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Solved - MJW #582 - Longmore Jaguar Special
« on: August 20, 2011, 05:16:57 AM »
Another single seater racing special but what was this one called, which country was it built in and what make of engine is fitted? One point for the correct answer.

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Re: MJW #582
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2011, 02:34:42 AM »
Expertise required on this one....

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Re: MJW #582
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2011, 02:49:19 PM »
Jaguar XK engine?
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Re: MJW #582
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2011, 03:03:06 PM »

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Re: MJW #582
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2011, 04:41:49 PM »
HWM jag engined spl driven in the 60s by Major Lambton

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Re: MJW #582
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2011, 12:11:10 AM »
I'm sure there's no connection to HWM or Major Lambton

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Re: MJW #582
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2011, 01:42:20 PM »
An easy one for the Pros?

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Re: MJW #582
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2011, 01:32:06 PM »
Is it Whitney Special from Australia?

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Re: MJW #582
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2011, 02:18:18 PM »
Is it Whitney Special from Australia?
Not that or from Australia.
You're in the correct general area though.

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Re: MJW #582
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2011, 02:41:35 PM »
New Zealand?
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Re: MJW #582
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2011, 03:06:09 PM »

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Re: MJW #582
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2011, 03:10:39 PM »
It's a Longmore Jaguar by Barry Longmore. Built in early 1990s in New Zealand as a dedication to 1950s Rivers Fletcher's HWM Jaguar.

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Re: MJW #582
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2011, 11:19:38 AM »
It's a Longmore Jaguar by Barry Longmore. Built in early 1990s in New Zealand as a dedication to 1950s Rivers Fletcher's HWM Jaguar.
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