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[mr_hippo]

Tax won the cigar again;the oldie was a Chevrolet Coach 32

The next one should be more difficult for europeans at least

Interior - 1961 Imperial Crown Convertible

It is a 62 but OK Mr Hippo

The next one needs a little retoration

Top one 62/63 Chrysler Imperial

Bottom one mid 50'sDaimler Drop Head Coupe - body by Barkers?

[wilko]

The artist's impression is a little more exciting than the realisation - but aren't they always?

I love this car - family involved it it

Studbaker Avanti

No - but that was/is a lovely car too - Raymond Louewy -(spelling)

Edited August 1, 2007 by wilko

[wilko]

these are all not quite what they seem.......

MGB americanised - not exactly

Jensen interceptor - not exactly

Lamborghini Miura - no!

[wilko]

First one can be called an Aston Martin Lagonda MGB when AML bought out the rights - MGB aston martin project - much sleeker than the old MGB

Second is the Jensen FF with Ferguson four wheel drive - YES - the slightly longer FF - not called an Interceptor

Third Lamborghini Miura first mid engine supercar - 2 people have suggested this and I went back thinking I'd got the wrong photo - take a look again it's a UK car and a one off based on a well known sports car - 1969.

[wilko]

Stick with "doors of a Lotus"........

What about the "avanti"? - its a British car and connected to the "doors of a lotus" one

[wilko]

Same era - another mid-engined - never-ran! - 1967

Edited August 1, 2007 by wilko

[djinn]

First one can be called an Aston Martin Lagonda MGB when AML bought out the rights - MGB aston martin project - much sleeker than the old MGB

Second is the Jensen FF with Ferguson four wheel drive - YES - the slightly longer FF - not called an Interceptor

Third Lamborghini Miura first mid engine supercar - 2 people have suggested this and I went back thinking I'd got the wrong photo - take a look again it's a UK car and a one off based on a well known sports car - 1969.

I think it is based on Lotus Europa but I don't know this model

[djinn]

Same era - another mid-engined - never-ran! - 1967

Matra prototype?

[djinn]

Tax won the cigar again;the oldie was a Chevrolet Coach 32

The next one should be more difficult for europeans at least

Interior - 1961 Imperial Crown Convertible

It is a 62 but OK Mr Hippo

The next one needs a little retoration

Top one 62/63 Chrysler Imperial

Bottom one mid 50'sDaimler Drop Head Coupe - body by Barkers?

Not the 50's;but a 36 Daimler Drop Head Coupe

and this?

[mr_hippo]

Same era - another mid-engined - never-ran! - 1967

I first thought of the Clan Crusader but it is too early for Clan. It's a Rover P6 BS

Edited August 1, 2007 by mr_hippo

[taxexile]

the miura lookalike .... is it a marcos ?

[wilko]

All 5 cars are connected - loosely - Bill Towns - designer for BL, Rover, Rootes, Aston etc

was responsible for the re-vamped MGB and also ....

....the GKN FFF100 with fibreglass body which was based on a Jensen FF as an exercise to raise their profile as a major components manufacturer in the British motor industry.

The Lambo-look-a-like is a Lotus 47 (Europa) built by GKN with a Rover V8 power plant - shown at the 1969 Racing car show - again largely to raise the GKN profile. top speed about 160 mph and lightning acceleration.

and the last was the Mid-engined Rover which I believe judging by the ultra-straight lines was also a Towns/Bache design. (there was a better-looking reshaped version - by Bache - but it never got built)

It was hoped to produce the car with an Alvis badge but by the seventies the British motor industry had completely taken leave of its senses and the project was scrapped by the new BL conglomerate.

- it housed the Rover V8 engine- which actually a GM Olds engine built under licence but in Aluminium instead of the cast iron in the States

Edited August 2, 2007 by wilko

[PeaceBlondie]

Just one point near the end of your last post, wilko: The 215 cubic inch engine designed by General Motors domestically was standard in the Buick Skylark compact car, standard in the Oldsmobile compact car (F-85), and optional in the Pontiac Tempest which came with a slant four (and transaxle and loopy driveshaft). Thus, it was called the B-O-P aluminum V8. It was aluminum, throughout. Later Rover took it and put it into their cars, and so did Morgan, and down under I believe maybe Jack Brabham put a DOHC head on it for the Revco forumula one car.

