A winter challenge

Hello FABACians.

We are all cabin bound and buried up to our piston rings in snow so it is time for a challenge.

Without looking in books, opening the comments section here or drifting thru Google  for help follow these steps:

1.      Open your word processing program and write down every British car Marque/manufacturer/builder you can remember. A time limit of two hours should be sufficient to torture you just enough. Bonus point if you can name a model (only one per marque please) for each of the makers.
2.      Add up and post your score  2 points for each unique marque you list and one bonus point for each marque that has one model  I.E.-  MG – MGA =3 points.  Points will be deducted by the Master of the Marque for folks that 1. make up names, 2. are all spelt correctly, 3.are done alphabetically or 4. otherwise look fishy.  Bonus points for particularly obscure Marque will be considered.
3.      Copy these and then post them all into the comments section with your total score.  Please include your name so prizes can be awarded J and mortification cast on those who do poorly L.


Good luck  and remember no peaking.
Signed   Master of the Marque

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ralph H - hows this for a list
60 points marque and model
20 points for marque no model
extra points for deloean and the one that is named after a WW2 plane??
Total
80 points

Austin- Atlantic, Jaguar- S type, Hillman - Minx, MG -A, Triumph -Spitfire, Bond - Equipe, Jensen -Healey, Rolls Royce – Silver Dawn, Bentley - 4Liter, Aston Martin- DB4, Alvis -12/50, Reliant-Robin, Lotus –Elan, AC- Cobra, Morgan - Plus 4 Plus, Swallow -SS, Chateringham - 7, Riley -Imp, Ford- Prefect, Vauxhaul - Viva
Bristol, Daimler- the ugly one, TVR, Singer, Allard, Peel, Healey, That one with the name of a WW2 plane, Delorean (Yea, its Irish. get over it), Bedford-10cwt (truck)

Anonymous said...

What a challenge! Woke up this morning and from memory started writing the following: Individual makes: Dellow; Berkeley; Turner; Peerless. 4X2= 8 points.

MG-TC;Morgan-Plus Four;Triumph-TR3;Jaguar-XK120;AC-Ace;Austin-Healey-Sprite;Sunbeam-Alpine;Allard-Palm Beach;Frazer-Nash-Le Mans Rep;Bristol-401;Daimler-SP250;Bentley-Continental;Rolls-Royce-Silver Cloud;Austin-Princess;Rover-80;Singer-Gazelle; Riley-OnePointFive;Morris Minor-1000;Vauxhall-Velox;Hillman-Minx; Wolseley-NinetyNine;Standard-Vanguard; Armstrong Siddley-Sapphire;
Ford-Zephyr;Alvis TD 51;Humber-Snipe;Jensen-Interceptor;Peel-50;
Marcos-Mini;Elva Courier;Fairthorpe-Elektron. 31x3=93. Total points:101.
John B.

David Nielsen said...

I'm glad to see that someone mentioned the Peel and see that John included the Elva Courier and the Berkeley which I remember reading about so long ago.I'm too lazy to make my own list.

Anonymous said...

Well, since I'm housebound today, I thought I'd try this. Quite a few are makes that my father owned many years ago, several that I've owned and a number that friends own.
Here goes:
Singer, Humber, Alvis, Thames Van, BSA – yes they made cars at one time, Marcos, Reliant, Vanden Plas, Wolsley, Sterling(Rover?), Catherham, Westfield 12 x 2 = 24

Morris Minor, MGB Roadster, Triumph GT6, Jensen Interceptor, Austin Healy 100 Six, Sunbeam Alpine, Vauxhall Victor, Aston Martin Vantage, Hillman Minx, Riley Elf, MacLaren F1, Daimlier SP250 v8, Rolls Royce Silver Spur, Jowett Jupiter, Allard v8, Jaguar XKE, Ford Anglia, Bentley Continental, Rover P6 3500S, TVR Griffith, Lotus Elan, Morgan Plus 4, Lister-Corvette 24 x 3 = 72 Total = 96
Phil O

Anonymous said...

OK here we go
Austin Cambridge-Morris Oxford-Truimph spitfire-Ford Cortina-BMC Mini-Lotus Elise-Ginetta G4-Elva Courier- Turner Mk11-Reliant Scimitar-Marcos Mantula-Hillman Hunter-Nash Metropolitan-Morgan +4-Berkeley T60-Peel P50-Rover 90-Land Rover series 1-Wolseley Hornet-Riley 1.5-MG Midget-Austin Healey 3000-Jaguar E type-Rolls Royce Phantom-Bentley Continental-JensenCV8-Allard J2-Ariel Atom-Aston Martin DB6-Bedford CA 15cwt-Thames Trader-Commer PB van-Fairthorpe Electron-Bond Bug-Alvis TD21-Standard Vanguard-Lagonda Rapide-Daimler DartSp250-Vauxhall Viva-Frazer Nash Le Mans-SS 3.5ltr- Bristol 402-AC Aceca-Panther Lima-TVR Tuscan-Singer Imp Stiletto-Westfield Eleven-Caterham 7-BSA Scout-Humber Super Snipe- Healey Silverstone-Jowett Javelin-Trojan 3 wheeler
Thats 54 @ 3 points =162
Plus
Lea Francis
Peerless
Lister
Armstrong Siddeley
ERA
Unipower
Talbot,name change from Rootes
Chrysler " " " Talbot
Dino
Thats 10 @2 points = 20
Making a total of 182

Thats all I could come up with in 1 hour.

Kelvin

Anonymous said...

Sorry folks ,can't count, theres only 9 at @2 points not 10 so only 180 total
Kelvin

David Nielsen said...

Ah, the Hillman Imp. My first new car was a 1966 Sunbeam Imp. Made in Ireland.

David Nielsen said...

I don't see anyone listing the beautiful Sunbeam Rapier.