What car is this?

Diddums x · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:14

Nicked this from another forum and it's got me stumped too. The blue car, anyone know what it is?

IC3 · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:22

TVR or Aston? Idk

faheemrazzaq · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:23

Jaguar?

Bego2K · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:23

I thought it was a stingray at first but then realise the lights are too raised to be it.

Diddums x · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:27

My first thought was Datsun as it seems to be quite small and Datsun had a thing for fastbacks, but that's not it.

Gonna drive me nuts, this

Skillmister · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:30

Considering there are countless forums with 50 page threads of guesses and no one able to come up with a concrete answer I'd say the same is going to happen here.

GinG · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:31

Mondeo?

Diddums x · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:32

Skillmister said:
Considering there are countless forums with 50 page threads of guesses and no one able to come up with a concrete answer I'd say the same is going to happen here.

You never know, someone's dad / uncle / aunt / grandad / whatever may have one in a garage somewhere.

It's worth a shot.

Yaayuh! · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:32

Looks kinda like a Triumph GT6, but it's not.

Skillmister · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:33

Diddums said:
You never know, someone's dad / uncle / aunt / grandad / whatever may have one in a garage somewhere.

It's worth a shot.

By the sounds of some of the threads if anyone does have one in a garage somewhere it could well be the only one out there.

Josh · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:35

Does it have gull wing doors? The lines look like it could, can't be many cars around that age with gull wings.

Robzere31 · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:39

Similar to a Datsun Fairlady or 240Z

RogerMesenseless · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:40

Someone on Autosport forums seems to have come quite close. It's still not definite though.

The rear wing looks sunbeam alpine-ish, but nothing else does. My guess is some sort of Ford special, as the wheel trims don't look all that 'racy' to match the fastback style.

The rear sloping headlights remind me of something, but I can't think what...... However, the rear sloping screen pillars and the proximity of the door shut to the rear wheel arch do look similar (but quite difeferent!) to the car in this article: (under the quote)

I've spoken with the owner Mathew, and I think we discussed it here on TNF before, and it seems likely the basis of HIS car's old body was a Speedex Sirocco, but perhaps it was modified (not very well) to look something like the mysterious blue car? maybe someone saw it at a show.

Surely someone will have featured the blue car in an article at the time, it looks a fairly well resolved project to be an amateur special.

Al

Article http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/spaceframe.htm

Forum Page: http://forums.autosport.com/topic/200833-1950s60s-mystery-car/

Speedex Sirocco. Looks a bit similar.

Yaayuh! · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:47

I recon it's custom.

There's so many parts that look like their from different cars.

IC3 · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:47

Sabra GT?

Diddums x · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:51

Rossi~ said:
I recon it's custom.

There's so many parts that look like their from different cars.

This is what I was thinking too, must be a chop shop special or a coach built model. Dunno.

Howard · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:52

Rossi~ said:
I recon it's custom.

There's so many parts that look like their from different cars.

That's what I thought. I also thought Triumph GT6 at first!

If no-one across multiple forums knows what it is (I've seen some pretty obscure crap identified by people on Pistonheads, so it'd have surely been identified by now), then it's probably just a one-off custom / extremely low volume kit car thing that someone's knocked up in their spare time.

grudas · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:55

it is totally custom, if no one from piston heads is able to figure it out after 22 pages it has got to be a one off

Yaayuh! · 10 Mar 2016 at 11:56

Howard said:
That's what I thought. I also thought Triumph GT6 at first!

If no-one across multiple forums knows what it is (I've seen some pretty obscure crap identified by people on Pistonheads, so it'd have surely been identified by now), then it's probably just a one-off custom / extremely low volume kit car thing that someone's knocked up in their spare time.

Indeed, and given the fact the photo is London, it could well be a one-off for someone rather wealthy.

I can see if being a mixture of:

IWR Elan
Triumph GT6
Aston Martin DB5
TVR3000M
Sunbeam
MGB GT

and a splash of others.

Edit: Could well have been a prototype?

Nasher · 10 Mar 2016 at 12:01

Looks very much like a TVR. But the doors are the wrong shape.