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Solved - NEH 1483: Paramount Jaguar - 1960 (ex LeMans Jaguar by Geoff Smedley)
« on: January 16, 2012, 07:34:32 AM »
For 1 point - what is this car, what is it based on and when was it built?

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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 05:44:33 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2012, 09:56:27 AM »
Maserati A6GCS ?

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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2012, 10:33:15 AM »
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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2012, 03:27:59 PM »
well it was a good candidate... :-)

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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2012, 03:34:44 PM »
One of those Brazilian VW-based look-alikes? 
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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2012, 06:30:05 PM »
Quote from: Julien1A on January 23, 2012, 03:27:59 PM
well it was a good candidate... :-)



Absolutely.
I'm sure that's what the guy had in mind when he built the puzzle car...
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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2012, 05:45:04 AM »
Professionals?
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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2012, 12:39:30 PM »
ASA Monofaro Maserati replica 1985?
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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2012, 12:56:56 AM »
Jag based. Australian?
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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2012, 05:34:37 AM »
Quote from: woodinsight on February 06, 2012, 12:39:30 PM
ASA Monofaro Maserati replica 1985?

No, not a Maserati replica.

Quote from: faksta on February 07, 2012, 12:56:56 AM
Jag based. Australian?

Yes, it's Jaguar-based!
Infuriatingly I can't find my source of this picture again, but there was very little information with it - just what it's based on and when it was built, not where.  So it could be Australian, yes, but I'm afraid I don't know.
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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2012, 11:43:28 AM »
Found it! It's a Paramount - Jaguar from cca 1960, Australian indeed.

Correcting myself: it was initially called LeMans Jag.
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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2012, 11:54:46 AM »
Quote from: faksta on February 07, 2012, 11:43:28 AM
Found it! It's a Paramount - Jaguar from cca 1960, Australian indeed.

Correcting myself: it was initially called LeMans Jag.

Well done!
Yes, I also just found it again myself and only logged on to change my answer to the Australian quesiton to 'yes'!

But - you still haven't fully answered the question.
Which car is it based on?
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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2012, 11:59:27 AM »
Oh, I thought Jaguar was enough. From what I could find, it was built upon a burnt Jaguar XK120 chassis.
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Re: NEH 1483
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2012, 12:20:45 PM »
Quote from: faksta on February 07, 2012, 11:59:27 AM
Oh, I thought Jaguar was enough. From what I could find, it was built upon a burnt Jaguar XK120 chassis.

That's right.  Jaguar was just a bit too unspecific..
It was built by Geoff Smedley on a burntout XK120 as you say and was originally called the LeMans Jaguar.
Only when it was sold to Kerry Cox did it change its name to Paramount Jaguar after he transferred the Paramount badge from his home-made Paramount Ford (with a Paramount chassis and Ford Consul engine) on to it!
Well done.

Here are more pictures of it - definitely Maserati-inspired although there's no mention of Maserati anywhere in the blurb about it!:

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