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Solved - NEH 5543: John Woolley Home-made special - later became Ratso Italiano
« on: April 11, 2020, 07:31:13 AM »
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Re: NEH 5543
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2020, 03:41:16 PM »
XJS-wheels... Jaguar based?
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Re: NEH 5543
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2020, 05:02:09 PM »
The quarter vent remembers me on a car with a front, similar to the Lola Mk 6 GT: Is it the Ratso Italiano?
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Re: NEH 5543
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2020, 06:05:40 AM »
Quote from: fromwien on April 19, 2020, 03:41:16 PM
XJS-wheels... Jaguar based?

They are, but it's nothing to do with Jaguar..

Quote from: fromwien on April 19, 2020, 05:02:09 PM
The quarter vent remembers me on a car with a front, similar to the Lola Mk 6 GT: Is it the Ratso Italiano?

Very good.
It's not actually the Ratso Italiano (which has been puzzled here before) but it's the same car as it was before it was modified and became the Ratso.
So, for the point, can you tell me a bit about it - who built it, what was it based on when first built, what powers it?
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Re: NEH 5543
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2020, 07:45:05 AM »
I hope, not to follow the wrong direction...: windshield and quarterlights are Alfa Spider. Engine Ford 302 V8, tubular frame built by his own.... as also the bodywork, formed over wooden bucks.... checking my brains, I fear not to remember the builders name....
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Re: NEH 5543
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2020, 07:49:02 AM »
OK, we'll call it solved.
The original basis was an Alfa Spider, yes, although I'm not sure there's much of it left..
That's the engine and I believe the car was built by John Woolley, so we'll call it the John Woolley Home-made special later known as Ratso Italiano! (see https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2012-41/solved-neh-1563-ratso-italiano/msg199038/#msg199038 )
Well done.
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Re: Solved - NEH 5543: John Woolley Home-made special - later became Ratso Italiano
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2020, 09:15:11 AM »
Thanks for the point. Yes, now as you say it, I remembered the name....
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