Autoquiz 446

[carsntrucks4you]

This time our member Earl Marischall sent me this picture of an interesting car. If you know what it is, then sent me a PM with Year, Make and Type 

Edited September 29, 2019 by carsntrucks4you

[matthijsgrit]

Confusing, to say the least...

 

[Pete J.]

It this a real production car?  Because it looks like something I am familiar with, with a bodged up aftermarket front end. Kind of like a VW with a Rolls Royce  hood. 

[Bucky]

I'm totally baffled! LOL

[carsntrucks4you]

5 hours ago, Pete J. said:

It this a real production car?  Because it looks like something I am familiar with, with a bodged up aftermarket front end. Kind of like a VW with a Rolls Royce  hood. 

Yes it is

Edited September 30, 2019 by carsntrucks4you

[ChrisR]

No idea.................

[carsntrucks4you]

This time it wasn‘t that easy I think. Here is the solution.

The company was known for there 30‘s styled cars. It was founded in 1982 be three British Leyland engineers in Norfolk/GB. In 1985 a new more modern looking car came into existance, the JBA Javelin. Build on a ladder frame with a fibreglass Ford Capri styled body. A Capri also spend the drivetrian. After 55 vehicles production had ended in 1989.

 

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matthijsgrit

dodgefever

dw1603

Well done congratulations 

[Bucky]

I was waaaaaay off with this one.

[DonW]

Well I got the Capri connection but why would anyone make a fibreglass copy and use a ladder chassis rather than adapt a standard Capri bodyshell? did they want to increase cost as well as reducing structural integrity - or were they part of a plot to confuse a large number of Forum members?

Fascinating, thanks for this bit of education!

[Pete J.]

Boy did I miss this one.  I was sure that the body came from a Triumph Stag.  Wheels and roof line looked so much like what came on the Stag that I really went off in the wrong direction.  Now that I look at it, I do see the Capri front end.  Still that weird grill looks like a shade tree mechanic cobbled it together.  Yuck when I first looked at it and now that I know, double yuck!?

[dodgefever]

33 minutes ago, Pete J. said:

 Still that weird grill looks like a shade tree mechanic cobbled it together.  Yuck when I first looked at it and now that I know, double yuck!?

Questionable styling is/was a feature of many British kit cars.

[Richard Bartrop]

The Capri connection faked me out as well.  I was trying to hunt down Capri variants/

[dw1603]

21 hours ago, DonW said:

Well I got the Capri connection but why would anyone make a fibreglass copy and use a ladder chassis rather than adapt a standard Capri bodyshell? did they want to increase cost as well as reducing structural integrity - or were they part of a plot to confuse a large number of Forum members?

Fascinating, thanks for this bit of education!

Production cars tended to corrode at an alarming rate in those days, it was quite usual to find good mechanicals and trim housed in a rotten body shell. A magnet was essential kit when buying a used car.