Author Topic: Solved - MJW #583 - Riley Kestrel 1936 with a 1954 RGS body (Read 1676 times)

woodinsight · « **on:** August 20, 2011, 05:19:25 AM »

I'm sure this car may look familiar but what car is lurking underneath?
Who made the body?
One point puzzle.

qwaszx · « **Reply #1 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:32:53 AM »

Marcel Emile Pezoux MEP 4, Citroen Traction Avant based from the fifties?

woodinsight · « **Reply #2 on:** August 20, 2011, 10:23:35 AM »

Quote from: qwaszx on August 20, 2011, 09:32:53 AM

Marcel Emile Pezoux MEP 4, Citroen Traction Avant based from the fifties?

No, far from that...

woodinsight · « **Reply #3 on:** September 03, 2011, 02:35:40 AM »

Moving up

Iluvatar · « **Reply #4 on:** September 05, 2011, 09:40:42 AM »

Something reminds me the Balbo Fiat 1100...
MPC

woodinsight · « **Reply #5 on:** September 05, 2011, 10:19:52 AM »

Quote from: Iluvatar on September 05, 2011, 09:40:42 AM

Something reminds me the Balbo Fiat 1100...
MPC

Nothing to do with Balbo or Fiat and it's not Italian..

mac.mr · « **Reply #6 on:** September 06, 2011, 03:24:16 PM »

it reminds me to Bristol … ??

woodinsight · « **Reply #7 on:** September 06, 2011, 03:44:59 PM »

Quote from: mac.mr on September 06, 2011, 03:24:16 PM

it reminds me to Bristol … ??

Nothing to do with Bristol, sorry....

woodinsight · « **Reply #8 on:** September 16, 2011, 11:59:35 AM »

Thanks for the front page coverage.......

JMC · « **Reply #9 on:** September 16, 2011, 06:33:31 PM »

British chassis?

woodinsight · « **Reply #10 on:** September 17, 2011, 01:50:01 AM »

Yes the chassis (and the bodywork) are British

roger · « **Reply #11 on:** September 17, 2011, 02:57:47 AM »

Triumph based.

woodinsight · « **Reply #12 on:** September 17, 2011, 06:26:43 AM »

Not Triumph but probably a car of a similar quality

woodinsight · « **Reply #13 on:** September 18, 2011, 01:43:29 PM »

Moving up

Allemano · « **Reply #14 on:** September 18, 2011, 02:04:36 PM »

a RGS Atalanta body?

woodinsight · « **Reply #15 on:** September 18, 2011, 02:09:23 PM »

Quote from: Allemano on September 18, 2011, 02:04:36 PM

a RGS Atalanta body?

That's correct.
Any idea what chassis it's based on?
I'll lock it for you until your next reply.....

Allemano · « **Reply #16 on:** September 18, 2011, 02:17:07 PM »

Let's start with the most obvious – Jaguar?

woodinsight · « **Reply #17 on:** September 18, 2011, 02:27:40 PM »

Not a Jaguar - a lighter and smaller car than that....

Allemano · « **Reply #18 on:** September 18, 2011, 02:28:05 PM »

Carnut · « **Reply #19 on:** September 18, 2011, 07:03:09 PM »

Not a J.A.G. (John A. Griffiths) chassis then?
I was sure this was one of these until you said it was British...!:

woodinsight · « **Reply #20 on:** September 19, 2011, 12:46:23 AM »

Quote from: Allemano on September 18, 2011, 02:28:05 PM

MG?

Not an MG.....

woodinsight · « **Reply #21 on:** September 19, 2011, 12:47:48 AM »

Quote from: Carnut on September 18, 2011, 07:03:09 PM

Not a J.A.G. (John A. Griffiths) chassis then?
I was sure this was one of these until you said it was British...!:

Not a J.A.G.
The chassis is pre-WWII

Allemano · « **Reply #22 on:** September 19, 2011, 01:00:26 AM »

Triumph?

Allan L · « **Reply #23 on:** September 19, 2011, 03:36:42 AM »

Dick Shattock's RGS Atalanta cars were so-called because he used Atalanta chassis, or chassis parts. The bodies were just RGS not RGS Atalanta.
The Atalanta chassis looked like this:

That one has a supercharged Gough engine which Shattock wouldn't have used. I remember a Jaguar-engined sports-racer, but not this car which looks as if it may have had a Bristol engine.

woodinsight · « **Reply #24 on:** September 19, 2011, 08:48:57 AM »

Quote from: Allemano on September 19, 2011, 01:00:26 AM

Triumph?

Not Triumph I'm afraid....

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