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Re: NEH 2936
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2013, 08:31:22 AM »
Ghia-Aigle cabrio on a Jaguar MK-VII chassis, 1952, Michellotti designed

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Re: NEH 2936
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2013, 09:21:18 AM »
Ghia-Aigle cabrio on a Jaguar MK-VII chassis, 1952, Michellotti designed

Yes.  And I thought this car was hardly known, esp. because it seems never to have been pictured on AP before, yet a Rookie gets it instantly!
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Re: Solved - NEH 2936: Jaguar Mk VII Cabriolet by Ghia-Aigle - 1953
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2013, 09:36:14 AM »
Dierkes' Ghia-Aigle page shows almost all of them..

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Re: Solved - NEH 2936: Jaguar Mk VII Cabriolet by Ghia-Aigle - 1953
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2013, 09:39:39 AM »
Dierkes' Ghia-Aigle page shows almost all of them..

Yes it does, as long as  you're looking for a Ghia-Aigle car!

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Re: Solved - NEH 2936: Jaguar Mk VII Cabriolet by Ghia-Aigle - 1953
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2013, 09:46:05 AM »
Rather ugly, isn't it?

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Re: Solved - NEH 2936: Jaguar Mk VII Cabriolet by Ghia-Aigle - 1953
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2013, 10:10:39 AM »
Interesting....

At the correct angle, it looks as if it might have been inspired by the contemporary Alvis TD21 which is what I thought it was at first.
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Re: Solved - NEH 2936: Jaguar Mk VII Cabriolet by Ghia-Aigle - 1953
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2013, 10:33:01 AM »
Rather ugly, isn't it?

It is a bit ungainly, but then the car on which it is based was hardly sprightly..
The grille is interesting and I wonder if that was what influenced the 'new' shape of Jaguar grille from the Mk X onwards?
Of course back in the early fifties Jaguar saloons all had a very upright 1930s/40s style grille.
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Re: Solved - NEH 2936: Jaguar Mk VII Cabriolet by Ghia-Aigle - 1953
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2014, 02:59:49 PM »
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