GTCC #788

Started by Colin, March 17, 2012, 04:44:12 PM

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mzziaz

#30
March 22, 2012, 01:59:12 AM
A Hindustan Ambassador, perhaps?
Cuore Sportivo

cawimmer430

#31
March 22, 2012, 02:27:53 AM
Alvis?
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Colin

#32
March 22, 2012, 03:10:01 AM
Not an Alvis, but you are in the right sort of area........ I suspect that a potential Alvis customer might have considered one of these........ and like Alvis, this maker did not just make cars. This maker was also involved in the jet aircraft engine business. 

cawimmer430

#33
March 22, 2012, 03:10:39 AM
Rolls Royce???
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Colin

#34
March 22, 2012, 03:39:53 AM
No...... true there's an aero engine link there, but I did say that this marque no longer produces cars. They stopped in 1960.

FoMoJo

#35
March 22, 2012, 06:22:04 AM
Is it British or UK?
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cawimmer430

#36
March 22, 2012, 07:24:22 AM
Armstrong-Sidley?
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Colin

#37
March 22, 2012, 02:53:51 PM
Quote from: cawimmer430 on March 22, 2012, 07:24:22 AM
Armstrong-Sidley?
:clap:

It is an Arnstrong Siddeley............ which one?

cawimmer430

#38
March 22, 2012, 05:59:24 PM
Oh boy.... I don't know any names...

Was there an AS Hawk?
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Colin

#39
March 22, 2012, 08:27:33 PM
Many of them were named after famous planes, such as Lancaster and Typhoon, but this particular gem (hint!) was not........... and it has a number as well. 

FoMoJo

#40
March 23, 2012, 10:32:35 AM Last Edit: March 23, 2012, 10:40:35 AM by FoMoJo
Quote from: Colin on March 22, 2012, 08:27:33 PM
Many of them were named after famous planes, such as Lancaster and Typhoon, but this particular gem (hint!) was not........... and it has a number as well.  
I spent a hour or more last night reviewing a bunch of Armstrong-Siddeley sites which listed all the models they ever made and none of them listed this model.  The closest I came was a youtube on a Armstrong-Siddeley car show in Scotland...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkacU1Qrcy8.  Seems it's a Armstrong-Siddeley Sapphire 234 or 236. :huh:
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cawimmer430

#41
March 23, 2012, 11:11:16 AM
I'm going to do an Ifcar and give up. It's too hard! Post something easy like a 1980s Camry or something! :cry:
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Colin

#42
March 23, 2012, 11:57:56 AM
FoMoJo is correct, it is indeed an Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 234.

You can't tell the 234 and 236 apart visually, but the owner told me that this is a 234 (which means it has the 4 cylinder engine). He told me that he likes "eccentric old cars" and this is certainly that. They were not well rated when new as the engine was weak, and the arrival of the Jaguar 2.4 was all the competition that A-S did not need. He thought that there were about 6 of these cars in Australia, which is quite a lot considering how few were made.

cawimmer430

#43
March 23, 2012, 12:13:04 PM
FoMoJo has to post the next car - make it a 1980s Ford LTD Crown Victoria!  :lol:
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FoMoJo

#44
March 23, 2012, 12:27:16 PM
Hier Wimmer deserves the credit of naming the brand.  However, I will attempt to post a car that takes Colin more than 20 seconds to identify.
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