Name The Car

[jinx]

A keen eyed call re japi. It certainly looks like a 356 and for a very good reason....but when you see beyond the doors, they are not so much alike.  I\'m sorry to say you have fallen into a fiendish \'Name that car\'  image cropping trap.

[jinx]

Hi Ken.  Got distracted - it took me so long to type that answer to re jap,  yours overlapped!  You\'ve got the trap out of the way plus the really big clue... and once again there is an element of looking back to earlier answers...

[jinx]

Feeling guilty now about that shoddy trick door picture...here it is without the misleading coachwork.  Better?

[KenD]

Feeling guilty now about that shoddy trick door picture...here it is without the misleading coachwork.

Don\'t feel guilty jinx, it\'s all part of the fun:)

and once again there is an element of looking back to earlier answers...    

That got me thinking....and a quick search revealed...the Frazer-Nash Continental.  I think that "fits the bill"?

[re japi]

Ken, yes that i was thinking. And that was a good trap. Good one Jinx

[jinx]

Winner....For lots of reasons (none of them in the least bit scientific) this, rather than a Ford Capri, is the car I always promised myself more than any other.   AFN imported Porsche and BMW - they looted a 956 for its doors and glass then nipped off to Williams and Pritchard for the rest.  The Continental was going to be the next big thing after the successful Sebring and Mille Miglia models but, along with its BMW V8, it got killed off by world events. Almost stillborn - despite the hopeful announcement and massive press coverage it was little more than a proptoype with a scrap of carpet - luvverly.  If I ever win the lottery...

I think this is the last of two (three?) made - I so badly wanted the green one used in all the black and white photo shoots!  It is mercifully owned by someone who drives it rather than watching its value increase in a temperature controlled cocoon. It was a surprise to get so excited when I tripped over it parked casually at the back of the old paddock at Silverstone in 2011 but it was a proper boyhood dream and a genuine \'hen\'s tooth\' so maybe I could be forgiven.  The sun was shining, my anorak was in the car and I don\'t think anybody noticed....till now.

Ball in your court Ken

[KenD]

Excellent taste jinx.  Yes a very impressive car indeed.  Keep doing the lottery - you never know. Incidentally I did own a Capri 2.0 GT, Mk1 for a while! As for my dream machine...well I\'ll save it for a future challenge.  In the meantime my next one is another "keep it in the family" job.  My Dad had one of these - if only he had kept it I suspect it would have been worth a few bob today!

[clive]

lanchester ?? (haven\'t searched, just a feeling it may be)

[KenD]

lanchester ?? (haven\'t searched, just a feeling it may be)

Not a Lanchester clive.

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Is it a Bentley ?

[KenD]

Is it a Bentley ?

Evening Nigel...no not a Bentley.  It is a British design though so don\'t go searching too far afield.

[Test Drives Unlimited]

Armstrong Siddney ?

[KenD]

Armstrong Siddney ?

Nope!
Here\'s another view......

[kevint]

is it an Alvis 21?

[KenD]

is it an Alvis 21?

Not an Alvis Kevin....
Going back to Nigel\'s first suggestion, although it\'s not a Bentley, there is a connection.