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Title: Barrett's #395
Post by: barrett on September 18, 2017, 06:00:39 PM

Sorry for the poor picture. What's the name of this car? A bonus point if you can provide further details - all I know is the name

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: barrett on October 02, 2017, 04:54:07 AM

Up

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: richard cuyler on October 02, 2017, 09:43:37 AM

British?

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: barrett on October 02, 2017, 10:03:11 AM

Certainly

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: Allan L on October 02, 2017, 11:55:01 AM

It's on a Devon general tradeplate so is it just being sold on by a dealer or was the constructor "in the trade" there?

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: barrett on October 03, 2017, 04:18:20 AM

I believe it was photographed in that part of the world. Possibly wearing trade plates for road testing before it was registered? I'm not sure we'll ever know...

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: FrontMan on October 04, 2017, 03:11:28 PM

Is it based on a Siddeley Special?

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: barrett on October 05, 2017, 06:39:58 AM

I'm not sure what chassis it uses, or how much was scratch-built, but it's certainly not a Siddeley engine

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: barrett on October 25, 2017, 03:31:40 PM

Up again

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: nicanary on October 27, 2017, 05:17:32 AM

It's a sort of Invicta Black Prince meets Jensen PW.

Those P100 headlamps make me think this is a pre-war car which has received a rebody by a not-very-gifted amateur. Is there a Rolls-Royce motor under the bonnet?

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: barrett on October 27, 2017, 06:03:57 AM

Not a Rolls-Royce engine. Probably based on a prewar chassis I guess, but I don't know what

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: norberthanke on January 25, 2018, 12:02:11 PM

Some resemblence to the cars Brough made.

Rgds

Norbert

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: barrett on January 26, 2018, 04:56:17 AM

Not a Brough

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: richard cuyler on January 26, 2018, 12:18:16 PM

PC Swain stopped his bicycle and dismounted.

He had remembered the picture of Lord Hassleworth's RR Silver Ghost with its headlamps missing, presumed stolen. Not recognising the make of the parked car with its apparently stuck-on headlamps, he resolved to bring the matter to the Sergeant's attention. "You just never know", he said to himself, "There might be a promotion in this!"

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Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: Carnut on January 26, 2018, 01:13:19 PM

It's not an Armstrong-Siddeley is it, PC Swain notwithstanding?!

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: barrett on January 29, 2018, 05:56:55 AM

I suspect those headlamps may have been stolen from something rather grander!

It's not an Armstrong Siddeley, or any 'known' make

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: andronmash on April 29, 2018, 03:29:08 PM

Jensen?

Title: Re: Barrett's #395
Post by: barrett on May 03, 2018, 05:38:05 AM

No, this is a one-off, named (I suspect) after its builder