NigelG Posted August 18, 2021 Share #15901 Posted August 18, 2021 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) I think this one has more HP under the bonnet...😀 "Island Rovers" do engine swaps (LR purists look away NOW) https://www.longislandrovers.com/?lightbox=dataItem-kobtmrqr Edited August 18, 2021 by NigelG Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 18, 2021 Posted August 18, 2021 Hi NigelG, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted August 19, 2021 Share #15902 Posted August 19, 2021 On 8/18/2021 at 5:28 PM, wlaidlaw said: I had a FFR Airportable Mk.2 with twin dynamos, 12V and 24V, I assume the latter for the radio transceivers. Wilson Correct Wilson - military vehicle mounted radios of that era needed 24V. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted August 19, 2021 Share #15903 Posted August 19, 2021 Nigel, not a Perentie. S111 109" as you say, built under license from CKD with a lot of local content, probably at the Enfield plant, between '73 and '83. The Perentie was a later model on the coil sprung chassis as far as I can see. If you have the chassis or VIN number, might be able to source some additional information Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted August 19, 2021 Share #15904 Posted August 19, 2021 (edited) I think from memory it’s a ‘74 or ‘76. (As someone born/raised in Solihull I’m sometimes embarrassed by my lack of LR knowledge/enthusiasm...) I think you should probably “press-on” with the next one Edited August 19, 2021 by NigelG Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted August 20, 2021 Share #15905 Posted August 20, 2021 I'll throw it open for anyone to post a photo then, 'fraid I have nothing suitable at present and "work" is getting in the way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted August 22, 2021 Share #15906 Posted August 22, 2021 Graham, alloow me to take a crack at this - I am posting this more or less as 'filler' material to excercise 'the little gray cells' until the next puzzle car that hopefully engages wider interest. This one is a one-off, definetely historic, yet not very well known, not even among the cognoscenti, but interesting nevertheless..............and no, it's not a Ferrari Testa Rossa. JZG Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4261634'>More sharing options...
NigelG Posted August 22, 2021 Share #15907 Posted August 22, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) Is it Jaguar engined? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted August 23, 2021 Share #15908 Posted August 23, 2021 No it is not, in fact, not an in-line six motor. JZG Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted August 23, 2021 Share #15909 Posted August 23, 2021 Thanks - one fruitless line of enquiry abandoned, many still to go....🙄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 23, 2021 Share #15910 Posted August 23, 2021 The tyres are L section Dunlop historic racing (originally R5's), so I would guess 1960's. A US built low production or maybe one off race car on a Corvette chassis? Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 23, 2021 Share #15911 Posted August 23, 2021 It also makes me thing of one of the Testarossas Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 23, 2021 Share #15912 Posted August 23, 2021 23 minutes ago, stuny said: It also makes me thing of one of the Testarossas It does have a flavour of the Pontoon bodied Scaglietti 250TR cars but the wing tops are quite different. Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted August 23, 2021 Share #15913 Posted August 23, 2021 3 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: The tyres are L section Dunlop historic racing (originally R5's), so I would guess 1960's. A US built low production or maybe one off race car on a Corvette chassis? Wilson Very perceptive, Wilson. It is a very low production example with only three chassis constructed in 1962, although it uses a Corvette engine only, not the entire chassis.....definitely on the right track though - no pun intended. Yes, Stuart, it is reminiscent of the 'privateer' version of the Ferrari Testarossa race car series, which were built for aerodynamic reasons, whereas this car's fenders look as they do for reasons of complying with various U.S.race-car class rules. When the subject of fenders on this car is understood and clarified, you will have your answer / solution. A further crop to help things along. JZG Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4261866'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted August 24, 2021 Share #15914 Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) Since it appears that no further guesses are forthcoming, here's the story behind this 'puzzle car'. It's Frank Kurtis's last Hurrah. After founding Kurtis Kraft to build quarter-midget racers in the '30s, he went on to build more than 110 Indianapolis race cars, Formula 1 cars, and in total produced more than 2000 midgets, drag racers, sports cars as well as road cars. This creation, called the Kurtis Aguila, was the last car he ever had a hand in producing in 1962 to fulfill a request by Texas-based motorcyle racer-turned-racecar-driver Herb Stelter for a car he could race in the sports car class. Herb also had the idea that if the fenders were removable he could enter the car in the then newly proposed Formula 366 open wheel class with 6-liter V8s ( which never advanced beyond the planning stage ) so he could participate in more events. Quoting the essential Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance handbook every attendee receives "Sadly, Stelter didn't have the ability to manage the extreme power-to-weight ratio of his 327 cu.inch Chevrolet-powered new car, and although he out-qualified the opposition frequently, he also often crashed. With the introduction of rear-engined sports cars, the Aguila wasn't the success he hoped for and it was retired in 1965." The specs of the car are fairly standard Kurtis Kraft fare for the period: Kurtis chrome-moly steel tubing ladder frame, 88" wheelbase, Kurtis solid rear axle with Halibrand 'Quik change' rear end, modified 327 cu. in.Chevy motor with triple Stromberg carbs, coupled to a Borg-Warner T-10 4-speed gearbox with Halibrand magnesium wheels all around - weight 1650 lbs. SL / 24-90 V.E. JZG Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited August 24, 2021 by John Z. Goriup 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4262828'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted August 24, 2021 Share #15915 Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) .........and an image during the Pebble Berach Tour d'Elegance prior to being exhibited on the lawn, showing what seem like fairly odd proportions with the driver /owner in the car. Whoever wishes to take the next turn............please have at it. JZG Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited August 24, 2021 by John Z. Goriup 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4262829'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 24, 2021 Share #15916 Posted August 24, 2021 I wonder if Herb Stelter instructed Frank not to put his usual shark playing a chrome plated mouth organ grille on it 😀 Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
motard Posted August 27, 2021 Share #15917 Posted August 27, 2021 Am 24.8.2021 um 20:41 schrieb John Z. Goriup: Whoever wishes to take the next turn............please have at it. since there hasn`t been another picture since tuesday I dare to post one: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4264934'>More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted August 28, 2021 Share #15918 Posted August 28, 2021 Hello Motard, Could this be a Swedish car? Best Regards, Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted August 28, 2021 Share #15919 Posted August 28, 2021 Well it’s a lovely <little> picture but it’s not Swedish...😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted August 28, 2021 Share #15920 Posted August 28, 2021 Tha tlooks a lot like an Amal Monoblock carburetor, as used primarily on british motorcycles. The color would probably make most think that it's an italian open-wheeled single-seat race car, but I'll guess it's English. JZG Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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