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Offline Carnut

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Solved - NEH 1180: Frazer-Nash 2-litre bodied by Riva (or Fiat?) - 1951
« on: June 27, 2011, 06:55:00 AM »
For 1 point what's this car, who built it and when?
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Re: NEH 1180
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2011, 07:02:29 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 1180
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2011, 08:03:06 AM »
Frazer Nash 1951 by Motto ?
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Re: NEH 1180
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2011, 11:54:58 AM »
Quote from: SACO on July 11, 2011, 08:03:06 AM
Frazer Nash 1951 by Motto ?

That is indeed the car, although there seems to be some uncertainty about whether the bodywork was by Motto or Riva!
It's enough to earn you a point anyway.
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Re: Solved - NEH 1180: Frazer-Nash bodied by Motto (or Riva?) - 1951
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2011, 12:06:46 PM »
The caption of this photo tells something completely different:
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Re: Solved - NEH 1180: Frazer-Nash 2-litre bodied by Motto (or Riva?) - 1951
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2011, 12:12:43 PM »
Yes...Ex Fiat 8V body
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Re: Solved - NEH 1180: Frazer-Nash 2-litre bodied by Motto (or Riva?) - 1951
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2011, 12:36:16 PM »
Yes, here's some more info.
So it would appear not to be the Motto-bodied FN, but according to this "of Fiat design executed by Riva"!
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Re: Solved - NEH 1180: Frazer-Nash 2-litre bodied by Riva (or Fiat?) - 1951
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2011, 12:48:26 PM »
The Motto car definitely looks different.

Just give away a future puzzle car, but what the heck..
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Re: Solved - NEH 1180: Frazer-Nash 2-litre bodied by Riva (or Fiat?) - 1951
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2011, 05:56:28 PM »
Amazing!
Great that it's survived.
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Re: Solved - NEH 1180: Frazer-Nash 2-litre bodied by Riva (or Fiat?) - 1951
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2011, 08:49:24 PM »
Fantastic and surprising that the Motto bodywork was allowed to survive, but it's a shame they couldn't leave it on the right chassis!
One has to wonder why something like this was deemed important enough to save but the Kirwan-Taylor body (for example) was deliberately scrapped on the sole basis that it was ''ugly''
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Re: Solved - NEH 1180: Frazer-Nash 2-litre bodied by Riva (or Fiat?) - 1951
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2011, 05:21:48 AM »
Quote from: barrett on July 11, 2011, 08:49:24 PM
One has to wonder why something like this was deemed important enough to save but the Kirwan-Taylor body (for example) was deliberately scrapped on the sole basis that it was ''ugly''

Times change.  They pulled down beautiful houses until only about 20 or 30 years ago simply because "they were old"!
Doubt if it would happen so readily today as historical items become rarer and more valuable simply because of their rarity.  Ugliness per se is not a reason to scrap cars, otherwise most of today's Ferraris would have to be scrapped as they rolled off the production line...!
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Re: Solved - NEH 1180: Frazer-Nash 2-litre bodied by Riva (or Fiat?) - 1951
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2016, 06:10:02 PM »
More pictures.
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Re: Solved - NEH 1180: Frazer-Nash 2-litre bodied by Riva (or Fiat?) - 1951
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2016, 03:54:16 PM »
Very nice!
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