Spartan Plus-Two
Spartan Plus-Two in Secrets of the Transport Museum, Non-fiction TV, 2021-2022 Ep. 1.01
Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: 
00:03:28 ![[*]](/res/star.png){kind=small}
Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2024-08-24 16:21 |
![[Image: bg05ep1x040512000258.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/32612/24/bg05ep1x040512000258.jpg) ![[Image: bg05ep1x0512002844.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/32612/24/bg05ep1x0512002844.jpg) Show in multiple episodes, never mentioned. |
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◊ 2024-08-24 16:49 |
Looks like replica made  |
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◊ 2024-08-24 17:33 |
Spartan Roadster, made 1973-95 as a kit for initially Herald/Vitesse/Spridget rust buckets, then adapted for Cortina oily bits, 4000 sold altogether. Front fairly consistent but various rear shapes available, including 2+2. I think this bulkier rear was one of the later shapes, but it's got a Spridget windscreen and maybe Spitfire Mk4/1500 wheels. |
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◊ 2024-08-24 17:44 |
what a hideous thing |
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◊ 2024-08-24 20:11 |
dsl: I marvel at your knowledge, as you know. However, I don't think the Spartan kits were ever designed to be based on anything but Triumph and then later, Ford? The 'screen was supplied as part of the kit. |
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◊ 2024-08-24 20:22 |
Wheels could be off such as a Ford Escort Mk4. |
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◊ 2024-08-24 20:39 |
Ooops - I mis-typed Spridget for Spitfire. |
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◊ 2024-08-24 22:34 |
It looks from this photo and faint hints elsewhere that Brooklands have 1 or 2 Spartans they use to take punters for track tours - and the same driver. Also the Alamy photo shows folk in rear seats, so with the long door in both pics it's a Plus-Two, which could be Triumph or Ford based. See also this pic And to correct something else I said above - it wouldn't have been a Roadster, but 2-Seater if it had only 2 seats. The Roadster was a later 2+2 version with various upgrades and body tweaks accompanying its specific adaptation to only Ford oily bits. Full Spartan listing here |
