Author Topic: Solved - MJW #572 - Hallam Special 1950 (Read 814 times)

woodinsight · « **on:** August 19, 2011, 02:17:57 PM »

A sports racer from the early postwar years.
For one point let me know the make/constructor, year it was built and the engine it used.

woodinsight · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2011, 03:59:10 AM »

Moving up

woodinsight · « **Reply #2 on:** September 06, 2011, 07:54:29 AM »

Does a Pro know?

faksta · « **Reply #3 on:** September 07, 2011, 12:41:27 PM »

750 Formula?

woodinsight · « **Reply #4 on:** September 07, 2011, 04:27:28 PM »

Quote from: faksta on September 07, 2011, 12:41:27 PM

750 Formula?

No it never was a 750 Formula car.
As a clue it was originally fitted with a 1100cc engine.
This was later changed to a larger engine of a different make and a more modern body was fitted at the same time.

shamrock · « **Reply #5 on:** September 07, 2011, 05:59:52 PM »

RGS , ATLANTA ?

woodinsight · « **Reply #6 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:06:01 AM »

Quote from: shamrock on September 07, 2011, 05:59:52 PM

RGS , ATLANTA ?

Not that.
By the way it's RGS Atalanta

barrett · « **Reply #7 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:10:10 AM »

Is the builder 'known' to puzzlers? Or was this a one-off built by an individual

woodinsight · « **Reply #8 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:16:58 AM »

Quote from: barrett on September 08, 2011, 11:10:10 AM

Is the builder 'known' to puzzlers? Or was this a one-off built by an individual

Good point.
As far as I know it hasn't been known to puzzlers before.
It is a 'one-off' but has been featured in magazines in the past.

barrett · « **Reply #9 on:** September 08, 2011, 11:58:08 AM »

British engine from the 1930s?

woodinsight · « **Reply #10 on:** September 08, 2011, 12:09:12 PM »

Quote from: barrett on September 08, 2011, 11:58:08 AM

British engine from the 1930s?

The engine (as in the photo) was not British.
However it was later fitted with an engine from the UK.

barrett · « **Reply #11 on:** September 08, 2011, 12:12:14 PM »

Was the car itself built in England? (I'd assumed so previously, I should've asked this first!)

woodinsight · « **Reply #12 on:** September 08, 2011, 12:23:07 PM »

Yes, UK built - in one of the smallest British counties.....

barrett · « **Reply #13 on:** September 08, 2011, 12:26:11 PM »

From the Isle of Man?

faksta · « **Reply #14 on:** September 08, 2011, 12:29:25 PM »

Quote from: barrett on September 08, 2011, 12:12:14 PM

Was the car itself built in England? (I'd assumed so previously, I should've asked this first!)

The man wears a bow tie as a part of his racing suit - where else could this be?

woodinsight · « **Reply #15 on:** September 08, 2011, 12:29:55 PM »

Not Isle of Man.
Mainland England.....

barrett · « **Reply #16 on:** September 08, 2011, 12:39:25 PM »

Wales!

faksta · « **Reply #17 on:** September 08, 2011, 01:00:46 PM »

Could it be H.Hallam's Simca - Fiat 1100?

woodinsight · « **Reply #18 on:** September 08, 2011, 01:23:33 PM »

Quote from: barrett on September 08, 2011, 12:39:25 PM

Wales!

woodinsight · « **Reply #19 on:** September 08, 2011, 01:29:39 PM »

Quote from: faksta on September 08, 2011, 01:00:46 PM

Could it be H.Hallam's Simca - Fiat 1100?

Yes, you've got it.
Well done.

Built by Harry Hallam in Rutland in 1950.
The car used a Fiat 1100 engine and parts (I don't know about the Simca part).
A Lea Francis 'Big Four' 2.5 litre engine was later fitted together with an XK120 style body.

faksta · « **Reply #20 on:** September 08, 2011, 01:37:41 PM »

Ah... great, that was a rather wild guess

woodinsight · « **Reply #21 on:** September 08, 2011, 02:07:19 PM »

Quote from: faksta on September 08, 2011, 01:37:41 PM

Ah... great, that was a rather wild guess

Sometimes that works, sometimes not but congratulations are in order.

Allan L · « **Reply #22 on:** September 09, 2011, 02:08:27 PM »

Quote from: woodinsight on September 08, 2011, 01:29:39 PM

Quote from: faksta on September 08, 2011, 01:00:46 PM
Could it be H.Hallam's Simca - Fiat 1100?
Yes, you've got it.
Well done.

Built by Harry Hallam in Rutland in 1950.
The car used a Fiat 1100 engine and parts (I don't know about the Simca part).
A Lea Francis 'Big Four' 2.5 litre engine was later fitted together with an XK120 style body.

Well I must say that the 2½ litre Lea-Francis engine must have upset the balance rather, being quite heavy. Simca were of course licence-building Fiats until about 1950, so the Simca part may just have been that the Fiat bits were made by them.

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