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by John Staddon
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: Members' Cars
Topic: 133/5698 Questions
Replies: 8
Views: 245

Re: 133/5698 Questions

Hi Jim The Genome gives more information than the Chassis Data Book and says 5698 may have been rebuilt as a convertible, according to one factory record, however, a different factory record gives a different registration for the car that was converted, so not 5698 but another car. Calver says this ...
by John Staddon
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:41 pm
Forum: Cars For Sale
Topic: Unknown C-V8 Mk11 for sale in Germany
Replies: 0
Views: 98

Unknown C-V8 Mk11 for sale in Germany

Joerg sent me a link to this advert for a Mk11, Joerg says it was part of the same collection as 2428. But I don't recognize it. https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=381587026&dam=0&isSearchRequest=true&ms=%3B%3B%3BJensen%3B&pageNumber=1&ref=srp&refId=b67f5932-b...
by John Staddon
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:28 pm
Forum: Cars For Sale
Topic: Spare car for Felix
Replies: 13
Views: 296

Re: Spare car for Felix

There is an interesting story about James David Burrows, the first owner. In 1940, when he was only 30 years old, but already managing director of the family company, he bought a Spitfire. Not for himself, this was during the Battle of Britain when cities and towns were encouraged to set up Spitfire...
by John Staddon
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:58 pm
Forum: Cars For Sale
Topic: Spare car for Felix
Replies: 13
Views: 296

Re: Spare car for Felix

Joerg told me this is 2428, he contacted the seller to find out the chassis number. I would never have recognised the car if Joerg had not told me which one it was. There is a very old discussion on the forum from April 2010 when 2428 came up for sale and it is titled 'C-V8 Mk111 One owner 35 years'...
by John Staddon
Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: Cars For Sale
Topic: Rusty CV8 on Bring-A-Trailer (No Reserve)
Replies: 3
Views: 306

Re: Rusty CV8 on Bring-A-Trailer (No Reserve)

The auction ended with a winning bid of $12,500, so not far off £10,000 at today's exchange rate. Not a bad price for a C-V8 restoration project and a lot more than the two that were sold last March in the UK that went for around £6200 each, but they had been stored in a field and were rotten, this ...
by John Staddon
Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Name that car
Replies: 466
Views: 70792

Re: Name that car

To add to what Stephen says, as our posts have overlapped, it's a Larmar microcar, made between 1948 and 1951 in Ingatestone in Essex by the Larmar Engineering Co. Ltd. It's USP was that it was narrow enough to fit through a standard British garden gate so you could drive it up the garden path and p...
by John Staddon
Sun Feb 04, 2024 6:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Which chassis number?
Replies: 3
Views: 148

Re: Which chassis number?

123/3859, according to the Genome, assuming only one Interceptor appeared in The Persuaders (this info isn't in The Chassis Data, it is amazing how much Richard Calver was able to add when he produced the Genome).

John
by John Staddon
Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Early Interceptor at 1951 South Bank Exhibition
Replies: 10
Views: 877

Re: Early Interceptor at 1951 South Bank Exhibition

I think Stephen is right about the other car, as well as different wheels to an Interceptor it has short bumpers and faired in sidelights and is definitely XK120ish. Here's a photo of the other car with twin boot handles. The tyres may not be white wall, perhaps they are simply catching the light, b...
by John Staddon
Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Early Interceptor at 1951 South Bank Exhibition
Replies: 10
Views: 877

Re: Early Interceptor at 1951 South Bank Exhibition

If you look closely, notice that there are two locking handles on the boot. I have looked at every photo of an Early Interceptor that I have and there are only two photos of cars that had two locking handles on the boot and they are chassis numbers 5, reg GEA 5, and another car in a publicity shot t...
by John Staddon
Sat Dec 30, 2023 12:46 pm
Forum: Cars For Sale
Topic: C-V8 104/2252 For Sale
Replies: 8
Views: 785

Re: C-V8 104/2252 For Sale

Andrew Cassar used to do this, buy a restoration project, put it back together as far as he could, give it a clean, called detailing it nowadays, and then try to sell it for treble the buying price. But that is how dealers make money and the original seller could have done the same thing but wanted ...
by John Staddon
Sun Dec 03, 2023 8:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: An Englishman's home is his castle.
Replies: 5
Views: 559

Re: An Englishman's home is his castle.

Dunnotttar Castle in Aberdeenshire.

John
by John Staddon
Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:19 pm
Forum: Cars For Sale
Topic: C-V8 104/2252 For Sale
Replies: 8
Views: 785

Re: C-V8 104/2252 For Sale

It is an unfinished restoration and if you look closely at the interior shot you can see that the sheet metal forming the heel board part of the toe box isn't actually there, so you are looking in to the triangular box section, it would be difficult to finish the metalwork in this area with pedals i...
by John Staddon
Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:48 pm
Forum: Cars For Sale
Topic: C-V8 104/2252 For Sale
Replies: 8
Views: 785

C-V8 104/2252 For Sale

104/2252 has been undergoing a long restoration, but sadly the owner has passed away without finishing the work. The car is for sale. Photos are attached and I have been given the following information. The car appears to be complete Floors and cills have been replaced. An A833 manual conversion has...
by John Staddon
Sat Oct 07, 2023 6:21 pm
Forum: Cars For Sale
Topic: C-V8 Mk11 on Trade Me New Zealand
Replies: 2
Views: 272

C-V8 Mk11 on Trade Me New Zealand

Why is everyone selling C-V8s all of a sudden? 104-2254f.jpg This is 104/2254. I knew it had gone to New Zealand, probably around 10-12 years ago, but I hadn't seen it since https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/other/listing/4357359271?tm=email&et=45&mt=F514F36F-4822-43DF-8E84-BE18F6009A2...
by John Staddon
Sat Oct 07, 2023 6:01 pm
Forum: Cars For Sale
Topic: C-V8 Mk1 on Car & Classic
Replies: 1
Views: 510

C-V8 Mk1 on Car & Classic

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For sale in Germany. The car is 104/2038 and I knew the car was for sale in the UK not so long ago but I didn't know it had gone to Germany. Very ambitious price I think.

https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1624275

John

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