This is the car I have just got for nowt. Any idea what it is?

There are a few more pics in my archive

Regards


Dave
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Ooooo, I have no idea what it is, but me likey...

Especially the price you paid

Cant help with the make, but it looks like a great project.

You got a side view of it?

The front of it is fantastic.... Not so sure about the rear... Just wondered on the profile..

I only have these pics of the body and a couple of the inside.

I will take more pics and post them in a few days

Put a couple more pics in my archive, interior and the engine. I have been told the engine is from a triumph herald. As you can see it needs a little attention!

The shape looks like a Sunbeam Alpine with the rear fins. They were nice cars in their day.

Think it may be a Fairthorpe of which I've seen hard & soft tops, or possibly a Rochdale, but never seen a soft top Rochdale.
Both used mainly Ford running gear, circa early to mid 60's.
Its a nice piece of kit car history and in saveable condition - lucky man.

Looks like a Rochdale.Would expected it to have an old ford engine though.Nothing better than a free car!

Looks Rochdale to me in saying that there were loads of kitcars back in the 60's that looked similar with that e type sort of front end.

Not that I'd know of course being so young,but me dad told me.

Your a jammy sod whatever it is.

Cheers,
Bob

It does have a look of a triumph tr4s which is rare in its self,nice i must admit.

That looks like a Tax disc in the window... whats that say?.

Bang an R1 in there and you've got some great looking, scary quick, kit-car history!!!!

God I'm such a philistine!

It'd be so heavy that you may as well take out the floor and do a Flintstones as fit a bike engine...

Didn't someone once post a link to a website ,possibly an A.A site , that allowed you to enter a registration number and if it was still listed on D.V.L.A.records it would give details of car?? May be worth a search?? Rusty

Dont know the car,but those front indicators are austin/morris 1100!

Just tried the RAC registration search and no matches came back,ho hum

It looks similar to this car. I think this is a Fairthorpe

What do you think?

Dave
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Dave,

Might be an old Falcon Carribean. Check out the chassis. Id it made from round tubing, approx. 30-35mm dia.? If so, it could be a Buckler chassis.

Been told it is a TWM (Tim Wren Motors) but can't find any info about it

Must be in the Rockin' 'Orse s**te category, for rarity. TWM? When & where?

write into oner of the kit mags? they often have these sort of questions in them..

Ned.

Ask Steve Hole @ totalkitcar.com

It's very definately a Triumph engine. The only thing I found on TWM (http://www.team.net/www/ktud/britreg.html#twm ) suggests the car was based on either a Ford or Austin A35. Of course the engine could have been swapped at a later date.

I'll post the pics on Pistonheads if you want, a llot of knowledgable kit car people on there.

[Edited on 22/11/04 by MikeRJ]

what about an "ashley 1172 roadster"
1959'ish
which used a ford prefect chassis
or an austin 7 chassis

[Edited on 22/11/04 by marcyboy]

this is the sort of thread that gets all the knowledgable old boys out of the wood work... (not me!)

Ned.

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Originally posted by marcyboy
what about an "ashley 1172 roadster"
1959'ish which used a ford prefect chassis
or an austin 7 chassis

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This is an Ashley 1172 Roadster, close, but I don't think it's one of them.




[Edited on 22/11/04 by MikeRJ]

Looks like this one. Advertised as an Ashley.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29750&item=4506357221&rd=1

[Edited on 23/11/04 by Rob Lane]