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theprisioner - 16/5/13 at 07:49 PM

A journalist friend of mine spotted this in the Highlands on top of a container.

Highlands container find
Highlands container find


I am not a walking car encyclopaedia so what is it? I know someone who is, and is a member of the Locost forum, so see if you can beat him to it?

DarrenW - 16/5/13 at 07:51 PM

Looks like a frog eye sprite.

Furyous - 16/5/13 at 07:54 PM

The back end looks a bit like an Austin Healey 3000 but the door line is wrong for that. The front end looks like an AC Ace.

britishtrident - 16/5/13 at 07:56 PM

Ford Pop 93e special -- Falcon or similar shape is inspired by the Jowett Jupiter.


[Edited on 16/5/13 by britishtrident]

theprisioner - 16/5/13 at 08:01 PM

The journalist (Paco) came back to me:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austin7nut/5422357471/

DarrenW - 16/5/13 at 08:04 PM

Buy it, then suss out what to do with it later. Simples.

theprisioner - 16/5/13 at 08:49 PM

I thing someone has put it on a pallet and fork lifted it up on to the container. I guess if you wanted it down you would have to find a fork lift and do something about the pallet. Not so simples, bet the wheels don't turn either. Wonder if the handbrake is on!

DarrenW - 16/5/13 at 08:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by theprisioner
I thing someone has put it on a pallet and fork lifted it up on to the container. I guess if you wanted it down you would have to find a fork lift and do something about the pallet. Not so simples, bet the wheels don't turn either. Wonder if the handbrake is on!


Give ower! Only need a t-cut, lift down and a sniff of easy start and it wil be a concourse lemans tourer!!!


Slovak pear schnapps might be skewering my mind a bit though.

Furyous - 16/5/13 at 11:52 PM

quote:
Originally posted by theprisioner
I thing someone has put it on a pallet and fork lifted it up on to the container. I guess if you wanted it down you would have to find a fork lift and do something about the pallet. Not so simples, bet the wheels don't turn either. Wonder if the handbrake is on!


...And pray to the car gods that the rotten pallet doesn't fall to pieces!

britishtrident - 17/5/13 at 05:43 AM

Don't get too excited underneath it is just one of these
Ford Pop

Complete with beam axles, transverse leaf springs, rod brakes, 6 volt electrics, vacuum wipers 3 speed gearbox and if the engine is original it won't even have a water pump. Ford claimed 28 BHP for the 1172 side valve engine but that was stretching the truth a bit real horsepower was probably less than 20.