However, the aluminum V8 may have given birth to an iron V6 used in the successors of the Geeral Motors domestic line. The Olds F85 was available with a turbocharging system different from Corvair's turbo on their aircooled flat 6.

The gross horsepower listings for the 215 were I think 155 or 165 for the standard, 185 for the high performance, and 215 for the Olds turbo unit.

Did Rover use the 3.5 liter engine all the way from the TC3500 to the 4.8 liter Range Rover? Same block?

[wilko]

Rover/BL in the end only used one V8 - the GM,which they supplied to Morgan and used in the MGB V8 that originally wasn't built by them - it was actually lighter than the MGB's cast iron 4. Daimler's V8 and Triumph's were dropped

Later Rangerovers I don't know - I lost track...they tried various substitutes depending on who they were allied with at the time BMW., Honda - whatever - .... the old block got stuck in quite a few cars-that-never-were I guess.

[A_Traveller]

Late to this but I'll add this to the fray. Mine was a different colour though but my photos angle would give too many clues.

Regards

[djinn]

No post for one day

Everybody on WE?

I don't know for the red cabrio and my red yellow from the 30's doesn't attract anybody?

[djinn]

Now something special

Can you say me what is on this photo

It is an option from a manufacturer

If a specialist remember which one????

Photo of the car when some distinguised TV members will have answered

[thaigerd]

Late to this but I'll add this to the fray. Mine was a different colour though but my photos angle would give too many clues.

Regards

Borgward Isabella?

Gerd

[PeaceBlondie]

It may be an Isabella, but the body looks too long. I was going to suggest a Daimler about the size of a Sovereign, or one of my favorites, the Armstrong-Siddeley Sapphire. Defintely not a Lotus 7.

The accessory in the brown tube looks like some sort of cooler. An evaporative cooler, mayhaps?

[djinn]

It may be an Isabella, but the body looks too long. I was going to suggest a Daimler about the size of a Sovereign, or one of my favorites, the Armstrong-Siddeley Sapphire. Defintely not a Lotus 7.

The accessory in the brown tube looks like some sort of cooler. An evaporative cooler, mayhaps?

The mystery object is found.It is a "window airco"

It was on this car.I love the colors of these 50's

[PeaceBlondie]

That air/con car is obviously a Nash, almost surely an Ambassador, roughly 1954. By contrast, Cadillacs of that era had exterior scoops just behind the rear window going into the trunk, with plexiglass ducts coming out of the rear package tray to the interior.

Notice the two-tone arrangment of the paint scheme. We could find some gaudy versions, even some three-tones. Here's yellow, black and white. Friends of mine had one of these and donated it to the auto museum east of Austin, Texas.

[taxexile]

that looks like a mid fifties dodge .

[djinn]

That air/con car is obviously a Nash, almost surely an Ambassador, roughly 1954. By contrast, Cadillacs of that era had exterior scoops just behind the rear window going into the trunk, with plexiglass ducts coming out of the rear package tray to the interior.

Notice the two-tone arrangment of the paint scheme. We could find some gaudy versions, even some three-tones. Here's yellow, black and white. Friends of mine had one of these and donated it to the auto museum east of Austin, Texas.

Chrysler New Yorker 56 I think.Had the same in convertible in ...Dinky Toys

The airco car is a Nash Stateman 56

The mid 30's I posted 2 or 3 days ago was a Plymouth PJ 35

And this one;any idea?

[PeaceBlondie]

taxile wins again. 1956 Dodge Royal Lancer in three tones. In those days, the big 3 (General Motors, Ford and Chrysler) had no small cars, no compacts or intermediates. Just large, huge, and absurdly humoungous. Nash had the Rambler, Hudson had the Wasp, etc., but it took until 1960 for the Corvair, Falcon and Valiant to appear, on 108 inch wheelbases with 2.5 liter engines and larger.

