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Striker chin
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:48 pm
by The Baron
Hi all
Ok so I'm struggling to find anyone who knows any history on my car
Can anyone at least tell me why it has a 'chin' ? Its a one piece bonnet btw
Cheers
Re: Striker chin
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:51 pm
by jeffw
Picture?
Re: Striker chin
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:56 pm
by The Baron
Hi Jeff
Sorry, ruddy pc isnt playing ball !!!
theres a few pics on my new to the site 'introduction' from a few weeks ago
Re: Striker chin
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 3:10 pm
by MaRkStar
Depending on what sort of history you're after and the amount of time you have. You can fill in a V888 DVLA form which is a request for information. I used it to get copies of all the paperwork regards previous owners that they held. It took 6 months but eventually a large envelope full of copies of the V5(c)'s and various other bits of paper. I then used 192.com to see if any of the names and addresses still matched, about 8 of the 13 previous owners did still match. I wrote a letter to each including a pic of the car as now was as it had seen major modification in the 80's and 90's and about 5 people got back in touch including the guy who threw the build history away doch!
Mark
Re: Striker chin
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 3:16 pm
by MaRkStar
Searching Google images with "Sylva striker" in quotes brings up a number with the chin, and IIRC the spare striker bonnet I have in my parents shed has it too, the bonnet I have was off an early one.
Re: Striker chin
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 3:17 pm
by The Baron
Good idea Mark!
I shall write to them tonight. Shame about the binned build history!!!!!
Richard
Re: Striker chin
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 3:22 pm
by The Baron
Yeah i've seen a few on pics with the 'chin'. I dont mind it but just wondered if there was a reason why it had it. Just a change? fabricated by someone else or so on??
Going to eventually have it made into a two piece as it is a right pain in the behind to take on and off! especially in the garage!
Richard
Re: Striker chin
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:54 am
by RobMsport
The Baron wrote:Yeah i've seen a few on pics with the 'chin'. I dont mind it but just wondered if there was a reason why it had it. Just a change? fabricated by someone else or so on??
Going to eventually have it made into a two piece as it is a right pain in the behind to take on and off! especially in the garage!
Richard
All the Strikers I've ever seen have had that ' chin ' , so maybe it's a pre - RAW nose cone
Re: Striker chin
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:14 pm
by The Baron
Good point. Just seen some one piece bonnet items without the chin and assumed they were Sylva and not Raw but I wonder if Raw made the one piece originally?
Re: Striker chin
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:47 pm
by MaRkStar
IIRC the pic below is that of the 'first' or certainly very early Sylva Striker and note it has no chin . . . why not give JP, the man himself a buzz,
