Solved - NEH 5693: Giron Alvis built on Speed 20 chassis/Speed 25 engine mid-late 1970s

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Carnut

#25
March 21, 2024, 07:55:46 AM
British yes, but not Aston Martin.
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D-type

#26
March 21, 2024, 02:49:41 PM
Jaguar?
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Carnut

#27
March 22, 2024, 07:34:11 AM
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D-type

#28
March 23, 2024, 05:26:25 PM
Ford?
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Carnut

#29
March 24, 2024, 11:58:03 AM
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sichel

#30
March 24, 2024, 01:43:58 PM
BMC?
Ein Henschel zieht am Berg und ein Mercedes
an den Türen. (and an attempt of a translation):
A Henschel in rushing up the hill, wheras in a Mercedes wind is rushing through the doors. c/o norberthanke

D-type

#31
March 24, 2024, 05:31:39 PM
Riley?
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Carnut

#32
March 25, 2024, 09:04:21 AM
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D-type

#33
March 25, 2024, 04:09:18 PM
ERA?
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Carnut

#34
March 26, 2024, 08:59:29 AM
No..
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D-type

#35
March 27, 2024, 07:10:20 AM
British 6-cylinder engine.
Not:
MG
Bristol
Aston Martin
Jaguar
Ford
BMC
Riley
ERA

Who's left?
Vauxhall?
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Carnut

#36
March 27, 2024, 07:17:38 AM
Not Vauxhall!
Who's left? The one the engine is from!
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Lavrakas

#37
March 27, 2024, 01:42:32 PM
An interesting puzzle. The photograph  looks modern. It is racing on a track rather than a hill climb. I can't imagine what category it would be racing in. It has semi-elliptics all round but with an extra radius rod at the back; wheels, tyres and brakes all rather odd. As for the engine, I would guess at Alvis, but really I haven't a clue. Further thoughts later..
The more I consider the nature of speed, the more mysterious I find it.

Lavrakas

#38
March 27, 2024, 02:07:52 PM
Rod Jolley Alvis Giron 1988.
The more I consider the nature of speed, the more mysterious I find it.

Lavrakas

#39
March 27, 2024, 02:23:08 PM
Earlier. Possibly late 70s conversion from a 1932 Speed 20 chassis with a supercharged 4.3 engine. This photo is dated June 1984.
The more I consider the nature of speed, the more mysterious I find it.

Carnut

#40
March 28, 2024, 12:55:54 PM Last Edit: March 28, 2024, 12:59:50 PM by Carnut
Yes, well done - that's the car.
It was named after Louis Giron, one-time engineer at Bugatti but latterly a technical consultant at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.
He was involved in the design and building of the car with Rod Jolley on a spare Alvis Speed 20 chassis they had lying around, but sadly died just a couple of weeks after it was first finished in the mid to late 1970s.
It was subsequently much modified to get it to handle and go properly and its final appearance was fairly different by the mid 1980s.
One point for Lavrakas and bad luck D-Type.
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nicanary

#41
March 28, 2024, 02:31:26 PM
I was waiting for that one - I can''t understand what took so long. It's very similar to the Goodwin Special Alvis.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

D-type

#42
March 31, 2024, 05:08:10 PM
I would never have thought of an Alvis engine.  Well done Lavrakas
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