Please identify the car represented by this scale model for a point:
Experts?
Tojeiro Jaguar?
Widi?
Lister Costin Chevrolet , ca. 1959?
That looks like a Scalextric Lister-Jaguar. Is it?
Quote from: D-type on August 23, 2023, 07:49:29 AM
That looks like a Scalextric Lister-Jaguar. Is it?
No
Maserati?
Lola?
What's left? Ferrari?
Osca?
Does it bear any resemblance to the car it is supposed to be modelling?
Quote from: D-type on August 28, 2023, 05:05:24 PM
Does it bear any resemblance to the car it is supposed to be modelling?
Excellent question. I believe this model was sculpted by the car's builder and may have served a purpose in the car's creation. Based on that, I think it probably resembles the actual car.
The WRE?
Elva?
Lotus XV?
i'll take a step back. Was it British? (the full size car)
Quote from: frederick59 on September 06, 2023, 07:14:29 AM
Lotus XV?
No
Quote from: D-type on September 06, 2023, 08:12:48 AM
i'll take a step back. Was it British? (the full size car)
No, though I believe British components were used.
Pros?
Perhaps an Elfin?
Is it from Australia?
Open to all.
Is it from Europe ?
European underpinnings under an American body ?
Quote from: oko94 on September 20, 2023, 04:19:12 PM
European underpinnings under an American body ?
European underpinnings, but body isn't American.
Asian body ?
South American body ?
Body from New Zealand ?
European body ?
South America?
Body from Africa ?
Protea Triumph from South Africa ?
Body from South Africa ?
GSM ?
Quote from: gte4289 on August 28, 2023, 06:51:53 PM
Quote from: D-type on August 28, 2023, 05:05:24 PM
Does it bear any resemblance to the car it is supposed to be modelling?
Excellent question. I believe this model was sculpted by the car's builder and may have served a purpose in the car's creation. Based on that, I think it probably resembles the actual car.
Does it mean you have never seen the actual car ?
Quote from: oko94 on September 21, 2023, 04:45:03 PM
Quote from: gte4289 on August 28, 2023, 06:51:53 PM
Quote from: D-type on August 28, 2023, 05:05:24 PM
Does it bear any resemblance to the car it is supposed to be modelling?
Excellent question. I believe this model was sculpted by the car's builder and may have served a purpose in the car's creation. Based on that, I think it probably resembles the actual car.
Does it mean you have never seen the actual car ?
Correct!
Does it mean the "actual" car actually never existed ?
Quote from: oko94 on September 21, 2023, 04:50:22 PM
Does it mean the "actual" car actually never existed ?
It existed, but I've never seen a photo of it.
Was the actual car raced in South Africa during the fifties ?
Quote from: oko94 on September 22, 2023, 12:51:39 AM
Was the actual car raced in South Africa during the fifties ?
Raced in South Africa, but not during the 1950s.
Raced during the sixties ?
Schwabel Ford ?
Peter Bolton's Tiger GT ?
Bernie Podmore's Asta Sports ?
APM (Adrian Pheiffers Motors) Sports ?
Thompson 1500 ?
Cornelius Koekemoer's Ford Consul Special ?
Joss Viljoen's Ford Frite ?
Gert Coetzer Special ?
Was it raced between 1960 and 1965 ?
Quote from: oko94 on September 22, 2023, 03:54:06 PM
Was it raced between 1960 and 1965 ?
I don't know the exact years, but I think probably from 1965 onwards.
Ford engine ?
Fire ?
Lolette ?
Bramhill ?
Quote from: oko94 on September 24, 2023, 03:25:04 PM
Bramhill ?
No
By the way, the car passed through the hands of multiple subsequent owners and was raced in different configurations and probably under various names. Since I don't have many of these later details, I can't rule out the possibility that one of your guesses could be a later iteration of the same car. But I'm looking for the car's creator, original name, and original mechanical composition.
Graham Geoghegan's Gaygan ?
Mosden ?
Marnoch Astor ?
Whitehouse / Westraad's Monza Mk I of Ecurie Tomahawk ?
Quote from: oko94 on September 27, 2023, 08:11:23 AM
Whitehouse / Westraad's Monza Mk I of Ecurie Tomahawk ?
No
This puzzle has been stalled for over a month now, so maybe it needs a little nudge in the right direction:
I think the key to solving this one is to focus on identifying the builder first (previously featured on AP and known for a different car ;)).
Palbin ?
Quote from: oko94 on October 31, 2023, 04:31:38 PM
Palbin ?
No, but that would make a good future puzzle!
Harwin ?
Peter Meefan ?
Quote from: oko94 on October 31, 2023, 04:54:41 PM
Peter Meefan ?
Yes, by Peter Meffan. LOCKED for you.
Meffan's Lancia/Ford special 'Piccolo'.
"Clothed in a rolled aluminium body with both 200S and Lister 'knobbly' Jaguar attributes, Piccolo not only met the lightweight requirement at 485kg but also ranked high in the beauty race. Completed in 1964, it was swiftly sold to John Cooke in Johannesburg in order to finance my wedding. Piccolo then went with Jimmy Spillings to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) before working its way back to SA, where it was rebodied in fibreglass as an Alfa special – those who frequented the Randburg area in the 1990s may well have seen it doing the rounds."
:thumbsup: :applause:
Thanks for the hint !