About puzzle #106: 1960 Ogle 1.5

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Well, not a single contender had it wrong with last week’s mystery motor! All of you knew that this was the Ogle 1.5 – David Ogle’s first attempt to spice up the British coachbuilding scene of the early 1960s. The fibreglass bodied car had most of its mechanicals sourced from BMC’s Riley One-Point-Five. All of you knew that, too. Most mentioned David Ogle, too, who was tragically killed in 1962 behind the wheel of his second car – the Ogle SX1000. Or actually it was the racing version of that car, named Ogle Lightweight GT, and Herman van Oldeneel was the only person who wrote that.

Nobody shed a light on survivors. We know of just one, but there have to be more, with supposedly 8 cars built? Let us know if you know. Richard Armstrong won, mainly on prose: “Under that Ghia-esque Italianate body lie a humble Riley 1.5 chassis and the ubiquitous BMC B-series engine. We can see styling cues which would transfer to the designer's later work - notably the roofline, which can also be seen on the car, which formed most of his company's production - the Ogle Mini. This is David Ogle's Ogle Riley, of which just eight were built. A decorated war hero who had served in the Fleet Air Arm, his unfortunate early demise robbed British industrial design of one of its most talented exponents, who had penned everything from cars to radios.” That’s how we like ‘m. Congratulations Richard!

(Words and pictures Jeroen Booij)

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