Graham, Although the information you have given indicates that the car was built pre 1967 the rear window arangement looks a lot closer to the Mk 7 Bolwell above that came out in late 1966 early 1967 rather than the Mk 5 which didnt have the rear quarter window. Could it be a mixture of Mk 5 and pre production Mk7 Graeme
Hi Again Just as a matter of interest, to anyone who may be interested in the history of this car, other than myself,I would like to thank GeebeeNZ for posting the 80s photo of the Markson, and for also posting the other photo for me, of the Amero and Markson, showing a comparison between both cars,also thank BRYAN in Melbourne for his photo post,which I was not able to post because of its size You will notice that the profile of the car has change slightly between GeebeesNZ photo and Bryan's, the main points being that the front looks a little longer ,which can be explained by the fact that I don't believe, that it is the original bonnet of the car ,this is validated, by the fact that the main body section is glass mat, where as the bonnet is chop strand glass,also flares have been added to the wheel arches and a Chev Corvette type scoop added to the bonnet as well, since that 80's photo.T.B.C
Hi Graeme Yes you could be correct, baring in mind that neither the Mk5 or the MK7 appeared to have had a rear quater window, at build time, and it would appear that these were fitted at a later date. Graham
Hi Again Graeme
If you have a look at the photo of the rear quater window and door window profile that I have emailed you, you will notice a very profound resemblance, to that of an Aston Martin DB5,there is also a 2 inch rise in the door from front to back, hence I guess the chassis number being JB 007. Graham
For those wondering about Gordon Hook, I dealt with a Gordon Hook recently when I pucrhased a HD Corvette spring from him for the 68 Corvette rebuild for HMC.
Its probably the same guy, lives is Stratford, Taranaki and is "hookie10" on Trademe.
Currently selling C4 Corvette race panels, so likely is the same one.
Not totally sure, but knowing of Mr Hook he was pretty good at spotting "stuff" and this is very like a Caravelle 1/4 window on the wwrong side, and upside down. A close up of the latch would be a key. Then again getting glass cut is not difficult.
Hi OldFART I will post close up, photo of window and trim. Trim is definitely factory, window frame is custom made, but I am sure, not by Mr Hook, if at all he had anything to do with the cars build ??? Not Sure about Renault trim. Graham
