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Re: NIC#1404
« Reply #25 on: June 07, 2024, 12:16:48 PM »
BSA?
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Re: NIC#1404
« Reply #26 on: June 07, 2024, 12:19:51 PM »
Quote from: marmer on June 07, 2024, 11:41:18 AM
Motorcycle engine?

Yes. Originally intended for motorcycles but often fitted to cars.
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Re: NIC#1404
« Reply #27 on: June 07, 2024, 12:57:23 PM »
JAP engine?
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Re: NIC#1404
« Reply #28 on: June 08, 2024, 08:43:27 AM »
Yes a JAP engine.
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Re: NIC#1404
« Reply #29 on: July 20, 2024, 05:14:01 AM »
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Re: NIC#1404
« Reply #30 on: December 13, 2024, 10:18:25 AM »
Masters ?
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Re: NIC#1404
« Reply #31 on: December 13, 2024, 10:43:28 AM »
Riley Special 1100 cc JAP 1939 UK
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Re: NIC#1404
« Reply #32 on: December 13, 2024, 10:46:38 AM »
Quote from: Oguerrerob on December 13, 2024, 10:43:28 AM
Riley Special 1100 cc JAP 1939 UK

That's good enough for a LOCK. Who built it ?
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Re: NIC#1404 LOCKED
« Reply #33 on: December 13, 2024, 12:45:23 PM »
Leonard Hudlass
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Re: NIC#1404 LOCKED
« Reply #34 on: December 13, 2024, 01:06:42 PM »
Quote from: Oguerrerob on December 13, 2024, 12:45:23 PM
Leonard Hudlass

Correct. He was the son of Felix Hudlass who built cars at the start of the 20th century (one has been a puzzle). Apparently he built this car and a 3-wheeler.

I can't remember where I found this puzzle and know no more about the car. There are definitely some Riley 9 parts in the chassis and suspension, plus the JAP engine.

I have the car as 1932.
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Re: Solved NIC#1404 - 1932 (?) Hudlass Riley/JAP special
« Reply #35 on: December 13, 2024, 01:48:00 PM »
This car appears in some Autopuzzles member page, including the threewheeler.

Thank you for the point!
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Re: Solved NIC#1404 - 1932 (?) Hudlass Riley/JAP special
« Reply #36 on: December 19, 2024, 08:53:01 AM »
I've been doing a bit of reading on this car and the other built by Hudlass and I can confirm this one was indeed built in 1932. It is a home-made chassis with a vee-twin JAP engine, and later it was fitted with a Riley engine and Lanchester gearbox, and turned into a four-seater. The car as shown in the picture isn't the 'Riley' special yet – I think the conversion happened in 1939. Even more interestingly, there is a chance the remains of this car survive somewhere...
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Re: Solved NIC#1404 - 1932 (?) Hudlass Riley/JAP special
« Reply #37 on: December 19, 2024, 10:06:58 AM »
Thank you for the additional input. I obtained the photo and what information I could provide from a well-known website which relies on members' recollections, rather than hard facts. Thus the idea that the chassis was a Riley.

The car is mentioned in the Beaulieu Encyclopedia very briefly in the section for the original Hudlass cars built by his father.
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