Solved NIC#949 - 1936 Rapier converted to s/c single-seater

nicanary · June 15, 2018, 06:58:36 AM

This car has never been a previous puzzle in its own right - I'm very surprised. It's so easy for the Rookies - what is it?

nicanary · June 27, 2018, 06:46:17 AM

Not so easy then - must be for the Experts.

D-type · June 30, 2018, 06:38:10 AM

Judging by the tyre size, is it a modern "evocation"?

nicanary · June 30, 2018, 10:47:21 AM

Quote from: D-type on June 30, 2018, 06:38:10 AM
Judging by the tyre size, is it a modern "evocation"?

It probably uses larger wheels than originally fitted, but it's not modern.

tobytwirl · June 30, 2018, 11:15:06 AM

I cannot work this one out - its not an ERA and it's not Jack Turners MG so I need to go for the engine - is it 6cylinder?

nicanary · June 30, 2018, 12:16:16 PM

Quote from: tobytwirl on June 30, 2018, 11:15:06 AM
I cannot work this one out - its not an ERA and it's not Jack Turners MG so I need to go for the engine - is it 6cylinder?

No.

tobytwirl · June 30, 2018, 01:48:46 PM

Is it 8cylinder?

nicanary · June 30, 2018, 03:04:49 PM

Quote from: tobytwirl on June 30, 2018, 01:48:46 PM
Is it 8cylinder?

No.

tobytwirl · June 30, 2018, 07:09:11 PM

I hope it is 4 cylinder?

nicanary · July 01, 2018, 05:45:13 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on June 30, 2018, 07:09:11 PM
I hope it is 4 cylinder?

Indeed it is.

tobytwirl · July 01, 2018, 07:15:17 AM

Was it built post war?

nicanary · July 01, 2018, 07:28:33 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on July 01, 2018, 07:15:17 AM
Was it built post war?

That's an interesting question. The base car is pre-war, but some more research tells me it was converted to a single-seater after 1997.

tobytwirl · July 01, 2018, 04:11:21 PM

Anything to do with Riley?

nicanary · July 01, 2018, 05:42:02 PM

Quote from: tobytwirl on July 01, 2018, 04:11:21 PM
Anything to do with Riley?

No.

tobytwirl · July 01, 2018, 07:24:51 PM

Anything to do with MG?

nicanary · July 02, 2018, 04:05:18 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on July 01, 2018, 07:24:51 PM
Anything to do with MG?

No.

D-type · July 02, 2018, 06:48:58 AM

Any Singer connection?

tobytwirl · July 02, 2018, 08:06:42 AM

It's a Lagonda Rapier which started life as a 1934 coupe bodied by Abbott of Farnham. In 1997 and it was bought by a Mr. Reinhard List of Edlitz, Austria. He converted it to supercharged single-seater.

nicanary · July 02, 2018, 10:30:16 AM

That's the car! Nothing more to add, really. I thought it might have been built pre-war like the Eccles car, but it's just another example of a modern "enthusiast" wrecking a car's provenance. Looks nice though.

D-type · July 02, 2018, 05:01:21 PM

Quote from: nicanary on July 02, 2018, 10:30:16 AM
That's the car! Nothing more to add, really. I thought it might have been built pre-war like the Eccles car, but it's just another example of a modern "enthusiast" wrecking a car's provenance. Looks nice though.

But essentially a "special" in the VSCC tradition though.

nicanary · July 02, 2018, 05:13:41 PM

Quote from: D-type on July 02, 2018, 05:01:21 PM
Quote from: nicanary on July 02, 2018, 10:30:16 AM
That's the car! Nothing more to add, really. I thought it might have been built pre-war like the Eccles car, but it's just another example of a modern "enthusiast" wrecking a car's provenance. Looks nice though.
But essentially a "special" in the VSCC tradition though.

Fair comment. It could just as easily have been done in period.

BERTRAND · August 08, 2023, 05:21:51 AM

Identify this car and when, please

BERTRAND · August 28, 2023, 02:31:37 AM

expert

BERTRAND · January 18, 2024, 04:59:45 AM

pros

nicanary · January 18, 2024, 05:57:55 AM

ERA ?

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Solved NIC#949 - 1936 Rapier converted to s/c single-seater