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Offline nickliv

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What's this little blue car?
« on: July 20, 2012, 01:01:16 pm »
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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2012, 11:43:19 pm »
Its got a 'name' as well as a marque. You can have pics of any of it as its in my garage at the moment.
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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2012, 08:43:08 am »
OK - I will open the bidding (with not much hope of being right) with Wolsey Hornet (or maybe Frazer Nash!).

How about a pic of the front and a clue as to the decade!!

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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2012, 10:45:49 am »
Looks like it could be one of those motorcycle engined 'midget racers' of the 30's and 40's, that were popular in USA, Australia and NZ.

 
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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2012, 11:25:58 am »
Quote from: Fran on July 21, 2012, 08:43:08 am
OK - I will open the bidding (with not much hope of being right) with Wolsey Hornet (or maybe Frazer Nash!).

How about a pic of the front and a clue as to the decade!!

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Fran - I thought it had a bit of Frazer Nash look to it as well.

Nick - is that a JAP engine in there?
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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2012, 11:45:18 am »
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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2012, 11:47:16 am »
And that's one hell of a giveaway
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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2012, 11:52:59 am »
BIG give away

A G.N Cyclecar, about 1 litre JAP engine

G.N., built by a firm founded in 1910 by two young men in their early twenties, ‘Archie’ Frazer-Nash (1889-1965) and H. R. Godfrey (b. 1887).
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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2012, 12:02:27 pm »
so which one is it? It's a 'special' and has a name, but you can't post up all the names from Wikipedia as guesses.
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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2012, 06:33:17 pm »
is it the gnat.micro race car i remember seeing at shelsley walsh?
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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2012, 07:28:09 pm »

Chawner GN Special?



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Re: What's this little blue car?
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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2012, 07:34:31 pm »
Thats the one GF. Started it up this afternoon in the garage.  Forgot that you get tear gas out of the exhaust when you're running on methanol.  cough cough.
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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2012, 07:40:48 pm »
The left side bonnet cut-out was the distinguishing feature.

In blue, it looks a bit like a pocket size Bugatti type 35!

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Thats the one GF. Started it up this afternoon in the garage.  Forgot that you get tear gas out of the exhaust when you're running on methanol.  cough cough.
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Re: What's this little blue car?
« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2012, 08:52:53 pm »
Quote from: Grand_Fromage on July 21, 2012, 07:40:48 pm
In blue, it looks a bit like a pocket size Bugatti type 35!

I was a bit tempted by Bugatti as well... but resisted!
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