24-01-2018, 01:20 PM
(24-01-2018, 09:14 AM)Albert S Wrote: Has anyone ever taken a sounding of how many "original" cars are still with us,or coined a registry of such rare creatures ?
I've been searching for several years for a genuine Ulster with no success ... in a market that's awash with incredibly rare exotica the Austin Sports is indeed a unicorn.
An interesting question. One can start to interrogate the Association Chassis register, but that of course that is only the cars which are notified - many want to retain privacy. But searching on "Sports" car type (Ulster Replica notifications easy to separate) and interrogating chassis age and body number gives a start at hoping for identifiying originals.
It would also be interesting to look at the numbers of sports manufactured in the known Ulster years. In the back of Rinsey Mills. Comparison to 65/Nippy which seemed to be about 35-40% survival rate - pretty high.
Did they have transmission tunnel body stamps as per later 65?