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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #25 on: September 18, 2009, 03:37:38 PM »
Perhaps only the Pros knows..?
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #26 on: September 22, 2009, 04:22:05 AM »
It's European, but from that small, strange island of the coast of France!
Jersey? ;D
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #27 on: September 22, 2009, 09:03:31 AM »
I meant the rather larger island just off the coast of Jersey  ;)
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #28 on: September 22, 2009, 09:07:05 AM »
I meant the rather larger island just off the coast of Jersey  ;)

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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #29 on: September 23, 2009, 10:15:59 AM »
Bristol-engined?
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #30 on: September 24, 2009, 02:08:56 AM »
Kieft?

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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #31 on: September 24, 2009, 12:07:49 PM »
Could it be a british Buckler Ninety (1954-1962) perhaps?

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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #32 on: October 28, 2009, 02:33:30 PM »
An overdue response.  Yes, it is Bristol-powered, and no, it's not a Keift or Buckler.
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #33 on: May 09, 2010, 12:15:12 PM »
Lister?
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #34 on: May 10, 2010, 06:37:41 PM »
Emery?
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #35 on: May 11, 2010, 03:29:19 AM »
An overdue response.  Yes, it is Bristol-powered, and no, it's not a Keift or Buckler.
If you say so, but it doesn't seem to have the bonnet height that goes with a Bristol engine.
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #36 on: May 11, 2010, 09:14:57 AM »
I'm giving this one to Pal as he correctly identified it as being Bristol-powered some months back, and he has now spotted that it's a Lister, as this is indeed a Lister-Bristol.  I'll provide more details of the year, etc., when I get home at the end of this week.
« Last Edit: November 15, 2010, 08:38:33 AM by Djetset »
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #37 on: May 11, 2010, 01:35:07 PM »
I'm giving this one to Pal as he correctly identified it as being Bristol-powered some months back, and he has now spotted that it's a Lister, as this is indeed a Lister-Bristol.  I'll provide more details of the year, etc., when I get hom at the end of this week.
As I said it doesn't look tall enough for a Bristol engine, and I don't remember any Lister having a body with wing lines or headlamps like that.

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Djetset #182 - Now Unsolved!!
« Reply #38 on: May 11, 2010, 05:09:29 PM »
 :-\  Sorry I was not paying full attention earlier, and I've now realised that I've made a major cock-up here, as it is not a Lister-Bristol, but rather something quite close, though not a Lister (although it is still Bristol-powered).

« Last Edit: November 15, 2010, 08:39:20 AM by Djetset »
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #39 on: May 12, 2010, 03:54:32 AM »
Is it an AC then?
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #40 on: May 12, 2010, 04:06:06 AM »
tojero bristol

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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #41 on: May 12, 2010, 05:01:38 AM »
Not an AC nor Tojero.
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #42 on: May 12, 2010, 07:24:21 AM »
tojero bristol

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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #43 on: May 12, 2010, 08:23:30 AM »
I was beginning to think we had another case of "when in doubt it's a Lister" like http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=11593.0
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #44 on: May 12, 2010, 09:38:41 AM »
Hmm, that age-old Lister problem!  ;)
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #45 on: May 15, 2010, 05:22:17 PM »
Bristol-powered; the obvious answer is a Cooper-Bristol such as Mucky Pup
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #46 on: May 17, 2010, 02:53:38 PM »
No, it's not 'Mucky Pup' I'm afraid.
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #47 on: May 18, 2010, 12:55:28 PM »
Bristol Barb?
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #48 on: May 18, 2010, 01:54:24 PM »
Sadly not!  ;D
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Re: Djetset #182
« Reply #49 on: May 18, 2010, 02:02:07 PM »
Okay - it is very similar to the Bristol Barb but the (damaged) front and position of the headlights didn't really match up.
I'll have another try when I've done some more research..........fingers crossed!