Sabrejet Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Just back from the Brooklands New Year gathering and as always well worth the effort. Loads of interesting stuff but I had to admit I didn't have a clue what this was. Fortunately the owner turned up so I was able to find out. So any ideas? No prizes other than the satisfaction of getting it correct. Clue: it's not a Porsche (one wag authoritatively told me it was a Porsche 935 (!) and most others who didn't take the time but had a bit more of a clue thought it was a 356). It's not a replica either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 It must be a Dannenhaur and Stauss Google finally came up with something when I tried "porsche 356 lookalike suicide doors" 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) That didn't take long! Yes it is: according to the owner it's one of only five survivors and must be the only one in the UK. Incidentally the owner called it a "D&S". Edited January 1, 2020 by Sabrejet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 31 minutes ago, Sabrejet said: That didn't take long! Yes it is: according to the owner it's one of only five survivors and must be the only one in the UK. Incidentally the owner called it a "D&S". I like a challenge every now and then 🙂 Must be nice to own a car that virtually no one else has (this from a guy driving a black Octavia Combi, so I genuinely have no idea how it would feel 😉) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 From Wiki: "The body was handmade by tapping metal sheets on a template" Youza! That's model making for you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s.e.charles Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 certainly no Hebmueller! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 At the Polish classic Ford forum one of the fellows living currently in Britain put a picture of a certain UK junkyard full of classic cars (various BMC, Rootes, Triumph, Rover, and Jaguar types, but some Japanese and a Rolls too. Of course 95% of the vehicles were to be identified easily, but there is one still unknown - an ivory (cream) very low (under 4 ft) FHC standing between Gilbern Invader and Triumph Stag https://www.capri.pl/image/forum/1302967/274538 Presumably it's a mid-engined 2-seater, the body looks more GRP than metal - so maybe some kit car? I'm almost sure I have seen such a vehicle somewhere in London some 30 years ago, but today I'm unable to find out what it is. Can anybody help me? Cheers Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper645 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) Looks like a variation on the Sterling/Sebring/VW Nova kit cars to me i may be looking at the wrong one though 🤷🏽♂️ Edited January 25, 2020 by Cooper645 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Thank you for the reply, but Sterling/Sebring has upwards hinged canopy whereas the one pictured features standard forward-hinged doors :( Cheers Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper645 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) True, I owned a VW Nova kit car about 13 years ago. the Cimbria SS has gullwings, but the front end isn’t quite right for that. Is there a better photo of it anywhere? maybe a Bradley GT 2? Edited January 25, 2020 by Cooper645 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 This is the only photo we have - sorry... Neither Cimbria nor Bradley :( Look at the tremendous windscreen area and vertical forward edge of the door. The nose looks like the Elva BMW, but the door top edge is much shorter. Cheers Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I'm thinking it might be a 'Clan' Although they all had similar body styles there was great variation in them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) It looks the size of Davrian, Ginetta 15 and Crusader but it is neither of them. Even if Clans had various noses and tails the doors, roof and windscreen were always the same. Cheers Michael PS. After taking precise measures it's much bigger vehicle - comparing to Gilbern and Stag it looks the size of Porsche 911 (some 14 ft long, 15" wheels) So - if it's a kit car - the donor should be rather Beetle- than Imp-like. Edited January 25, 2020 by KRK4m PS added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper645 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I’m almost certain I’ve seen it before, but can’t for the life of me think, I’ll continue to ponder 🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo NZ Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 The windscreen rake and door window look like a Lotus Europa - but the nose is wrong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooper645 Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Ok, I’ll mark this solved. It’s is of the ilk in my first response. it’s an Avante kit car, based on a beetle. I can guarantee it. Take a look at photo number 2 here and tell me I’m wrong. https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auction-catalogues/ncm/catalogue-id-ncm-au10227/lot-25a22d73-4b92-47ca-b19e-aae901549541 I’ll take myself off and do a happy dance 🕺🏻 Coops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo NZ Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Cooper645 said: Ok, I’ll mark this solved. It’s is of the ilk in my first response. it’s an Avante kit car, based on a beetle. I can guarantee it. Take a look at photo number 2 here and tell me I’m wrong. https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auction-catalogues/ncm/catalogue-id-ncm-au10227/lot-25a22d73-4b92-47ca-b19e-aae901549541 I’ll take myself off and do a happy dance 🕺🏻 Coops Yup, I should have known, there's one in the Southward Museum up the road! It was marketed as the Avanti. (Not to be confused with the Evante, which was a Vegantune built improved Elan) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 BINGO, Coops! This is exactly the one from the picture. Even the neighbouring ones (Gilbern & Stag) are listed there as the previous and next lots. I hoped that the BM Society could be able to find it out at last... BTW what a barn find! Almost a hundred of such rarities at one place - tremendous 😃 Cheers Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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