Obscure car time

[catfood]

I challenge anyone to identify this. Clues will be available in due course but just to get you started there is a link to close to where I live.

 

[HealeyRick]

Shirley MK II, based on the Ford Anglia and manufactured in 1959 at Monkspark Garage of Shirley, Solihull

 

[waltesefalcon]

Didn't even take two hours. Try this one on for size.

 

[catfood]

OK you're too good for me. How on earth did you know that. I live just down the road from where they were built and I had never heard of them before I saw this one (I live just off the Monkspath Hall Road, the area the garage was named after).

 

[HealeyRick]

Didn't even take two hours. Try this one on for size.
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Iota 350 Sports. Said to be the first aluminum monocoque car: https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcf/showthread.php?55326-Lane-Motor-Museum

 

[HealeyRick]

OK you're too good for me. How on earth did you know that. I live just down the road from where they were built and I had never heard of them before I saw this one (I live just off the Monkspath Hall Road, the area the garage was named after).

I've got a pretty good knowledge of oddball British stuff from years of reading Thoroughbred & Classic Cars, Classic Cars and Octane. But I think you could've given clues for years without any of us coming up with the answer based on knowledge we already had. Leaving out a bunch of bad guesses, hunches and dead-ends I found the answer by noticing it had the same wheels and hubcaps as the saloons behind it and saw that it looked like a club display at a motor show. I looked up the registration number on the car in the background and found it was a 1953 Ford Anglia. That eventually led to the Ford Sidevalve Owners Club where I found a picture of the car: https://www.fsoc.co.uk/the-cars.html

 

[HealeyRick]

Iota 350 Sports. Said to be the first aluminum monocoque car: https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcf/showthread.php?55326-Lane-Motor-Museum

And on this one, I just plain cheated. Goggle has a nice image search that work's fairly well. If you go to "images" search you will see a camera icon. Press that and a box will come up allowing you to load an image either from your computer or a website. After the upload, hit search and you will often come up with the same or similar picture where the original came from.

 

[BillD]

That's good technique but how in the world did you find all of those "Spridgets on Film" in that great thread. No one can possibly watch that many bad movies.

 

[HealeyRick]

That's good technique but how in the world did you find all of those "Spridgets on Film" in that great thread. No one can possibly watch that many bad movies.

I was asked to reveal my technique when I did a similar thread for the big Healeys: https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcf/showthread.php?94264-Pourquoi-viens-tu-si-tard Here's the secret:

OK, here's the truth. The International Movie Car Database has lists of cars by make appearing in movies, then it's just trying to track down a clip and editing it to show the Spridget part: https://imcdb.org/

 

[AngliaGT]

....... and I thought our Consul Capris were "unknown" cars.

- Doug

 

[BillD]

OK, here's the truth. The International Movie Car Database has lists of cars by make appearing in movies, then it's just trying to track down a clip and editing it to show the Spridget part: https://imcdb.org/

Thanks Rick. That is the best car-nerd resource ever!! I was able to find a bunch of movies featuring my Panther and watched "Timestalkers" on Hulu last night. The Panther was in lots of scenes and it made the movie experience semi-worthwhile and very enjoyable.

 

[HealeyRick]

Thanks Rick. That is the best car-nerd resource ever!! I was able to find a bunch of movies featuring my Panther and watched "Timestalkers" on Hulu last night. The Panther was in lots of scenes and it made the movie experience semi-worthwhile and very enjoyable.

It's a pretty impressive website. I find it incredible they get so many people that are willing to watch these movies, many of which have been correctly described as terrible, and identify such a wide range of vehicles.