Solved - MJW #120 - Sports Racing Part 1

[faksta]

Faksta, I've attached the same photo of #8 with caption and courtesy of Bill Sadler himself

The thing is that I remember Sadler Mk1 as Triumph powered and with a different body. I learnt something new today when I read that before it had a Jupiter engine and the pictured body... Such learning is very interesting, though!

[woodinsight]

Faksta, I've attached the same photo of #8 with caption and courtesy of Bill Sadler himself

The thing is that I remember Sadler Mk1 as Triumph powered and with a different body. I learnt something new today when I read that before it had a Jupiter engine and the pictured body... Such learning is very interesting, though!

I think you'll find that this was Bill Sadler's first special that was developed into the Mk 1 - with a TR engine and different body. A Mk 1 body was also fitted originally to the first Mk 2 before that was replaced with a British-built aluminium body.
By the way, Bill Sadler's very first race car when he was just out his 'teens was a 1949 Hillman Minx convertible in which he fitted a Ford V8/60!

[barrett]

Great puzzle, I look foward to the next installment!

[woodinsight]

You didn't answer if it is a Zagato design at all..

Well I couldn't tell you at the time but I can now confirm that this is a Zagato body on a 1956 Galtier Renault.
It doesn't alter the points but I thought it necessary to confirm the car's identity.