CONTEST for Contributor Membership Status

[BIG PSI]

This CONTEST is for any member of Turbo-Mopar that does not have a Contributor Membership Status.

If you already have this status---PLEASE do not post a guess in here--but you can PM it to me.

I have been a car enthusiast for long time and last night I came across a car I had NO idea as to what is was. I went up and took some pictures and asked the driver questions as to WHAT YEAR, MANUFACTURE, & MODEL.

So if you can guess that FIRST, I will pay for you to move your status in Turbo-Mopar up a notch. So without further addo here are the pictures:


PS--that is not the correct motor so you know

Good Luck
Chuck Green

[BIG PSI]

I already had one PM sent to me with an answer that was only off by the one year. He got the make and model correct. Does NO ONE want a free contributo membership?

Chuck

[guyd_15]

Come on someone else give it a shot!
Guy

[Clay]

i know what it is, but ill keep my mouth shut. im not sure on year.

[boostedblue]

Here goes 1959 Alfa Ramero never could spell,BB:evil: :eyebrows:

[WVRampage]

I cant spell but Im thinking its a Angala or something like that it was made by ford over in europe I think im guessing its about a 58. A freind of mine in High school had one with a 302 in it.

[BIG PSI]

BoostedBlue & VW Rampage,

I appreciate that you made a guess, but keep trying, you are wrong on the year and Manufacture. Go search on the net, WIN a paid MEMBERSHIP...

Good Luck
Chuck Green
:thumb:

[BIG PSI]

Come on guys, who wants a FREE MEMBERSHIP ?????

I know it's a tuff one to guess but I really want to put some more money into the Turbo-Mopar for YOU......so guess

Chuck

[BIG PSI]

OK guys, time for a hint .....

Look at the insignia on the front of the car, enlarge the picture.

Car is OVER 40 years old.

Good Luck
Chuck Green

[iTurbo]

Well I was going to say it looked like an old Nash.

[ShelGame]

I know what it is...

[Holley]

I know what it is, extra hint - I've had one, the Chairman of the Mopar Muscle Association UK has one, my Dad had a convertible one, and my mother in law learnt to drive in one.

Not very helpful, I know :D

[BIG PSI]

Man this is a tuff crowd---no one is guessing !!!!!!

A simple guess wins you a $10.00 gift .

Come on guys, T-M needs my money and you can use the 500 PM limit.

Chuck

[BIG PSI]

I know what it is, extra hint - I've had one, the Chairman of the Mopar Muscle Association UK has one, my Dad had a convertible one, and my mother in law learnt to drive in one.

Not very helpful, I know :D


Here is another HINT---see where HOLLEY lives and go from there.....

[Holley]

One of very few cars whose make and model are both mentioned in the bible ... was eventually replaced by a car named after a town in America, then one named after a mountain range.

[Mike_Shepard]

Man I have searched for that last hour and a half and cannot find this car anywhere :( but I will dammit lol Ive came close to a couple pics but no good.

[BIG PSI]

Man I have searched for that last hour and a half and cannot find this car anywhere :( but I will dammit lol Ive came close to a couple pics but no good.


That's the Spirit, MIKE... Stay at it you will figure it out. LOOK at all the clues.

Come on guys---someone has to WIN this Membership

Chuck

[BradleyMiller]

Good freakin' night . . . I've been at it longer than that . . . my googling links have been smoking . . . there's probably a crapload more b/W going across those old "what country over there" sites. Heheh!~

[Mario]

Haven't any of you used Google's Image Search??!! http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&q=

[BIG PSI]

I will let this CONTEST go until Saturday morning 7-29-06 at NOON
Then I will give more hints (better ones)

Chuck

[Mike_Shepard]

I have asked alot of people to look at this and so far everyone is clueless

[BIG PSI]

Here is another HINT---see where HOLLEY lives and go from there.....


PLEASE refer back to this LOOK and think hard

Chuck

[BIG PSI]

Can anyone help with another hint without telling them what it is !!!

Chuck

[uwilluz]

:confused: I'm gonna guess a 1959 Austin-Healey 100-6

[BIG PSI]

:confused: I'm gonna guess a 1959 Austin-Healey 100-6


NO it is not an Austin

Keep trying

Chuck

[Mario]

Let me blurt it out and you can extend my membership. :D

[2.216VTurbo]

Was that car originally good by land AND sea?

[Mike_Shepard]

Well after asking and searching around I "think" I know what the answer to one of the clues is now I just need to work the others and see where it all fits in

[Holley]

Was that car originally good by land AND sea?

No, unless you count sinking like a brick as being good at sea ...

