Puzzle #816 - Solved! 1939 SS100 Jaguar 2.5-liter Roadster by Van Den Plas

[Otto Puzzell]

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[jotage21]

Jaguar, I´ve seen this car at Blackhawk Museum (Behring Collection)

[Otto Puzzell]

I need a bit more detail than that to award you the point.

[grobmotorix]

It is a 1939 SS-100 Jaguar 2.5 l roadster with special bodywork by VanDenPlas (Belgium)

[Otto Puzzell]

1939 SS100 Jaguar 2.5-liter Roadster by Van Den Plas of Belgium is correct!

[Carnut]

What's this, by whom, from when - for 1 point?

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[foxawy]

british??

[Carnut]

british??

The base is, yes.

[foxawy]

is it coachbuilt by franay??

[Carnut]

is it coachbuilt by franay??

No.

[foxawy]

delahaye ?

[Carnut]

delahaye ?

No.

[foxawy]

jaguar ?? if not then Bentley ?? late 30's early 40's ??

[Carnut]

jaguar ?? if not then Bentley ?? late 30's early 40's ??

Jaguar is correct;
Late 1930's also correct.
Remember though you're only allowed one guess at a time..

[foxawy]

sorry for the multiple guesses ,so i think its a 1938/9 jaguar SS100 ,but i don't know a lot of these era of jag's coachbuilders so saoutchik???

[foxawy]

i got it, its 1938 and the coachbuilder is vanden plas !!

[Carnut]

i got it, its 1938 and the coachbuilder is vanden plas !!

Yes, that's right, although I had the year as 1939.
This is actually a repost so will now be merged with the original puzzle.
Well done!

[660851]

Whilst the chassis is prewar this car was bodied postwar
terry

[sixtee5cuda]

If this is the same car, the years have not been kind...