Thread: Name That Car

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KTM ?

VUHL 05

Made in Mexico

I did cheat but it wasn't easy.

This Mexican street racer is too Vuhl for school - Vuhl 05 on sale in the UK now | Stuff

here is a classic coupe from the 40's

any guesses? (guesses please, not look ups)

It looks like a James Bond car I had a model of when I was a young lad.

Aston Martin?

No, and its not a British car.

Daimler?

Hmm./
Silver,
flush door handles.
You've not shown the front so it has a distinctive grill(s)

First stab I'd say a coach-built BMW

look like a 1950 Maserati

If it is from the 40's I'm now leaning to Italian as they would be the only ones still making fancy cars!

lancia

I just cheated. Ive never heard of it

it was coachbuilt by a famous italian design house.

the manufacturer was very well known, but they are not manufacturing any more.

A French company apparently.

^^^^^^ GT6 it is, I guess if you had seen the story.......
What about this rarity?

If nothing else the wheels are a giveaway.

I'm going with Ogle GT Cortina.

yes, its an ogle cortina.

In 1963 a Ford Cortina GT was revamped, designed by Ogle to Sir Stirling Moss’s specifications (I understand he was a director of Ogle) with the work being carried out by Harold Radford (Coachbuilders) Ltd of King Street, London.

A Ford Cortina GT was used has the basis with improved handling via lowered suspension, wide rim wheels fitted with Dunlop SP tyres, the engine remained the standard 1498cc GT one. A restyled sloping back was constructed from sheet steel and replaced the rear section of the car; a new grille was fitted with recessed fog and spot lamps along with a full Webasto sunroof. The interior was completely gutted and seating was rebuilt along with the dashboard, front windows were electrically operated and a Minifon tape recorder fitted to the front console (but no mention of a TV). There were also lots of little items fitted to this car not fitted to the standard Cortina but are too numerous to mention here, it also bore the registration mark SM 7.

When finished it was displayed on the Harold Radford Stand at the 1963 Motor Show, Earls Court. For this show Radfords produced a sales brochure for the car in a hope of taking orders for replicas, it is understood that one order was taken and a car constructed but no spec is know or if it was based on a Lotus Cortina. At the time Moss’s car was covered in lots of magazines and other publication and has been on and off over the years, although the press named it Moss’s dream car they did not take to the styling or its Borneo Green paintwork.

They've found the twin cam one somewhere.

Was a bit easy as i have had a few french classics
1947 Delahaye 135 pininfarina coupe

yes, thats the one.

^ yep a one off!

one off or not, a true petrol head should have had no trouble in identifying that beauty.

Well I've never really been into older stuff.

One of my childhood friends rebuilds ERA's and stuff but that was never really my thing.

I'm more into the experience and feeling of driving than the actual cars themselves. The more lateral G's the better.

my favourites are 50's americana. not for the engineering which was poor, but for the designs.