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awa355
19th February 2016, 14:46
Local police are looking for this, (maybe). Shouldn't be too hard to track down.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11590036

What make is it?
Mike.Gayner
19th February 2016, 16:18
Eh, you're relying on the recollection of a young girl, so I wouldn't rely on it too much. Could have easily been something like a PT Cruiser.
jasonu
19th February 2016, 18:51
Local police are looking for this, (maybe). Shouldn't be too hard to track down.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11590036

What make is it?

Mk3 Zephyr.
neels
19th February 2016, 19:06
Mk3 Zephyr.This isn't 1985, not everyone that's dodgy drives a Mk3 Zephyr. Looks like something 30's and English, what are they thinking out doing crime, it could never outrun the cops, even with them driving holdens
eldog
19th February 2016, 19:09
This isn't 1985, not everyone that's dodgy drives a Mk3 Zephyr. Looks like something 30's and English, what are they thinking out doing crime, it could never outrun the cops, even with them driving holdens

It's Te Awamutu bro, they haven't kept up with the times aye.
JimO
19th February 2016, 20:11
looks like a old foxhole
Moi
19th February 2016, 20:54
looks like a old foxhole

Not sure... can't see the flutes on the bonnet... did wonder about a pre-war/post-war small Hillman...
RGVforme
20th February 2016, 00:57
Looks a bit like a Early 1940s Austin....

Not the best choice of Crime car.:weird:......Perhaps the beemer was in getting a service.
Voltaire
20th February 2016, 05:32
Not sure... can't see the flutes on the bonnet... did wonder about a pre-war/post-war small Hillman...

clues are suicide doors, thick swage line down body and window layout.

I'm going to go with this.
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic-car-images/hillman-minx.jpg
Big Dog
20th February 2016, 07:20
Google image search identifies it as a 1936 Hillman Minx.
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awa355
20th February 2016, 10:24
Looks a bit like a Early 1940s Austin....

Not the best choice of Crime car.:weird:......Perhaps the beemer was in getting a service.

As you say, not the ideal choice for doing a runner. I really think the school girl was way off the mark with her description. I had thought it could be a pre war Vauxhall.
eldog
20th February 2016, 12:04
You could always dress up as a school girl and wait to see what happens.....


Yes its a pity that shit happens, but I couldn't resist
RGVforme
20th February 2016, 17:50
You could always dress up as a school girl and wait to see what happens.....


Yes its a pity that shit happens, but I couldn't resist

And hangout at classic car shows lol.....Hillman minx looks the go well done that chap....:niceone:
eldog
20th February 2016, 17:54
And hangout at classic car shows lol......:niceone:

bugger ya blown me cover:cool:
Banditbandit
23rd February 2016, 15:53
I notice the police do not say which year this occured in ..
Daffyd
24th February 2016, 01:29
"Clues are suicide doors, thick swage line down body and window layout."

Most, if not all British cars of that era had suicide doors. There was very little difference between Austin, Morris, Vauxhall, Ford, Hillman, Humber; mainly just grille shape and in the case of Vauxhall, the fluted bonnet.

Most definitely a Hillman Minx, circa '36-'47. There was very little difference between immediate prewar and immediate postwar cars in Britain due to the shortage of steel for building body presses etc.

My old dad had both a '37 and a '47 Austin 12, and as I recall, the grille was basically the only defining difference. The later body may have been a little more rounded, but barely noticeable.
ellipsis
24th February 2016, 08:38
...my bro had a Vauxhall 12...a '37 I think...6 cylinders and as close to being in a Keystone Kops movie as you could get...the pipe was a little rusted out just before the muffler...it was as noisy as an aeroplane and seemed to go quite fast but was terrifyingly rattly when it did...cool car I thought, back then...
oldrider
24th February 2016, 09:44
...my bro had a Vauxhall 12...a '37 I think...6 cylinders and as close to being in a Keystone Kops movie as you could get...the pipe was a little rusted out just before the muffler...it was as noisy as an aeroplane and seemed to go quite fast but was terrifyingly rattly when it did...cool car I thought, back then...

Sounds like one I had in Petone when I was an apprentice in the late 1950's - 1927 ex General motors staff car apparently very plush leather etc! - Big headlights!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_20-60 We called it the "Hulkin" - very intimidating on the road back in the day and loud as!!

Left it on my brother's lawn when I went overseas and he sold it for ten pounds ($20.00?) - would sure like to still own it now $$$$$ :lol:
ellipsis
24th February 2016, 11:15
...I think my bro paid five quid for his...
oldrider
24th February 2016, 12:16
...I think my bro paid five quid for his...

Hmmm - come to think of it I didn't get the ten quid either! :done: - :drinknsin
ElCoyote
24th February 2016, 14:16
...my bro had a Vauxhall 12...a '37 I think...6 cylinders and as close to being in a Keystone Kops movie as you could get...the pipe was a little rusted out just before the muffler...it was as noisy as an aeroplane and seemed to go quite fast but was terrifyingly rattly when it did...cool car I thought, back then...

Correct vauxhall "14" or Vauxhall "J". prob "14"