Topic: SOLVED: FW #277 Jaguard, Taraschi chassis, Giannini engine, Faina body 1950/51

[Carnut]

Two more pictures of this car, this time from a well-known 'Etceterini' website.
Still  no mention of the curious 'Jaguard' name, and I really don't think a car of this quality could have been built by an outfit so elusive and unknown yet is described as a Giaur on all the reputable websites...

[Hiawatha]

The caption is not referring to the puzzle coupe' but to a well documented and still existing barchetta,
chassis number BT 004.

[Carnut]

Thanks, yes, I see.
The caption for the puzzle Berlinetta says it's "BT-005(?)", which doesn't really solve anything...

[Hiawatha]

Not really.. BT of course means Berardo Taraschi

[lampadione]

I am the owner of the original photo.
Mario Faina is actually the guy, partially concealed, on the passenger seat on the original poster photo.
Mario, my granpa, always reffered at that car as a Jaguard.
 In the last 20 or so years, I always thought he was mispelling Giaur, so I m very surprised to hear  the word Jaguard again.
The fun fact is that I have an handwritten note from the late 80s where he calls that car a “Jaguar”.
If i recall right, the picture is from Il Giro di Sicilia, 1950. Mario died in 1991.
Best regards.