Peter cranes 1948 austin a40

[edpink]

As above what has happened to peter cranes 1948 austin a40 2 door is it still about lurking in someones garage.

[kapri]

Rod 401 ?

[AL]

Doesn't Len Beach still own it?

[kapri]

Yup.

[edpink]

so is it still on the road any pictures of it,thanks

[edpink]

what no pictures?

[Dave Lowe]

As above what has happened to peter cranes 1948 austin a40 2 door is it still about lurking in someones garage.


The real question should be- whatever happened to the real Dorset the mould was taken off!

[yellowboy]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/customkab/Goingabroad3.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c158/customkab/Untitled38.jpg

Phil..

[Nervous Nick]

Patience is a Virtue

The story of ROD 40! is in the Street Gasser due out at the end of January!!!!

Your questions will be answered then.

[edpink]

thanks

[yellowboy]

Hi Nick ,
Could you pm me a contact number please ?
Phil..

[ian.stewart]

Im trying to remember a bit of a odd link about this car, When I had my Devon Woodie, Dave Lowe gave me a spare pair of door handles as mine were ****ed, only after I sold the car on did he tell me the handles were originally from Devon Cream, so there is now a link from ROD401 to OWD---

[Dave Lowe]

Im trying to remember a bit of a odd link about this car, When I had my Devon Woodie, Dave Lowe gave me a spare pair of door handles as mine were *floop*ed, only after I sold the car on did he tell me the handles were originally from Devon Cream, so there is now a link from ROD401 to OWD---

Door handles - I bought them off Pete Cranes dad, he had an autojumble stall at a classic car meet at Sandown park racecourse, he said they were the spare ones for Devoncream, I didnt notice the handles at first, my eye was caught by the 39 Ford head lamp glasses on the stall !

[edpink]

the original car was scraped so i have been told

[CliffJones]

Hi All.
Pete Crane told me recently that Len Beech still owns ROD40!
I sold it to him c1976 before I came to the US.
Pete says it is in a similar condition to when he sold it to me, ie needing lotsa work.
Check my other post to see the picture, with others of Devon Cream
after I completed it. Yes I know it's actually a Dorset but who cares?
BTW, Then Santa Pod owner Bob Phelp's Fibreglass Repairs in Bromley made the body.
Regards to all,
Cliff Jones
P.S. I guess I qualify as a founder member of NSRA.
I worked with Alan Wigmore of the NDRC in the early days of the Roadster Register.

[motty]

didnt we have a thread about this some while back - wasnt the mould destroyed on a bonfire at the pod??

[BRIT DIGGER]

some stuff here if you havnt seen it before its good reading...... with some great pics!...

http://www.ukdrn.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=78&hilit=peter+crane

[Pete Crane]

Door handles - I bought them off Pete Cranes dad, he had an autojumble stall at a classic car meet at Sandown park racecourse, he said they were the spare ones for Devoncream, I didnt notice the handles at first, my eye was caught by the 39 Ford head lamp glasses on the stall !
Not quite accurate. I was at Sandown Park all those years ago. It wasn't my dad it was either me or Mike Knapman,both of us a lot younger than my dad. stall. It was Mike's stall I was sharing.

[MisteR Tee]

That sounds more like Mike K., must give him a ring (even though he's only in the next road but 2!!) & see how he's doing with his Allards.

[thamesvan]

what no pictures?
He.s in the middle of a build up,it needs some work :cool:

[Dave Lowe]

Not quite accurate. I was at Sandown Park all those years ago. It wasn't my dad it was either me or Mike Knapman,both of us a lot younger than my dad. stall. It was Mike's stall I was sharing.

Sorry bout that Pete! I thought the guy I bought them off told me he was the dad in the conversation?

What happened to the Dorset the mould came off ? I have wanted to know this for as long as I can remember!

[Pete Crane]

Sorry bout that Pete! I thought the guy I bought them off told me he was the dad in the conversation?

What happened to the Dorset the mould came off ? I have wanted to know this for as long as I can remember!
I used the chassis ,but the body was so badly corroded it was scrapped after the mould was taken. Len told me that only a few years ago when he tried to buy the moulds from FGR he discovered he was too late they had been burnt!:eek:

[randrhotrodimports]

Interesting read above