About quiz # 235. 1933 Invicta Sports Tourer by Corsica.
Earlier identified than the car was the plane in the background ... Nigel Hamlin-Wright wrote us:" The aircraft is a De Havilland Hornet, the prototype of which did not fly until July 1944. This picture was taken in about 1951 (overseas type hangar with vents under the eaves)." ... back to the car !
Geoff Chennells, Ted Wilmarth, John Barringer, John Mereness, Jean Marie Gillen, Gerard Lansink, John Robins, Nigel Hamlin-Wright, Hugh Nutting plus jury members Marc Fellman and Bart Oosterling were all right with Invicta and soem were even correct in pinpointing the correct names and numbers: 1933 Invicta S-140 4,5 litre Low Chassis. Just three competitors - Ted Wilmarth, Jean-Marie Gillen, John Robbins - came up with coachbuilder Corsica who created this superior low profile sports tourer with its fully disappearing, flush-folding top for a RAF wing commander. The top indeed had fully disappeared in last week's quiz photo, as during use in Bahrein (early fifties until 1981) the car's rear end had been modified to accomodate for the transport of two motorcycles. Only very recent - the current owner is Hans Ribbens - the car has been restored to former glory by Vancouver Restorations and will be on display at
Geneva Classics next weekend. It was only Jean Marie Gillen (Luxembourg) who came up with the correct number of three Invicta's bodied by Corsica! Congratulations Jean-Marie !!! (photos Roel Smelt)
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Update by Dick Trenk about the quiz tip "you can still buy this car today....": In the early 2000s, the marque was resurrected yet again, producing the Invicta S1, at a factory in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.
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