Can anyone identify the car

[fordperv]

Can anyone identify what car this is in the concept, I have been gifted this lovely piece which was owned by a chap who worked at BL then rover as a test track driver he was part of project drive and also the rover tomcat 24hour challenge to name 2 but was part of many more, apparently he got it at his time working there, his son who gave it to me doesnt know the exact year, can anyone identify what car it is  

My thoughts were along the lines of the MG ADO21 but cant be sure

Many thanks

 

 

[New POD]

Deloreon

[timolloyd]

The rear view looks like it has a deck similar to a Lotus Europa. The front view is very Excel-like.

Is it possible that the BL connection is a red herring and this is from another manufacturer/studio?

Worth asking on aronline perhaps.

[Vince70]

Front end looks a bit TR7 ish but as for the back I’ve no idea.

 

[Dan the van]

Rover P6BS,Rovers 1967 stillborn mid engined concept?.Full storey on AR Online.Still exists in the Heritage Collection at Gaydon.

[Twiggy]

 

21 minutes ago, Dan the van said:

Rover P6BS,Rovers 1967 stillborn mid engined concept?.Full storey on AR Online.Still exists in the Heritage Collection at Gaydon.

Not likely to be the Rover, it`s a LHD, the Rover is a RHD.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         That steering wheel is very Citroen like.

[Kringle]

Lamborghini Athon by Bertone isn't it?

Same wheel, rear lights, exhaust, front end, dashboard has exactly the same button layout and the engine bay is exactly the same with the rear wing.

 

 

Inspector Morse eat your heart out!

[timolloyd]

Woah! Top marks for Italian concept car knowledge

[Vince70]

You’ve all got it wrong it’s the diesel Maxi coupe prototype and I’m sure someone on here has that very car.

 

[AndySnapper]

If it was by a BL designer, how about a Triumph TR7?

Concept car drawings often turn-out very different looking production cars when the costings are completed.

Andy

 

[fordperv]

22 hours ago, Kringle said:

Lamborghini Athon by Bertone isn't it?

Same wheel, rear lights, exhaust, front end, dashboard has exactly the same button layout and the engine bay is exactly the same with the rear wing.

 

 

Inspector Morse eat your heart out!

That is amazing you are a legend, I never knew that this car existed, i will take great pride in telling the chaps son what the car is, i knew this place wouldnt let me down it's a wealth of knowledge

[Kringle]

So is this a print that's etched on to glass or drawn on? It looks fantastic, I hope it finds a nice spot on your walls somewhere.

[carlo]

Looks valuable that!

[fordperv]

7 hours ago, Kringle said:

So is this a print that's etched on to glass or drawn on? It looks fantastic, I hope it finds a nice spot on your walls somewhere.

To me it looks like it's hand drawn held between 2 pieces of glass, I will find it somewhere for it to take pride of place

I havnt taken it completely out of the frame incase I screw it up somehow

[fordperv]

Bit of an update on this for those interested, I have been talking to the old chap who originally bought the design, I explained to him what the car was and showed him a YouTube video of it to listen to (he has dementia and is visually impaired) we were chatting about the design, he remembers he got it from the rover design studio in canley when it was closing and they were selling everything off to the staff, he doesnt know why they would have an interest in it or even why it would be there, but he is a happy man because he never knew what the car was.

 

He says thankyou

[ProgRocker]

BUMP!

Is anyone able to ID this car for me? This was amongst a load of photos retrieved from my late parents' house. Unsure if the car belonged to my dad (one of his first cars from the late 1950s or 60s or if it belonged to someone else.

 

[barrett]

It's a Sunbeam-Talbot 90. Lovely thing.

[wuvvum]

They are gorgeous - my favourite '50s saloon.  I saw one parked up in a layby in Somerset on Tuesday, made me want one all over again.

[ProgRocker]

Cheers barrett! It would have been his first car then.

I think this one eventually got repossessed.

[Barry Cade]

I've got a photo of me servicing one when I were just a lad. No I'm not that old but it came in to the Rover dealer I worked in every 6 months. Daily driver for an old boy.. that was 25 years ago..