...15 URO...

[geeeman]

15 URO, found in a shed in SW england.
in the same ownership for 39 years..!
car was made and registered at the same time as the famous 25 URO, 1st owner was P. Emerton.

[dandarez]

geeeman said:

15 URO, found in a shed in SW england.
in the same ownership for 39 years..!
car was made and registered at the same time as the famous 25 URO, 1st owner was P. Emerton.

15 euros! I'll have it.

I recall a young kid at Goodwood looking at 25 URO and asking if that was how much it cost, 25 euros.

Geeman, do you mean it's just been found in shed 'now'?
Shows you what is still out there.
Where is G11 Coupe No 1? Think I know, but owner is not forthcoming.

[geeeman]

yep.. months of enquiries
I have managed to persuade the owner to part with it!!!!

[geeeman]

The car needs some restoration work
The car has almost all its original parts, including chassis/bodywork, engine head, gearbox, axle, suspension..
the original wheels are very corroded, does anyone know what make these wheels are, or what car they were originally fitted to?
Id like to get a set, if they cant be refurb'ed

then

now!

[captainsensible]

you lucky bugger.....that waiting paid off big time - I know now why you didn't want my '66 G4'barn find' which you've probably seen at Dare being refurbed. Go on tell us how much?

Edited by captainsensible on Monday 22 February 20:14

[dandarez]

Those steel wheels were on lots of orig G4s, they are... (hell, I'm getting old!)... ask Trevor, he will know (or Geoff). Probably in the G4 book but I haven't got time to go reading through it.

Any pics of 'whole' car? You could have wheels shot blasted... if they fall to pieces you'll know they're shot! Could be ok though, I've seen worse.

[geeeman]

ive looked in the book, dosent seem to mention make of the wheels.. But i think they may be Austin derived. Yes i will be posting pics of the car and how the restoration progresses at Dare once i have gathered all the bits together.

[GinELla]

geeeman said:

But i think they may be Austin derived.

I don't think the wheels are Austin. My dad always had Austins as long as they existed, I don't remember the 3 tabs for hubcap attachment.

[geeeman]

im not sure, but they look like the same wheels on this a40
But there was also an optional 5.5J (wider) steel wheel, and i think this may have been ford??

[geeeman]

the car as it was in 63/64.. on the streets of london??
it has successive chassis number to 25 URO, but was not made with hard-top.
plan is to restore the car with a (removable) hardtop, and also small aeroscreen for racing.. but will try to retain original features like wheels, dash etc

[dandarez]

Oh come on, put up the other pic(s)... I can just see the interior shot photo on the left on top of the log books

I think you should restore it to how it was with the softtop. Be worth a fortune... more than my eleven!

[mikeg15]

GinELla said:

geeeman said:

But i think they may be Austin derived.

I don't think the wheels are Austin. My dad always had Austins as long as they existed, I don't remember the 3 tabs for hubcap attachment.

They look just like the wheels which were on my old Frogeye Sprite. The two holes indicate that they were from a drum braked car. If the brake adjustment holes are more widely spaced than those of the Austin Healey, then they are most probably from a Riley 1.5 or Wolseley 1500 which had the same PCD but bigger drums (and also 13" dia. wheels if I remember correctly).
5.5J versions were available in the 60s - I bought some from John Brown Wheels in Coventry when I was at college there in 1970.

[geeeman]

thanks for that, yes i think these wheels were fitted to many different cars of that era. The wheels in the pic are very narrow, so 5.5J would be nice, but think they are hard to come by.. I think if the PCD is 4" then it is austin derived, anything else triumph.
Dandarez- i do have the original screen so soft top would be an option still... i will try to scan the pic of the interior too

[speedster1947]

They are Austin A40, Sprite derived and could be purchased with 5.5" rims back in the sixties. Another option at the time was to take the centres and fit them into Lotus Cortina rims to give the width, also to reverse the centres in the existing rims to provide a wider track. Speak to Ivor for confirmation

Edited by speedster1947 on Wednesday 24th February 23:19

Edited by speedster1947 on Wednesday 24th February 23:25

[speedster1947]

Mikeg15, did you live in Canley at that time with a soft G4 ?

[dandarez]

mikeg15 said:

5.5J versions were available in the 60s - I bought some from John Brown Wheels in Coventry when I was at college there in 1970.

Blimey, that brings back good memories... John Brown Wheels.
He started his business in a (ye olde red) telephone box!

Wonder if he's still around? Real entrepreneur.

[speedster1947]

The reason for the phone box was because his family could not afford a phone, they lived over a parade of shopw and he would sit with the window open waiting for it to ring and then dash down and take the call.

I have a feeling that he died a while ago.

[mikeg15]

speedster1947 said:

Mikeg15, did you live in Canley at that time with a soft G4 ?

Not me. I lived in Beresford Avenue and had a well used Frogeye ( Shorrock blown ) I was at the Art college intending to be in the first intake to the Transport Design course . While I was there I saw my first G4 in a car park at Silverstone when I went to a vintage meeting , followed by the famous Avon Tour of Britain the same day.1969/70 I think. Takes me back.

[Comadis]

25URO is here:

http://www.ginettaheritage.co.uk/phpbb/download/fi...

[geeeman]

taken at mallory park, think it had a recent repaint...

Edited by geeeman on Sunday 28th February 00:28