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[TurboTomato]

That is a monumentally ugly front end!!

[Ferguson]

That is a monumentally ugly front end!!

Looks like a Spitfire with an overbite...

[Pomeroy]

The red one's a Reliant SabrA [later on it became the SabrE 4]. Reliant got involved with some Israelis building 4 wheeled versions of their 3 wheeler [the Regal?] for the early 60s Israeli car market. Then they all decided they could make much more money building and selling expensive sports cars so they bought in the moulds for one of the plastic Ford 10 kit cars [a DG Fibreglass job?] and a chassis frame which might have been a Buckler or a Bellamy design and bolted it all together and that toothy thing was the result. Then they tidied it up and it became the Reliant Sabre 4 for the UK market with the same Ford Consul engine; then they stuck in a Zephyr straight six and it became the Sabre 6 which was apparently quite a good car; then they went even more up-market and got Tom Karen to design a prettier GT body and it became the first Reliant Scimitar. ... The white one's a Berkeley Bandit. I've just realised it was a quarter of a century ago that a friend of mine who then only had a motor bike licence wanted a 3-wheeled car so he asked someone who knew about these things and who raced a Morgan trike whether he should look for a Berkeley [a 3 wheeled version of the red one at the back of the pic] and the answer was an unequivocal "do NOT get involved with any Berkeley in any circumstance!!"

[lusovx]

The red one's a Reliant SabrA [later on it became the SabrE 4]. Reliant got involved with some Israelis building 4 wheeled versions of their 3 wheeler [the Regal?] for the early 60s Israeli car market. Then they all decided they could make much more money building and selling expensive sports cars so they bought in the moulds for one of the plastic Ford 10 kit cars [a DG Fibreglass job?] and a chassis frame which might have been a Buckler or a Bellamy design and bolted it all together and that toothy thing was the result.

Then they tidied it up and it became the Reliant Sabre 4 for the UK market with the same Ford Consul engine; then they stuck in a Zephyr straight six and it became the Sabre 6 which was apparently quite a good car; then they went even more up-market and got Tom Karen to design a prettier GT body and it became the first Reliant Scimitar.



... The white one's a Berkeley Bandit. I've just realised it was a quarter of a century ago that a friend of mine who then only had a motor bike licence wanted a 3-wheeled car so he asked someone who knew about these things and who raced a Morgan trike whether he should look for a Berkeley [a 3 wheeled version of the red one at the back of the pic] and the answer was an unequivocal "do NOT get involved with any Berkeley in any circumstance!!"

You're just like Obelix. Not because you're huge or wear big blue striped tights (I'm guessing here, never met you) but you must have fallen into a cauldron when toddler and swallowed the Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile (coach builder edition to)...

I must thrown another tough challenge...

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[TurboTomato]

You're just like Obelix. Not because you're huge or wear big blue striped tights (I'm guessing here, never met you) but you must have fallen into a cauldron when toddler and swallowed the Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile (coach builder edition to)...

I would have to agree, you have an almost disturbing level of knowledge of these cars Pom

[speedyK]

I must thrown another tough challenge...

Siata 300BC 1952

[speedyK]

This one is in an rather uncharacteristic mode – oh, and don't be put off by the non-period aftermarket wheels.

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[Ferguson]

Jensen CV-8? Mark II?

Edited by Ferguson, 20 November 2005 - 04:12 PM.

[Ferguson]

Quite rare:

[Ferguson]

Bonus marks if you know the special history of this model:

[geofflowe]

Very rare car but what is it?

[Pomeroy]

I would have to agree, you have an almost disturbing level of knowledge of these cars Pom

I'm scaring myself too! If only I could forget this rubbish!

Oh well, at least I've had some time in my life for my friends and wives and children too ...

[Pomeroy]

Very rare car but what is it?

Well it's not a U2 that I can recognise! So what Clubmans or [maybe, but it looks too bulky] 1172 is it? Rear rad?

[speedyK]

Bonus marks if you know the special history of this model:

BMW 1600 GT Glas/Frua

BMw took over Glas who had this coupé designed by Frua, which was known as the Glas 1300GT or Glas 1700GT. BMW installed the BMW 1600 engine and called it the BMW 1600GT.

[TurboTomato]

... wives ...

I thought one was enough for most people!!

[geofflowe]

Very rare car but what is it?

Well it's not a U2 that I can recognise! So what Clubmans or [maybe, but it looks too bulky] 1172 is it? Rear rad?

Its a Wesford Clubmans car, Brabham mag wheels, 1550 nc engine. I sold it to a chap in the USA who then raced it in the SCCA champs. The front end was off a Mallock and I was going to cut a hole in it for the radiator. Ended up with a bullet nose as per original.

Edited by geofflowe, 20 November 2005 - 10:53 PM.

[lusovx]

Bonus marks if you know the special history of this model:

BMW 1600 GT Glas/Frua

BMw took over Glas who had this coupé designed by Frua, which was known as the Glas 1300GT or Glas 1700GT. BMW installed the BMW 1600 engine and called it the BMW 1600GT.

Ok Speedy, you're an Obelix to!

[speedyK]

Ok Speedy, you're an Obelix to! 

I surprise myself!

Saw the pic and thought, "BMW, Frua". I have amassed more (fairly useless) car-related info than I thought. Stuff that I've not been confronted with in years is just waiting to burst out!

But then, for me, cars have always held a fascination since I was a toddler – unlike other subjects along the way – in my particular case Latin springs to mind as deadly dull – managed to scrape through my "O" level somehow, but know almost nothing about it

Not figured out that white one though, the fact that the back of the car is cut off in the pic doesn't help. That rear side window looks familiar – not place it yet though...

[lusovx]

The white one... I know that front from somewhere (the creased popup lights, etc) but can't remember, It's killing me...

[speedyK]

This one never made it passed the prototype stage, but in view of the extremely off the beaten track single seaters etc., that have been posted, does anyone want to try their luck with this one?

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