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Solved NIC#1026 - 1952 Alta-Jaguar of Phil Scragg
« on: January 06, 2019, 09:46:05 AM »
What is this car, who owned it, and who built the body?
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Re: NIC#1026
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2019, 07:28:08 AM »
ALTA based
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Re: NIC#1026
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2019, 08:16:53 AM »
Quote from: knewit on January 07, 2019, 07:28:08 AM
ALTA based

Yes it is! I will LOCK this puzzle for you for 24 hours. Please answer my questions.
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Re: NIC#1026
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2019, 12:42:35 PM »
Phil Scragg built this "Alta-Jaguar" from an old ALTA GP chassis and a XK engine in 1952.
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Re: NIC#1026
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2019, 12:45:56 PM »
Quote from: knewit on January 07, 2019, 12:42:35 PM
Phil Scragg built this "Alta-Jaguar" from an old ALTA GP chassis and a XK engine in 1952.

Yes. That's the car. Still locked for you to find out which company made the bodywork.
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Re: NIC#1026
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2019, 01:25:59 PM »
Abecassis / HWM
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Re: NIC#1026
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2019, 01:43:55 PM »
Quote from: knewit on January 07, 2019, 01:25:59 PM
Abecassis / HWM

No. The body was made by a well-known coachbuilder. Still locked.
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Re: NIC#1026
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2019, 07:37:14 AM »
It is now 24 hours since the lock was put in place.

This puzzle image was not taken from the internet and will be difficult to find elsewhere. The information about the coachbuilder was found on the source and will be equally as difficult to track down.

I have decided to award knewit a point for identifying the car, and the puzzle is now UNLOCKED for another point available to someone.
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Re: NIC#1026
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2019, 05:11:50 AM »
Leacroft?
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Re: NIC#1026
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2019, 05:24:53 AM »
Yes! Leacroft is a name we have seen on AP many times. They built a lot of bodies for Healey as well as one-off commissions.

That's a point for you.
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Re: Solved NIC#1026 - 1952 Alta-Jaguar of Phil Scragg
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2019, 09:16:08 AM »
Is this RPG 418?  If so, it is the same car that I posted as my DAR1 puzzle, which shows the car after it emigrated to Kenya and became  KHJ 144.
https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2017-46/dar-1/
I see no need to merge the puzzles as the car is substantially different ten years later.
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Re: Solved NIC#1026 - 1952 Alta-Jaguar of Phil Scragg
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2019, 10:45:23 AM »
Yes it is! How on earth did I manage that?  It goes to show how much notice I take of what's going on around me.

I took my image from a 1952 issue of Motor Sport magazine, when the car was almost new. Quite why I didn't take note of your own puzzle is beyond me and my ageing grey matter  ;D.

Thanks for the heads-up.  As you suggest, best keep them separate.












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