Solved NIC#528 - ERA-Jaguar 2-seater of Flint & Edwards

[nicanary]

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]

Experts?

[shamrock]

Alta

[nicanary]

Not an Alta.

[shamrock]

hwm

[nicanary]

hwm

Not an HWM.

[nicanary]

This should be bigger, if my IT skills ( ) worked in any way......

[nicanary]

Pros with less than 400?

[D-type]

Cooper - MG?

[nicanary]

Cooper - MG?

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

[Allan L]

Riley engined perhaps - or even a Riley Special?

[nicanary]

Riley engined perhaps - or even a Riley Special?

Neither, I'm afraid.

[D-type]

Process of elimination: is it British?

[nicanary]

Process of elimination: is it British?

Yes.

[nicanary]

Open to all Pros.

[Allan L]

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

[nicanary]

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

Yes, it is.

[Allan L]

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]

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]

A Lister Jaguar belonging to Philip Scragg ?

[nicanary]

A Lister Jaguar belonging to Philip Scragg ?

No.

[Allan L]

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]

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]

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]

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.