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Solved: GTE 504 - Hillman Minx by K.S. Fortune and Associates
« on: August 17, 2023, 10:06:36 PM »
Please identify this car for a point:

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2023, 01:28:49 PM »
Now open to Rookies and Experts.

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2023, 06:01:21 AM »
Any Hillman connection?
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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2023, 12:30:46 PM »
Any Hillman connection?
It's a Hillman.

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2023, 05:26:28 AM »
A modified Hillman Minx drophead coupé (convertible)
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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2023, 07:37:47 AM »
A modified Hillman Minx drophead coupé (convertible)
Yes. LOCKED for you to identify the coachbuilder.

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2023, 11:20:00 AM »
Not my strong point - Crayford?
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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2023, 01:04:14 PM »
Not my strong point - Crayford?
Not Crayford. Still LOCKED for you.

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2023, 05:49:34 AM »
Abbott?
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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2023, 07:41:48 AM »

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2023, 10:10:25 AM »
Harrington?
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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2023, 11:43:23 AM »
Harrington?
Sorry, but no. UNLOCKED.

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2023, 12:06:13 AM »
Pros?

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2023, 03:12:22 AM »
Thrupp & Maberly ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2023, 04:04:47 AM »

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2023, 05:47:12 AM »
By Richwall?
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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2023, 08:00:31 AM »
By Carbodies?

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #17 on: September 05, 2023, 09:45:03 AM »

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #18 on: September 05, 2023, 02:04:24 PM »
LHD, not british?

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #19 on: September 05, 2023, 02:08:50 PM »
LHD, not british?
Correct, not a British market Hillman.

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #20 on: September 06, 2023, 08:17:58 AM »
LHD, not british?
Correct, not a British market Hillman.
But was it a British coachbuilder?
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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #21 on: September 06, 2023, 12:56:12 PM »

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #22 on: September 06, 2023, 04:29:56 PM »
European?

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #23 on: September 06, 2023, 04:41:22 PM »

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Re: GTE 504
« Reply #24 on: September 07, 2023, 03:13:22 PM »
USA?