[taxexile]

djinns is a daimler V8 dart. 1959?

[PeaceBlondie]

For sure, a Daimler Dart V8. I didn't see that a minute ago. The only Dart V8 I had was a 1966 Dodge sedan.

[djinn]

And I thought it was difficult

Daimler 250 sp 62

Next one more difficult I hope

Sadic djinn

[taxexile]

The xxx aluminum panels were hammered into shape and fastened to a tubular frame. A layer of cork, at some places 1.5 inches thick, was applied to the inside of the body, then sealed with rubber. The 19xx xxx V-8 engine and 4 speed front drive transmission were fitted, along with the suspension and some instruments and other mechanisms. Inside the vehicle, xxxx installed monitors for everything, including direction and altitude. An overhead panel contained switches and indicator lights, and gauges filled every space of the instrument dash, which ran the width of the interior.

The front seat could accommodate four, and two in the back seat sharing space with beverage cabinets holding spun aluminum tumblers and decanters. Other touches including a hydraulically operated hood, and push-button solenoid door buttons that actuated small panels above the door to flip up when pushed. Tinted safety glass - a rarity then - was used for the windshield. The bumpers were on telescopic mounts designed toincrease impact protection.

Despite the light alloy body, the car weighed in at a healthy 4565 lb. Not surprising, considering all the insulation, gauges, hydraulics, solenoids,and drinking cabinets!

Its maiden voyage revealed a few problems, though. The standard xxxx radiator was not up to the task of keeping the engine cool. More louvers were cut beneath the front bumper, and eventually two xxxx radiator cores replaced the original unit.

Another issue became obvious the moment it hit the road. The wonderfully curved and blended windows were too small to be useful. To make things worse no rear-view mirrors were installed, making lane changes and parking maneuvers a harrowing task.

None of this mattered to its creator, who continued forward with brochures offering replicas for $14,700 (incredibly high by 1938 standards). But none were built. The xxx did make an appearance on the cover of the xxxx 19xx issue of MOTOR AGE magazine and in a forgettable movie, The xxxx xx xxxx. As "The xxxx xxxx", it was seen with Paulette Goddard and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

A year later, it was displayed at the New York World's Fair. After xxxx died in July 1939, the car passed to the xxxx family which had no use for it, and sold it to a family friend, who sold it to a used car dealer. Several owners - including the xxxx brothers, an attorney to President Truman's staff and a member of the Studebaker family - passed the xxxx along before it was purchased by Hoosier comedian xxxx xxxx in 1951.

xxxx was an avid car enthusiast, and eventually decided to redesign the xxxx, and commissioned Albrecht Goertz (who designed the lovely BMW 507) to do the styling. Unfortunately, the word lovely could not be applied to the xxxx conversion.

After xxxx death in 1970, the xxxx xxxx xxxx purchased the car, and restored it to it's original specifications. Now on display at the xxxx xxxx xxxx in xxxx, xxxx , the car stands as a monument to the visionaries who created it.

Edited August 5, 2007 by taxexile

[mr_hippo]

This 1938 Corsair, an unusual six-passenger coupe, was designed by Rust Heinz, a member of the H. J. Heinz (57 Varieties) family, with Maurice Schwartz of the custom body firm Bohman & Schwartz in Pasadena, Calif. Heinz' creation, which cost about $24,000 in 1938, featured aerodynamic engineering, front-wheel-drive, electric gear shift, four-speeds transmission and a Cord V-8 Lycoming engine which was modified by Andy Granatelli. Built on a modified Cord 810 chassis, the car's alloy steel and aluminum body had no running boards, fenders or door handles. Doors were opened with the touch of buttons located on the outside and on the instrument panel. The interior was padded throughout with cork and rubber for safety, soundproofing and insulation. Top speed was 115 mph. Heinz planned to put the Phantom Corsair into limited production at an estimated selling price of $12,500, but he died shortly after the car was completed. This automobile was featured as the Flying Wombat in the 1938 film, "The Young In Heart," starring Paulette Goddard, Janet Gaynor, Billie Burke and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

[taxexile]

spot on mr. h. , spot on.