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Re: Formal luxury [imidazol97]
by tmart
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Aug 04, 2009 (8:00 am)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Aug 04, 2009 7:31 am)
Did you mean FORMER instead of FORMAL?   
My WAG, based on the trunk, is a Chrysler or Imperial.
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BRG>
by andys120
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Aug 04, 2009 (8:11 am)
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Re: Formal luxury [imidazol97]
by andre1969
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Aug 04, 2009 (8:18 am)
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Aug 04, 2009 7:31 am)
1956 Chrysler, and from the relative absence of chrome trim, I'd guess it's just a Windsor and not a New Yorker. Car next to it is either a Plymouth Acclaim or Dodge Spirit.
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Re: BRG> [andys120]
by magnette
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Aug 04, 2009 (8:23 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Aug 04, 2009 8:11 am)
I thought we had this one, or something very much like ot some time ago... The main car is a Fairthorpe - either an Electron or possibly an Electron Minor. The coupe with the number patch on the door is I think a Warwick or a Peerless, although bits of it look strange to me. The exposed wheel to the extreme right belongs to a Dellow or just possibly a Buckler. The slightly lighter green car in the middle, that looks like an Alfa, is I think an RGS, but I would have to look in various books at home to check what model - It looks just like a Alfa, but the proportions are a bit different, and given this is clearly a kit-car meeting......
In the background the red cars apppear to be Rochdales, although the one with the clear view is a bit odd, and might be one of the very last Rochdale Olympics, which I think was the Mark 4(?) I'm stumped by the white car in the top left - and most of the others are subject to a degree of guesswork...
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Re: BRG> [magnette]
by stephen987
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Aug 04, 2009 (9:06 am)
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Replying to: magnette (Aug 04, 2009 8:23 am)
I think the white car in the upper left might be a Gilbern--on the general theme of component cars from the British Isles. And I thought the car in the foreground was a Lenham Sprite rather than a Fairthorpe--though I will defer to you on it.
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Re: BRG> [magnette]
by andys120
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Aug 04, 2009 (9:12 am)
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Replying to: magnette (Aug 04, 2009 8:23 am)
Yep, the main car is a Fairthorpe Electron Minor. Are you telling us the red car in the background isn't a Porsche 911 but rather some weirdo kit car called a Rochdale?
You might be right, I looked up Rochdale at motorbase.com and came up with a car that looks like a 911 from a distance. It's even got flag style mirrors and black-center wheels, a bumper and hood slot like an 80's 911 >
Rochdale Olympic Ph.1 1960-63
You learn something new every day!
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Re: Formal luxury [andre1969]
by imidazol97
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Aug 04, 2009 (9:15 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Aug 04, 2009 8:18 am)
The 56 is a Chrysler and it's a Windsor from what I can tell. The front end has a logo in front of the wheel that doesn't look like Windsor. I'll have to go back by to check it.
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Re: BRG> [andys120]
by stephen987
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Aug 04, 2009 (9:17 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Aug 04, 2009 9:12 am)
That Rochdale appears to have been (poorly) modified (or photoshopped) to make it look (slightly) more like a 911. No two look exactly alike, but here's a more representative example of the phase one Rochdale Olympic:
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Re: BRG> [stephen987]
by andys120
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Aug 04, 2009 (9:28 am)
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Replying to: stephen987 (Aug 04, 2009 9:17 am)
That Rochdale appears to have been (poorly) modified (or photoshopped) to make it look (slightly) more like a 911.
Gives no meaning to the phrase trompe l'oeil 
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Re: BRG> [andys120]
by stephen987
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Aug 04, 2009 (9:33 am)
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Replying to: andys120 (Aug 04, 2009 9:28 am)
Only for the extremely nearsighted. . .
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