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Solved - MJW #1054 - RBN Special
« on: December 07, 2012, 04:44:22 AM »
What is this car named? Who built it and what was it based on plus the make and model of the engine.
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2012, 03:01:32 AM »
Experts turn now....
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2012, 06:05:39 PM »
Looks like a Moss but is this a one-off instead?
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2012, 04:28:54 AM »
It is a 'one-off' and it is also British...(just in case you had any doubts!)
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2012, 06:43:57 AM »
Is it the E-Type ERA during the time that it had been converted into a Jaguar-powered sports car?
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2012, 09:43:28 AM »
The Hillman Imp in the pic was introduced in 1963, by which time the Ken Flint ERA/Jaguar had been rebodied with a Costin creation.

Is the donor chassis anything to do with Cooper Cars?
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2012, 05:23:49 PM »
I am going to take a punt that it was built within the last 15 years.

The bonnet catches look modified to suit the SVA / IVA Requirements, and the tent behind it is a fairly modern design with carbon fibre poles (not very common in the 1960s!)

Is a locost chassis under the bodywork?
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2012, 07:42:34 AM »
looks very much like the Aardvark Special-Panhard
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2012, 04:27:02 AM »
Not the modified E-Type ERA or based on a Cooper chassis.
Neither is it the Aardvark Panhard or based on a Locost.

Now, I don't have a year for this 'one-off' but I think it was constructed in the 1980s/1990s period, and there is an Imp connection.....
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2012, 04:32:00 AM »
Another view that may help with the identification -
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2012, 06:19:26 AM »
One for the Pros to solve this afternoon..... :D
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2012, 07:28:25 AM »
Well, that looks like a Coventry-Climax FWA or FWB engine . . .
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2012, 07:34:40 AM »
This is the RBN Special, built by Philip Robinson on a shortened Triumph Spitfire chassis and a tuned Chrysler Sunbeam engine.
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Re: MJW #1054
« Reply #13 on: December 30, 2012, 08:57:38 AM »
Quote from: Wendax on December 30, 2012, 07:34:40 AM
This is the RBN Special, built by Philip Robinson on a shortened Triumph Spitfire chassis and a tuned Chrysler Sunbeam engine.
Exactly!

Here are the original shots in colour -
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Re: Solved - MJW #1054 - RBN Special
« Reply #14 on: December 30, 2012, 09:56:14 AM »
Just curious: what is the Imp connection mentioned half a dozen posts ago?
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Re: Solved - MJW #1054 - RBN Special
« Reply #15 on: December 30, 2012, 09:57:40 AM »
I think the Sunbeam engine shares its block with the Imp engine.
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Re: Solved - MJW #1054 - RBN Special
« Reply #16 on: December 30, 2012, 10:19:00 AM »
Quote from: Wendax on December 30, 2012, 09:57:40 AM
I think the Sunbeam engine shares its block with the Imp engine.
Yes, that's correct....
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Re: Solved - MJW #1054 - RBN Special
« Reply #17 on: December 30, 2012, 01:52:48 PM »
Quote from: woodinsight on December 30, 2012, 10:19:00 AM
Quote from: Wendax on December 30, 2012, 09:57:40 AM
I think the Sunbeam engine shares its block with the Imp engine.
Yes, that's correct....
which was derived from the Climax FWA. . .
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