September 14, 2023, 04:54:24 PM: Quote from: barrett on September 14, 2023, 02:03:10 PM
Yes, it's one of the incarnations of Girastro. Can you fill in the blanks?

Built by James Gibbon, at first a stark 2-seater ( a previous puzzle of mine) and then rebuilt in 1953 with 3 different Rover engines available of 1500cc (linered-down) 1800cc and 2000cc. My information comes from Autosport of 13.2.53 but there is no mention of this revised bodywork. I'm guessing the date is 1953. Doesn't look like Rest-and-be-Thankful so maybe Bo'ness.
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Post by: barrett on September 14, 2023, 05:40:46 PM: Well, you're most of the way there. This is the short-lived 1949 version of Girastro - the bodywork proved too heavy, and it was soon re-fitted with the original cycle-cinged body (although modified).

The 1953 car is actually a different car altogether, and nothing to do with Girastro (although it was also Rover-based).
Title: Re: BX4 - Jimmy Gibbon's Girastro Rover special (2nd version, 1949)
Post by: nicanary on September 15, 2023, 04:32:30 AM: Thanks for the info. I did read that the front end was destroyed in a crash, and wondered if that was the reason for the new body. Now I know.