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Title: Solved - MJW #583 - Riley Kestrel 1936 with a 1954 RGS body
Post by: woodinsight on August 20, 2011, 05:19:25 AM: I'm sure this car may look familiar but what car is lurking underneath?
Who made the body?
One point puzzle.
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: qwaszx on August 20, 2011, 09:32:53 AM: Marcel Emile Pezoux MEP 4, Citroen Traction Avant based from the fifties?
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on August 20, 2011, 10:23:35 AM: Quote from: qwaszx on August 20, 2011, 09:32:53 AM
Marcel Emile Pezoux MEP 4, Citroen Traction Avant based from the fifties?
No, far from that...
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 03, 2011, 02:35:40 AM: Moving up
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: Iluvatar on September 05, 2011, 09:40:42 AM: Something reminds me the Balbo Fiat 1100...
MPC
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 05, 2011, 10:19:52 AM: Quote from: Iluvatar on September 05, 2011, 09:40:42 AM
Something reminds me the Balbo Fiat 1100...
MPC
Nothing to do with Balbo or Fiat and it's not Italian..
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: mac.mr on September 06, 2011, 03:24:16 PM: it reminds me to Bristol … ??
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 06, 2011, 03:44:59 PM: Quote from: mac.mr on September 06, 2011, 03:24:16 PM
it reminds me to Bristol … ??
Nothing to do with Bristol, sorry....
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 16, 2011, 11:59:35 AM: Thanks for the front page coverage.......
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: JMC on September 16, 2011, 06:33:31 PM: British chassis?
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 17, 2011, 01:50:01 AM: Yes the chassis (and the bodywork) are British
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: roger on September 17, 2011, 02:57:47 AM: Triumph based.
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 17, 2011, 06:26:43 AM: Not Triumph but probably a car of a similar quality
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 18, 2011, 01:43:29 PM: Moving up
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: Allemano on September 18, 2011, 02:04:36 PM: a RGS Atalanta body?
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 18, 2011, 02:09:23 PM: Quote from: Allemano on September 18, 2011, 02:04:36 PM
a RGS Atalanta body?
That's correct.
Any idea what chassis it's based on?
I'll lock it for you until your next reply.....
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: Allemano on September 18, 2011, 02:17:07 PM: Let's start with the most obvious – Jaguar?
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 18, 2011, 02:27:40 PM: Not a Jaguar - a lighter and smaller car than that....
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: Allemano on September 18, 2011, 02:28:05 PM: MG?
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: Carnut on September 18, 2011, 07:03:09 PM: Not a J.A.G. (John A. Griffiths) chassis then?
I was sure this was one of these until you said it was British...!:
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 19, 2011, 12:46:23 AM: Quote from: Allemano on September 18, 2011, 02:28:05 PM
MG?
Not an MG.....
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 19, 2011, 12:47:48 AM: Quote from: Carnut on September 18, 2011, 07:03:09 PM
Not a J.A.G. (John A. Griffiths) chassis then?
I was sure this was one of these until you said it was British...!:
Not a J.A.G.
The chassis is pre-WWII
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: Allemano on September 19, 2011, 01:00:26 AM: Triumph?
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: Allan L on September 19, 2011, 03:36:42 AM: Dick Shattock's RGS Atalanta cars were so-called because he used Atalanta chassis, or chassis parts. The bodies were just RGS not RGS Atalanta.
The Atalanta chassis looked like this:
(http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=17929.0;attach=34546;image)

That one has a supercharged Gough engine which Shattock wouldn't have used. I remember a Jaguar-engined sports-racer, but not this car which looks as if it may have had a Bristol engine.
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 19, 2011, 08:48:57 AM: Quote from: Allemano on September 19, 2011, 01:00:26 AM
Triumph?
Not Triumph I'm afraid....
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 19, 2011, 08:50:40 AM: Quote from: Allan L on September 19, 2011, 03:36:42 AM
Dick Shattock's RGS Atalanta cars were so-called because he used Atalanta chassis, or chassis parts. The bodies were just RGS not RGS Atalanta.
The Atalanta chassis looked like this:
(http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=17929.0;attach=34546;image)

That one has a supercharged Gough engine which Shattock wouldn't have used. I remember a Jaguar-engined sports-racer, but not this car which looks as if it may have had a Bristol engine.
Sorry Allan, the body as you say is RGS not RGS Atalanta.
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: Allemano on September 19, 2011, 09:12:03 AM: Austin?
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: Carnut on September 19, 2011, 09:36:54 AM: Standard?
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: Allan L on September 19, 2011, 09:45:07 AM: So this is an RGS body, rather than an RGS car?
Pre-war chassis that would be about the right size might be a Riley 12/4
Title: Re: MJW #583
Post by: woodinsight on September 19, 2011, 11:07:30 AM: Quote from: Allan L on September 19, 2011, 09:45:07 AM
So this is an RGS body, rather than an RGS car?
Pre-war chassis that would be about the right size might be a Riley 12/4
Riley is correct. The year is 1936. I have it as a Kestrel base which presumably includes the 12/4.
The RGS body apparently dates from 1954.
One point to you Allan, well done.....
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #583 - Riley Kestrel 1936 with a 1954 RGS body
Post by: Allan L on September 19, 2011, 01:54:44 PM: Goodness me!
But have we solved the identity of the engine? Riley Kestrel, as you say included a 12/4 version which was probably the best.
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #583 - Riley Kestrel 1936 with a 1954 RGS body
Post by: woodinsight on September 19, 2011, 02:13:45 PM: Quote from: Allan L on September 19, 2011, 01:54:44 PM
Goodness me!
But have we solved the identity of the engine? Riley Kestrel, as you say included a 12/4 version which was probably the best.
My source tells me the base car was a 1936 SS 27 Riley Kestrel but nothing more relating to the engine.