Car ID

Nov 03, 2009 4 Replies

Is it possible to identfy a car by its registration number? I've tried Google and various registration sites but no luck. The car in question is WMC 180.



The reaon I ask is that I followed this car yesterday in Horley, and I am intrigued to know what it was. My best guess is a Paramount, a mid-fifties



1172 Ford Special - so it may be registered as a Ford, although Paramount were certainly listed as a manufacturer in 1954. I don't think they were supplied in kit form, though. It certainly had the same wing shapes as a Paramount, although with some significant differences - the front wheels were spatted but not the rears, and it had enormous double bumpers - almost bull bars - fore and aft. General appearance was of a rather ungainly cross between a Jowett Jupiter and a Karmann Ghia.

I should think it's quite well known, as it appeared to be in concours order.



TIA



Geoff MacK



It's a Frazer Nash 319 Cabriolet

Do you have any links to a photo? The only pix I could find on Google are not remotely similar. The nearest I have come up with are the Healey of about 1955 - on steroids! Or did you search on the numberplate?

Geoff MacK

Searched on the number plate.

Was it something like this?

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No, not at all! The thing I saw had a split screen, far more bulbous wings, and bluntly was plug-ugly. I'm sure the giveaway was the spatted front wheels with open rears; can't imagine many designers thought this a good idea.

Geoff MacK

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