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Solved - NEH 636: RGS Atalanta-Jaguar - 1953

Started by Carnut, August 06, 2010, 08:47:23 AM

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Carnut

August 06, 2010, 08:47:23 AM Last Edit: April 24, 2015, 06:03:55 AM by Carnut
1 point for identifying what this car is and when it dates from:
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diecastaussie

#1
August 08, 2010, 05:51:08 AM
Austin Healey Sprite with a modified bonnet clip?

Carnut

#2
August 08, 2010, 08:27:16 AM
Quote from: diecastaussie on August 08, 2010, 05:51:08 AM
Austin Healey Sprite with a modified bonnet clip?

No relation!
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diecastaussie

#3
August 09, 2010, 08:49:01 AM
Is it based on a Jaguar?

Carnut

#4
August 09, 2010, 09:44:14 AM
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Carnut

#5
August 20, 2010, 05:28:08 AM
I know some Experts who'll sort this one out in a jiffy..
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woodinsight

#6
August 20, 2010, 05:35:05 AM
RGS-Atalanta Jaguar

Carnut

#7
August 20, 2010, 08:27:12 AM
Quote from: woodinsight on August 20, 2010, 05:35:05 AM
RGS-Atalanta Jaguar

Dating from (to answer the initial question)?
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woodinsight

#8
August 20, 2010, 08:56:59 AM
1953

Carnut

#9
August 20, 2010, 11:15:04 AM
Yes!
It's based on a Jaguar C-Type.
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Allan L

#10
August 20, 2010, 01:37:21 PM
Quote from: Carnut on August 20, 2010, 11:15:04 AM
Yes!
It's based on a Jaguar C-Type.
Might have had a C-type engine for all I can remember, but Dick Shattock's cars were based on the Atalanta chassis (as you might expect from the name) with his own GRP body. Can't remember how many he made, but I do remember seeing him race one at Silverstone in the early 1960s
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woodinsight

#11
August 20, 2010, 01:43:13 PM
Exactly Allan. There's an interesting story waiting to be told there.

Carnut

#12
August 22, 2010, 10:06:43 AM Last Edit: April 24, 2015, 06:04:36 AM by Carnut
Here's a front view:
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Carnut

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August 18, 2016, 07:07:45 AM Last Edit: August 18, 2016, 07:43:34 AM by Carnut
What's this, powered by what - for 1 point?:

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tobytwirl

#14
August 20, 2016, 01:47:50 PM
It is the 1953 RGS Atalanta powered by a C-type Jaguar engine

Carnut

#15
August 22, 2016, 04:30:13 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 20, 2016, 01:47:50 PM
It is the 1953 RGS Atalanta powered by a C-type Jaguar engine

Yes it is.
I was convinced we've had this exact car before but I can't find it anywhere..

Well done.
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Wendax

#16
August 22, 2016, 04:39:32 AM
The old hyphen again!  ;)
Merged

Carnut

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August 22, 2016, 04:49:10 AM Last Edit: August 22, 2016, 05:28:09 AM by Carnut
D'oh!
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Allan L

#18
August 22, 2016, 08:47:15 AM
As I was going to write last time we had this, but didn't for some reason, I bet it was never as smart as that even when brand new. When I saw Dick Shattock racing one in the 1960s it certainly was scruffy and I have a feeling there was only ever one of them.
Interestingly the vendor whose photos have been used in this thread, claims it has a metal body although he does say "(most Atalantas were fiberglass)" but then as he also says it has  "De-dion style rear end with independent front & rear suspension" he can't be very clued-up. If it's i.r.s. (which the RGS-Atalanta was) it is not de dion.
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