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SOLVED - What car #505 - 1978 Tara Two
« on: November 14, 2008, 05:45:50 PM »
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Re: What car #505
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2008, 09:42:37 AM »
That's the Tara 2 - originally intended as an Aston Martin
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Re: What car #505
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2008, 08:14:57 PM »
Argh. Yes, it is! ;)
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Re: SOLVED - What car #505 - 1978 Tara Two
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2008, 08:34:10 PM »
Interisting car — any more infos/pics available?
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Re: SOLVED - What car #505 - 1978 Tara Two
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2008, 08:56:57 PM »
According to my source it was built on a space frame chassis, and its shape was wind tunnel tested. I've attached the image of the scale model that was used for the tests. The car's drag coefficient was as low as 0.034. And that's about all I know. Never heard of the Aston Martin bit.
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Re: SOLVED - What car #505 - 1978 Tara Two
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2008, 12:08:10 PM »
There was a big article on this in Alternative Cars magazine about 25 years ago - I will have to dig it out!
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Re: SOLVED - What car #505 - 1978 Tara Two
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2008, 05:32:28 PM »
Quote from: Quiller on November 16, 2008, 12:08:10 PM
There was a big article on this in Alternative Cars magazine about 25 years ago - I will have to dig it out!

That would be great!


Update: Let me add one more picture  ;) As I have found this prototype was designed by Tony Claydon and built Merlyn Racing Cars (the company that never made any road-legal car ??? ) in 1980.
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Re: SOLVED - What car #505 - 1978 Tara Two
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2008, 05:49:54 PM »
Got the link @re is reffering to. It seems it was a stillborn project for a new TVR. Aston Martin isn't mentioned...
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Re: SOLVED - What car #505 - 1978 Tara Two
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2008, 12:36:28 PM »
Quote from: @re on November 15, 2008, 08:56:57 PM
The car's drag coefficient was as low as 0.034.

Maybe you ment 0.34?  ;) 0.034 is like a needle's Cx...
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Re: SOLVED - What car #505 - 1978 Tara Two
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2008, 07:17:48 PM »
It says 0.034 on the web page - and I didn't say Cx ;)
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Re: SOLVED - What car #505 - 1978 Tara Two
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2008, 07:12:33 AM »
But Cx IS the drag coefficient ;)
And 0.034 is certainly too low a value for a car. Such values are seen in airplanes, because for planes one measures the cx for the wing not for the frontal area as in cars.
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Re: SOLVED - What car #505 - 1978 Tara Two
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2008, 03:53:55 PM »
Quote from: Allemano on November 26, 2008, 05:49:54 PM
It seems it was a stillborn project for a new TVR. Aston Martin isn't mentioned...

Here a bit from the article I dug out. Seems Tony Claydon hawked it around more companies than just Aston Martin and TVR!
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Re: SOLVED - What car #505 - 1978 Tara Two
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2008, 04:59:13 PM »
Yep, here are three pictures from the treasure chest - one of which is the same as the one Quiller posted, but in slightly better quality.
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Arunas' puzzle - 2016-02-07 SOLVED: Tony Claydon's Tara 2
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2016, 07:38:11 AM »
Hello All,

I invite you to try to identify this really cool mystery car!

I saw a new initiative on AP and I would like to follow it, so:
>>>This puzzle is open for everyone with less than 400 puzzle points!<<<

Good luck!
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Re: Arunas' puzzle - 2016-02-07
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2016, 08:32:02 AM »
This looks like the UK-made Tara 2, designed by occasional kit car maker Tony Claydon

I'm out and about at the moment, but will find a photo and more info as proof when I return home this evening.
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Re: Arunas' puzzle - 2016-02-07
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2016, 09:44:40 AM »
Quote from: Djetset on February 07, 2016, 08:32:02 AM
This looks like the UK-made Tara 2, designed by occasional kit car maker Tony Claydon

I'm out and about at the moment, but will find a photo and more info as proof when I return home this evening.

You're too good for this :D 8) That's the car!  :thumbsup:
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Re: SOLVED - What car #505 - 1978 Tara Two
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2016, 12:30:41 PM »
Merged.
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