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[R0BD0G]

Originally Posted by aussiblue

It is hard to tell without a longer shot but it looks very like a relatively obscure UK kit car called a Sillouhette - 12 were built around 1970. The Silouhette was based on a VW floorplan so check if yours is. There was also a gullwing version called the Zagaroff.

huh....not a gullwing...so is it a volkswagon silouhette??is that what i should find some pics for

[dave351cid]

if you look close (through the body holes ) it appears to be rear engined 4 cylinder east/west powered , 4 stud rear wheels, fabricated box tube chassis. body panels dont look to be of a high quality finish ? or is it just the dust. fake XA GT style bonnet scoops that were common in the late `70s - early `80s . would those headlight holes maybe fit datsun 240z lights.

i will take a wild guess and say it a one off home built job , maybe never finished.


are you looking to buy it ??

[R0BD0G]

Originally Posted by dave351cid

if you look close (through the body holes ) it appears to be rear engined 4 cylinder east/west powered , 4 stud rear wheels, fabricated box tube chassis. body panels dont look to be of a high quality finish ? or is it just the dust. fake XA GT style bonnet scoops that were common in the late `70s - early `80s . would those headlight holes maybe fit datsun 240z lights.

i will take a wild guess and say it a one off home built job , maybe never finished.


are you looking to buy it ??

and on this note...the motor in it is a 4 cyl honda civic 1300..not original motor
everything else is plausable...and taillights are hillman hunter(part)

[Fev]

De Tomaso? reminds me of one.. although im not sure if they were fibreglass or not lol

Should have read the next page(SCRATCH MY IDEA!)

[Mrs B]

Might be a TR5 ???

[R0BD0G]

no...not tr5

[cowboy]

No idea but itching to know now!

[Nostalgia]

Hard to tell from those pics but its a bit too big to be a Eureka. Perrenti is possible but id need to see more pics. Anythings possible. It could even be a rare one of.

[R0BD0G]

ok....definately not a perentti. or anything made in europe

[R0BD0G]

so are side shots any good for ID

[Nostalgia]

Side shots would be a big help if possible.

[S3SR]

only cars i came close to was the detomaso pantera or the masserati ghibli in regards to the rear end and shape of the car

dont think either brand was built or came to australia though

rear end does look viperish but under the dodge name and viper there isnt anything that resembles it.... i checked seriouswheels.com the entire site and anything that was either lates 50's to 80's or some weird name....so dont check there

[aussiblue]

There are relatively speaking lots of De Tomaso Pantera's in Australia. In fact the 1980's importer (remind me of his name something like Paul Hansford raced them and Lamborghini's) also exported the Australian built Ford 351 to Italy where they were fitted to the Pantera. They are a steel body and nothing like the car pictured. There are also a few Maserati Ghilbi's in Australia also steel bodied and nothing like that.

[aussiblue]

Might also be a short lived Aus kit car called a Paragon.

[cowboy]

Early Bolwell?

[aussiblue]

Paul Halstead was the Pantera importer 351 exporter (see http://realbig.com/detomaso/2001-05/301.html). Jack Nassar ex Ford CEO also had a red Pantera when he was CEO of Ford Aus.

[cowboy]

From the look of the finish wasn't anything built in big numbers. I'm leaning toward a kit.

[aussiblue]

Early Bolwell?

possible except the all the early ones I know of had round headlights and this looks like it was set up for square ones (the later Bolwell Ikara had square lights but looked nothing like the car pictured).

[ThoR_]

i can see what it is in my head just cant quiet get the name

[R0BD0G]

Originally Posted by ThoR_

i can see what it is in my head just cant quiet get the name

well thats helpfull:P:P

Originally Posted by aussiblue

Might also be a short lived Aus kit car called a Paragon.

a what....google is useless....any pics??

[aussiblue]

Silouhette from p. 282 "A to Z of Sports Cars 1945-1990" by Mike Lawrence, Bay View Books ,1991 Devon UK.


Paragon Sports Car Photograph by Briers Thomas, Sports Car World Magazine October/December 1984 Edition, Murray Publishers Pty Ltd Sydney NSW

Bigger pics in the Gallery.

The Paragon was made by Swanston and Pariss Industries in Cairns on a VW Type 3 chassis.

PS I searched through most (the years where rectangular headlights came into vogue 'til mid 80's) of my collection of Sports Car World (most copies from 1967 until it folded in 1991) without finding much else looking like that car.

[aussiblue]

Niether car has NACAR ducts in the bonnet but they may have been fitted later to improve cabin ventilation especially if it is the UK Silhouette.

[Bucknaked]

Nice. Free beer. I was in Darwin in 99 and I took a pic of this little beauty at a fair and reasonable price.



I went back 2 days later, and it was gone. Pity. I had planned on knocking him down to 2 slabs and then drive the car back to NSW. Oh well.

[R0BD0G]

side=somink like dis
and dash=somink like this

[trent]

Could it be a CIMBRA??

[Miller]

Dunno about the above car, because the car posted has windows behind the doors

[paule11]

http://www.copycatcars.com/about_the_builder.htm

I think its a sabre from the early 80s

[aussiblue]

The rear window rules out the Paragon and Silhouette and the 1980 Sabre above looks on the money.

[R0BD0G]

it does....different rear..(taillights/side vents/from below taillights is wrong)
wheels look wrong...shape over all looks right. very close...ant more shots of it???

[Van D]

Unless they changed between models (could have considering rear lights) the body lines from door back aren't the same with the sabre..