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classicbean
Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject: anyone know the history of this mostyn special???? |
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Hello there this is my first tentative steps into the forum areana. So a question for the knoledgeable masses. I have a friend who has this car locked away and knows very little about it. It was registered as a mostyn special in 1956 and has a 2600cc four cylinder supercharged engine. it has a steel tubular chassis and fibre glass body and the badge says 8 SMD. Any one know anything about the car??
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22449 Location: UK
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Bangers Q
Joined: 08 Nov 2011 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:24 pm Post subject: Mostyn Special |
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The car was built by Monty Mostyn. Monty had a garage in Whitton, near Twickenham, Middlesex, I thought at the time that it was one of the best specials I had ever seen, it performed very well and I still think that it was a great looking car! From memory I think that the original registration number was MM1, although I believe that this number was transferred onto "the family car". Again, from memory I think that the motor was from a Ford Zephyr 6 with a Blower attached? Monty had a partner whose name I can't remember, the garage they owned became a Fiat Dealership under their ownership, I lost touch with Monty in the sixties when I moved my home and car business out of the area. Enjoy your Mostyn Special as much as Monty did, and good luck with the project. |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22449 Location: UK
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Bangers Q
Joined: 08 Nov 2011 Posts: 2
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:13 pm Post subject: Mostyn Special |
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I hope so too, I would love to see the car when I am next in the UK. The garage in Whitton was called Speedwell Motors. |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7119 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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Form the photo the car appears to have an Austin A90 or Austin-Healey 100/4 engine. The A90 had such a low first gear ratio that it was deemed useless in the Healey so they masked it off and fitted an overdrive. The interior photo appears to show a quadrant gear change rather like a preselector gearbox but perhaps this combined the functions of gear change and overdrive switch.
Peter
p.s. Ah! It seems my guess as regards the preselector lever was wrong....
http://www.porkers.co.uk/topic.asp?t=335555&f=140&h=11
As alluded to in the above forum it looks as if that the car used a variant of the Arnolt Bristol body (& chassis??)
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William Goodall
Joined: 26 Feb 2015 Posts: 13
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:50 pm Post subject: Mostyn Special |
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The Mostyn Special is alive and well! After lying dormant in a dry garage in Godstone Surrey for some 30 odd years it is now is running again and has an mot!
Would like to post current photos but being new to the forum not too sure how to do this........... |
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Rick Site Admin
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William Goodall
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William Goodall
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William Goodall
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William Goodall
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 12:50 am Post subject: |
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Pictures posted thanks for the help!
The last picture of the three (all taken last year) is of the creator of this marvellous car, Monty Mostyn who hadn't seen it since selling in the 1960's |
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Rick Site Admin
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kevin2306
Joined: 01 Jul 2013 Posts: 1359 Location: nr Llangollen, north wales
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Belter, and look at the reg no...
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bob2
Joined: 06 Dec 2007 Posts: 1727 Location: Malta
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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Nice car, love it. |
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