Solved NIC#943 - 1954/55 BRM-Jaguar Mk1

[nicanary]

A car which has me mystified. What is it called?

[nicanary]

Experts?

[tobytwirl]

Looks like a Mistral body, so is it an early Fairthorpe??

[nicanary]

Looks like a Mistral body, so is it an early Fairthorpe??

It looks like a Mistral body to me, too. I actually know very little about the car, but it has no Fairthorpe connection AFAIK.

[tobytwirl]

So has it got a name like EJS-Climax where we need to know the engine?

[nicanary]

So has it got a name like EJS-Climax where we need to know the engine?

You're on the right lines. All I know is the name of the car and the approximate year it was built. The title of the car is a real headache and appears to make no sense, but identifying the engine would be a good start.

[tobytwirl]

Climax?

[nicanary]

Climax?

No.

[tobytwirl]

Ford?

[nicanary]

Ford?

No.

[tobytwirl]

Austin/Morris

[nicanary]

Austin/Morris

No.

[tobytwirl]

Daimler V8?

[tobytwirl]

MG

[nicanary]

Neither Daimler V8 nor MG.

[tobytwirl]

Jaguar?

[nicanary]

Jaguar?

Yes. This car is powered by Jaguar.

[tobytwirl]

Now  I am stuck. There were a number of Microplas-Jaguars, with various chasses, but typically on shortened xk120 underpinnings.  I have not managed to find any reference to this one. Presumably it has a unique name. Is it's history British?

[nicanary]

Now  I am stuck. There were a number of Microplas-Jaguars, with various chasses, but typically on shortened xk120 underpinnings.  I have not managed to find any reference to this one. Presumably it has a unique name. Is it's history British?

That's the problem. I found the car by accident, like so many puzzles, and I can find nothing more that this one image and its caption. However, the caption carries a distinctive name for the car, and I believe it to be correct. AFAIK it has always been British.

[D-type]

Is the name a person's name, like Jordan or an animal name like Shark?

[nicanary]

Is the name a person's name, like Jordan or an animal name like Shark?

Three initials, and they're ones which will surprise and mystify. It's called a XXX-Jaguar.

[gilescooperuk]

Ah well there are only 16700 possible combinations shouldn't take too long....

Seriously are these initials something recognisable as a car thing.


ERF?

[D-type]

Obviously not an HWM-Jaguar although it does somewhat resemble one.  One of the E-Type ERAs was at one time re-engined with a Jaguar engine and fitted with a sports car body but this isn't it either. 
Is it a set of initials that we would recognise?

[nicanary]

It's not ERF or HWM.

The three initials are instantly recognisable to a car enthusiast.

[D-type]

RGS?
The Atalanta had a Jaguar engine I think.