Dutton Kit Cars and their owners
Back in the Workshop
What better feeling is there than, pulling on a clean pair of overalls and walking into the workshop again after too much Christmas indulgence? Mind you Im sure they were not this tight last week!
Box of final bits to fit to the Phaeton under arm and a pint of milk in hand.
After 7 years I have nearly completed exactly what I set out to achieve, the rebuilding of a Dutton S2 Phaeton, keeping it looking as it was originally intended, but ironing out and refining all the idiosyncrasies that are synonymous with Dutton.
An exciting time for me, as the seed for this project was sown back in the seventy's when my friend John built this car ......
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Permalink Reply by Adrian Southgate on
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You need to replicate that photo after its gone through the MOT, do you know where it was taken?
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Permalink Reply by Paul Sheridan on
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Thats a good idea, I can probably find out, it was a university from memory.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Kerswell on
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Is it me or are those leading edges of the back arches different to norm?? Love the pic. Steel wheels and all. Black and white is so.........arty??
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I have no idea why but it reminds me of a photo from when Sue was at college, Balls Park, Stevenage area?
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i asked sue and she says its not balls park.
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Another picture, the car is an early Phaeton but thats all I know.
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B+ boot without the side fuel filler hole. Malaga front without the bonnet bumps, strange front to those arches.
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Permalink Reply by James Doulton on
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I knew that my dash was missing something.
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They were the days James, kaftan and purple fur. Loon pants and long hair :-))
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Permalink Reply by Jim (across the pond) Adamek on
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Never seen rear fenders like that. Were those custom made?
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From what I was told there were a few made with those arches, I know at least one ended it's days in the USA James, we had some photo's a while back, I'll see if I can find them.
It was supposed to be more aerodynamic evidently, If you compare it to the race cars of the era like the lola and porsche you can see where the idea might have hatched from, not so sure that a B would go fast enough to create downforce though.
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With your fronts James (in Florida) and these rears, you could have something unique :-)
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