Author Topic: Solved NIC#528 - ERA-Jaguar 2-seater of Flint & Edwards (Read 3323 times)

nicanary · « **on:** January 14, 2016, 02:35:24 PM »

This is the only photograph I can find of this car. I'm sorry for the poor quality, but it's cropped from a much larger image. What is this car?

nicanary · « **Reply #1 on:** March 02, 2016, 06:16:12 AM »

Experts?

shamrock · « **Reply #2 on:** March 02, 2016, 09:03:19 AM »

Alta

nicanary · « **Reply #3 on:** March 02, 2016, 09:53:27 AM »

Not an Alta.

shamrock · « **Reply #4 on:** March 02, 2016, 04:12:52 PM »

nicanary · « **Reply #5 on:** March 02, 2016, 04:29:45 PM »

Quote from: shamrock on March 02, 2016, 04:12:52 PM

hwm

Not an HWM.

nicanary · « **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2016, 06:47:48 AM »

This should be bigger, if my IT skills (

) worked in any way......

nicanary · « **Reply #7 on:** April 07, 2016, 05:07:07 AM »

Pros with less than 400?

D-type · « **Reply #8 on:** April 07, 2016, 10:26:36 AM »

Cooper - MG?

nicanary · « **Reply #9 on:** April 07, 2016, 11:11:01 AM »

Quote from: D-type on April 07, 2016, 10:26:36 AM

Cooper - MG?

Not that. There have been some good guesses so far, but this is far more obscure.

Allan L · « **Reply #10 on:** April 07, 2016, 01:03:06 PM »

Riley engined perhaps - or even a Riley Special?

nicanary · « **Reply #11 on:** April 07, 2016, 01:05:17 PM »

Quote from: Allan L on April 07, 2016, 01:03:06 PM

Riley engined perhaps - or even a Riley Special?

Neither, I'm afraid.

D-type · « **Reply #12 on:** April 07, 2016, 04:41:10 PM »

Process of elimination: is it British?

nicanary · « **Reply #13 on:** April 07, 2016, 05:07:16 PM »

Quote from: D-type on April 07, 2016, 04:41:10 PM

Process of elimination: is it British?

Yes.

nicanary · « **Reply #14 on:** April 29, 2016, 05:03:21 AM »

Open to all Pros.

Allan L · « **Reply #15 on:** April 29, 2016, 06:48:12 AM »

Hard to judge the size, but is it Jaguar-engined?

nicanary · « **Reply #16 on:** April 29, 2016, 07:18:04 AM »

Quote from: Allan L on April 29, 2016, 06:48:12 AM

Hard to judge the size, but is it Jaguar-engined?

Yes, it is.

Allan L · « **Reply #17 on:** April 29, 2016, 02:09:16 PM »

I don't know much about them, but I found there is/was an Omega-Jaguar of about 1960, built by one John Wilks, which looked similar.

nicanary · « **Reply #18 on:** April 29, 2016, 02:17:21 PM »

Quote from: Allan L on April 29, 2016, 02:09:16 PM

I don't know much about them, but I found there is/was an Omega-Jaguar of about 1960, built by one John Wilks, which looked similar.

We've had that car already on AP. It's not that. The puzzle car was only in this form for a short time.

D-type · « **Reply #19 on:** April 29, 2016, 04:28:40 PM »

A Lister Jaguar belonging to Philip Scragg ?

nicanary · « **Reply #20 on:** April 29, 2016, 05:56:33 PM »

Quote from: D-type on April 29, 2016, 04:28:40 PM

A Lister Jaguar belonging to Philip Scragg ?

No.

Allan L · « **Reply #21 on:** April 30, 2016, 03:34:23 AM »

There was a time when one of the E-type ERAs was converted to a Jaguar-powered two-seater. I can't find a photo of it but I think that this is it.
According to DSJ (who else) Directory (1987) E type ERA GP1
"caught fire in Isle of Man race in 1950. The remains were made into a Jaguar-engined sports car. Resurrected as GP1 in recent years"

nicanary · « **Reply #22 on:** April 30, 2016, 04:23:28 AM »

Quote from: Allan L on April 30, 2016, 03:34:23 AM

There was a time when one of the E-type ERAs was converted to a Jaguar-powered two-seater. I can't find a photo of it but I think that this is it.
According to DSJ (who else) Directory (1987) E type ERA GP1
"caught fire in Isle of Man race in 1950. The remains were made into a Jaguar-engined sports car. Resurrected as GP1 in recent years"

I guessed it might be yourself who solved this - Allan gets the coconut! It's ERA E-type GP1, or what remained of it, which Ken Flint and Verdun Edwards converted into a 2-seater sports car with a Jaguar 3.4-litre engine. The ERA engine ended up with Rob Walker, who fitted it to his pre-war Delage GP car. According to my information, this sports car was built in 1955, which seems a long time after the fire.

Quite naturally the "original" E-type was resurrected as the boom in Historic Racing (and values) intensified. I don't know what Jenks would think of it all - money didn't mean much to him. I think Rob Walker's Delage was destroyed in that terrible fire at his garage, but I'm not sure.

Well done!

Allan L · « **Reply #23 on:** April 30, 2016, 05:09:09 AM »

As I recall it, Rob Walker had another Delage as well as the ERA-engined one and it was the Other that was lost in the fire.

nicanary · « **Reply #24 on:** April 30, 2016, 05:13:15 AM »

Quote from: Allan L on April 30, 2016, 05:09:09 AM

As I recall it, Rob Walker had another Delage as well as the ERA-engined one and it was the Other that was lost in the fire.

Thanks. BTW I was intending to post the full-sized image but it's disappeared from the 'net! I think from memory that the car crashed at Mallory Park.

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Author Topic: Solved NIC#528 - ERA-Jaguar 2-seater of Flint & Edwards (Read 3323 times)