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Solved - NEH 268: 1948 HW Alta-Jaguar Streamliner
« on: January 22, 2010, 10:02:05 AM »
And 1 easy point for this:
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Re: NEH 268
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2010, 11:47:12 AM »
it looks like an HWM Jaguar or is that too easy?
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Re: NEH 268
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2010, 05:46:06 PM »
Quote from: geology on January 23, 2010, 11:47:12 AM
it looks like an HWM Jaguar or is that too easy?

That would be a bit too straightforward, although I did say it was easy!
It's not an HWM-Jaguar but there is a close relationship.
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Re: NEH 268
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2010, 10:24:49 AM »
Sure the Experts will have this one sorted out quickly...
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Re: NEH 268
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2010, 10:33:39 AM »
It is a  HW ALTA Jaguar streamliner built in 1948.

Origin of this car:
John Heath and George Abecassis, owners of the Hersham & Walton Motors company, modified a sports ALTA in 1948 and fitted it with this streamlined body. After being raced by John Heath in Jersey, it received a Jaguar engine instead of the original Alta power unit.
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Re: NEH 268
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2010, 10:44:31 AM »
Quote from: white12 on February 01, 2010, 10:33:39 AM
It is a  HW ALTA Jaguar streamliner built in 1948.

Origin of this car:
John Heath and George Abecassis, owners of the Hersham & Walton Motors company, modified a sports ALTA in 1948 and fitted it with this streamlined body. After being raced by John Heath in Jersey, it received a Jaguar engine instead of the original Alta power unit.


Exactly!
Well done.
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Re: Solved - NEH 268: 1948 HW Alta-Jaguar Streamliner
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2011, 05:07:00 AM »
and a view in period
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Re: Solved - NEH 268: 1948 HW Alta-Jaguar Streamliner
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2016, 06:02:01 AM »
Here's another photo of the car at the 1948 Jersey International Road Race meeting. I notice that a lot of internet sites refer to this car as an HW Alta-Jaguar, but since the Alta engine is no longer fitted, surely it's an HW-Jaguar? Or is it twin-engined?
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Re: Solved - NEH 268: 1948 HW Alta-Jaguar Streamliner
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2016, 07:17:51 AM »
White12's solution tells us it was once an Alta sportscar so if that's right the name is acceptable I'd say.
What I don't know without looking it up is whether that is in fact right. Doug Nye's "Powered by Jaguar" doesn't help much.
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Re: Solved - NEH 268: 1948 HW Alta-Jaguar Streamliner
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2016, 08:23:08 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on October 18, 2016, 07:17:51 AM
White12's solution tells us it was once an Alta sportscar so if that's right the name is acceptable I'd say.
What I don't know without looking it up is whether that is in fact right. Doug Nye's "Powered by Jaguar" doesn't help much.

I don't know what I was thinking! Mike Lawrence reckons it was an experimental chassis which was gathering dust in Geoffrey Taylor's workshop and George Abecassis fitted a 2-litre Alta engine he already owned. It was indeed an Alta modified by Heath Walton Motors, rather than an HW-Alta, which was what I had in my muddled head.

So the puzzle title is correct. Woodinsight's photo of the car in period shows an interesting early effort at a front air dam.
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