More clues - it was made by the world's third best motorcycle manufacturer (after Matchless and Norton). It was one of the last European car designs to use a seperate chassis. The doctor in "Heartbeat" drove one, and a later version was driven by Dame Thora Hird in "Last of the Summer Wine". The high-performance version went by a different, French, name which was later used as a moniker for high-performance Rovers.

[BIG PSI]

Was that car originally good by land AND sea?


It was a land car only

[BIG PSI]

No, unless you count sinking like a brick as being good at sea ...

More clues - it was made by the world's third best motorcycle manufacturer (after Matchless and Norton). It was one of the last European car designs to use a seperate chassis. The doctor in "Heartbeat" drove one, and a later version was driven by Dame Thora Hird in "Last of the Summer Wine". The high-performance version went by a different, French, name which was later used as a moniker for high-performance Rovers.


Thank you HOLLEY for helping !!!!!!!!!

[unluckyty]

1959 Triumph Herald

Greg

[BIG PSI]

1959 Triumph Herald

Greg


DING---DING---DING

FOLKS WE HAVE OUR


WINNER

Greg please pm FRANK to change your status and I will send him the money.

You guessed the Manufacture and Model exactly, but it is a 1962 model, but that is close enough.

Congradulations
Chuck

[Frank]

I have updated his account. Thanks!

[Mike_Shepard]

danggit, Congrats greg.

I had found that Plymouth fury was in the bible thats where I was trying to go

[unluckyty]

Thanks, Chuck.
Also thanks to Holly, for the motorcycle clue, led me right to Triumph.

Now if I could only guess what is wrong with my car:confused:

Back to working on the car.

Greg

[unluckyty]

Thanks mike, I think I was just lucky enough to get to it first, after Holley's clue, I'm sure it would have been answered soon.

Greg

[BradleyMiller]

Jeez . . . . 2 hours of searching and then you practically blurt out the answer. :) I'm on my way to owning another British car shortly . . . an MGB. Perhaps another use for my Dakota engine/tranny? We'll see . . .

[BradleyMiller]

http://www.vieux-volants.com/Galerie%20photos/Swiss%20Classic%20British%20Car%20Meeting%20Morges %2004%2010%2003/DSCN1959_small1.JPG

[Holley]

No outward difference between '59 and '62, well done Greg for getting in there first :)

In case anyone wonders it was replaced by the Triumph 1300, then the Toledo then the Dolomite. The high-performance version was the "Vitesse", which ended up with a 2 litre straight-six that gave brutal performance thanks to its weight. My one was a lowly 998cc saloon model, it only did about 60mph flat-out!

Bradley - there's a guy in Texas thats put a BBC in an MGB convertible. They're ideal for V8 conversions, there was a factory V8 too ...

[Holley]

Oh yeah, Mike, is the word 'Plymouth' in the bible?

[ShelGame]

No outward difference between '59 and '62, well done Greg for getting in there first :)

In case anyone wonders it was replaced by the Triumph 1300, then the Toledo then the Dolomite. The high-performance version was the "Vitesse", which ended up with a 2 litre straight-six that gave brutal performance thanks to its weight...

And, the same back bone chassis, engine and trans went under all Spitfires (or GT-6's in the case of the Vitesse) from 1962 through 1979. I've had a few Spits over the years...

[Holley]

Forgot about that ... the curse of the uni-leaf strikes again, lol - I've seen one Spit and one Vitesse where the spring had broken right by the eye, and they're a pig to swap out. The Spit was fitted wit ha Dolomite Sprint 16v motor, it was a bit too much for the original spring I guess.

I had a '63 Triumph 2000 with the same straight 6 but fantastic modern design with independant suspension, coil springs, unibody etc. Handled great considering its size, shame the technology never got as far as the GT6 'cause that thing needed all the handling help it could get.

[BIG PSI]

No outward difference between '59 and '62, well done Greg for getting in there first :)

In case anyone wonders it was replaced by the Triumph 1300, then the Toledo then the Dolomite. The high-performance version was the "Vitesse", which ended up with a 2 litre straight-six that gave brutal performance thanks to its weight. My one was a lowly 998cc saloon model, it only did about 60mph flat-out!

Bradley - there's a guy in Texas thats put a BBC in an MGB convertible. They're ideal for V8 conversions, there was a factory V8 too ...


HOLLEY----I want to thank you for your helpful hints as I knew very little on the Triumph. Sure I have seen TR6 and the TR8 but the Herald was way out there for me.

Regards
Chuck

[2.216VTurbo]

I remember when I was a kid there was an old "Amphicar" parked in some old guy's backyard with weeds growing all around it. The picture in my head of how I remember it, looked like your Triumph Chuck

[Mike_Shepard]

Holley, Yes both plymouth and fury are in the bible acording to some web site I forget the man but it had all kinds of weired bible facts

[Holley]

Thats cool :)