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lowdrag
Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 1585 Location: Le Mans
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject: C-Type - After 7 years, we can show the results to the world |
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Yes, it's taken seven years to get this far. She'll be painted at the end of the month and finally on show at Silverstone in July. Since no one has seen one for 57 years I hope you like it!
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22429 Location: UK
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stuchamp
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 546 Location: Iowa, USA
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Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Rick wrote: | oooo tell us more!!
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Ditto, and what is in the background in top photo? |
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lowdrag
Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 1585 Location: Le Mans
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:48 am Post subject: |
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The car itself is the aerodynamic C type Jaguar of which three were made for the 1952 Le Mans 24 hour race and of which none exist. You can see a real C type next to the car to compare the difference. The car was very slippery but due to poor preparation and testing all three broke down due to overheating. This was cured after the race by two simple modifications. Very little information exisits on the car so it took five years to collect enough material and photos, plus discussions with the two surviving drivers, to enable the work to start. While it is a complete recreation there are many original C type parts in it and it will have the becessary FIA papers to race, hopefully the Le Mans Classic next year. |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22429 Location: UK
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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:52 am Post subject: |
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Hi
Looks very interesting, have you other pics during the build?
Also ditto stuchamp's comments what is behind it in the first picture?
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7113 Location: Edinburgh
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Nic Jarman
Joined: 05 Oct 2008 Posts: 1031 Location: Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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WOW, I would love to see it in its full glory, are you taking it to any shows this year? |
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lowdrag
Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 1585 Location: Le Mans
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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The only time it will be showed properly in the UK this year is at Silverstone at the end of July. The news of this car was kept fairly quiet (one web site excepted) until we had got this far because we didn't want anyone trying to beat us to it. Mind you, they'd have had to get a move on because I took five years researching it before we lifted a steel tube to make the chassis! One of the original drivers has been immensely helpful throughout, not only with specific advice but also encouragement. There gets to be times when you wonder what you have got yourself into! I might take it down for fun to the VSCC meet the next weekend at Prescott too, then it will be back home here to Le Mans for the rest of the summer and then to Geneva in October and that's that. Probably on display all winter in the ACO museum here at Le Mans. Incidentally, I forgot to say that that is a Frazer Nash Le Mans replica behind my car in the photo. |
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SloResto
Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 36
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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Very very nice indeed lowdrag. Will you be painting it BRG and doing the air intake surround in white a la B&W minstrel? |
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lowdrag
Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 1585 Location: Le Mans
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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No, the originals were pure BRG. I think the car you are thinking of is the Hawthorn 1955 long nose D type which won Le Mans that year. Cars had different markings to identify them in those days. Mine will wear #19 in honour of Ian Stewart who has given me so much help on the project. He raced it at Le Mans in 1952. |
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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
So are you doing the build yourself or contracting people in?
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Dave |
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lowdrag
Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 1585 Location: Le Mans
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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I spent five years researching it and finding the bits here and there but the car has been built for me. I'm not frankly gifted enough. Luckily with the amrket as it is I sold one car to finance the construction and amazingly I am within the budget! |
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Rich5ltr
Joined: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 678 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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Nice work Tony, I look forward to seeing this sometime. Rich... |
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lowdrag
Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 1585 Location: Le Mans
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:11 am Post subject: |
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While the bodywork looks stunning on the outside, I am more amazed by the quality of workmanship when viewed underneath. Here is the tail section with perfect riveting and triangular access panels for the rear lights.
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