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MikeE said:
Makes you wonder what the vendor of the current fibreglass replica is on then, claiming it's a Lynx when it's not, has terrible wheels, A registered and yet based on a 1959 MK IX ?!?!
TBF, they probably don't know what it is but saw the Lynx manifold and put two and two together to get five.Even there you must be careful. There is another company called Lynx in Australia who make manifolds with their name on This manifold is correct, the Australian one being in capitals and not script.
Sadly, if you read the letter the owner sent to the DVLA, the car will now be on their watch list, and anyone trying to register it will be asked for photos, then the V5 will be withdrawn until the car has passed the IVA.
Sadly, if you read the letter the owner sent to the DVLA, the car will now be on their watch list, and anyone trying to register it will be asked for photos, then the V5 will be withdrawn until the car has passed the IVA.
Edited by lowdrag on Sunday 29th January 13:51
One of my jobs at Lynx was to deter other companies who used our name and typeface on their products. We made some rather nice cast brass throttle arms for our inlet manifolds and one such product were some throttle arms made from stainless strip. There was nothing particularly wrong with them but they had our name in our script and it transpired that they came from a then unknown source in Australia, perhaps this same company mentioned above. On another occasion we had one of our inlet manifolds returned to us with a casting fault. We replaced it immediately but then it caught our collective eyes that the whole thing was badly made and badly machined, in fact not our product at all despite the Lynx name on it. This was being made, I discovered, by a very well known name in the UK, another C&D letter. The worst example was a complete Eventer being made in Belgium, it had a full length glass fibre roof with no strengthening whatever anywhere, I shudder to think what would have happened if it had been driven over a hump back bridge! Sadly this behaviour became increasingly common in the late 80s and I spent much time trying to stamp it out.
Talking of D Type fins it is perhaps worth clarifying that there were two different fins, one for the short nose car which has a shorter fin tacked onto the existing headrest whilst the long nose car has a faired in fin which goes right to the back of the car. I believe that Ecurie Ecosse at one time used a long nose with a tack on fin tail but that was an exception.
Talking of D Type fins it is perhaps worth clarifying that there were two different fins, one for the short nose car which has a shorter fin tacked onto the existing headrest whilst the long nose car has a faired in fin which goes right to the back of the car. I believe that Ecurie Ecosse at one time used a long nose with a tack on fin tail but that was an exception.
Mike-tf3n0 said:
One of my jobs at Lynx was to deter other companies who used our name and typeface on their products. We made some rather nice cast brass throttle arms for our inlet manifolds and one such product were some throttle arms made from stainless strip. There was nothing particularly wrong with them but they had our name in our script and it transpired that they came from a then unknown source in Australia, perhaps this same company mentioned above. On another occasion we had one of our inlet manifolds returned to us with a casting fault. We replaced it immediately but then it caught our collective eyes that the whole thing was badly made and badly machined, in fact not our product at all despite the Lynx name on it. This was being made, I discovered, by a very well known name in the UK, another C&D letter. The worst example was a complete Eventer being made in Belgium, it had a full length glass fibre roof with no strengthening whatever anywhere, I shudder to think what would have happened if it had been driven over a hump back bridge! Sadly this behaviour became increasingly common in the late 80s and I spent much time trying to stamp it out.
Talking of D Type fins it is perhaps worth clarifying that there were two different fins, one for the short nose car which has a shorter fin tacked onto the existing headrest whilst the long nose car has a faired in fin which goes right to the back of the car. I believe that Ecurie Ecosse at one time used a long nose with a tack on fin tail but that was an exception.
Talking of D Type fins it is perhaps worth clarifying that there were two different fins, one for the short nose car which has a shorter fin tacked onto the existing headrest whilst the long nose car has a faired in fin which goes right to the back of the car. I believe that Ecurie Ecosse at one time used a long nose with a tack on fin tail but that was an exception.
CanAm said:
MikeE said:
Surely this fibreglass bodied replica can’t be a Lynx? It has V12 E-type wheels too by the look of it! Here
And still registered as a JAGUAR MK IX.
However
the blurb still mentions Lynx manifolds ........and prepared engine ?
breathed on by Lynx !!!!
Is this correct , surely there are no parts of this car manufactured or tweaked by Lynx is this correct
Ah, the plastic Eventer! It was made by a company called Les Ateliers Reunis and as you say, was quickly brought to a halt.
As regatds the fins, Jaguar tested the D-type at Le Mans in April 1954 and found it wandered at speed on the Mulsanne so being of an aircraft background Malcolm Sayers added a fin and it worked. The short nose fin was riveted on and finished at the spare wheel trap, but the long nose was part of the shell except of course that the end was part of the spare wheel trap. Here's a photo of a long nose rear fin.
And here's a photo of the sort nose fin:-
That was taken when my short nose Lynx was having some serious uprating. As regards the Ecurie Ecosse car, only eleven long nose D-types were made and the fin was part of the shell. Are you by any chance thinking of the 1956 Le Mans winner which was a short nose?
ETA You will now note that following my intervention the subject of this thread has now had its description changed to :-
1959 Jaguar D-Type Replica (believed to be by Realm)
As regatds the fins, Jaguar tested the D-type at Le Mans in April 1954 and found it wandered at speed on the Mulsanne so being of an aircraft background Malcolm Sayers added a fin and it worked. The short nose fin was riveted on and finished at the spare wheel trap, but the long nose was part of the shell except of course that the end was part of the spare wheel trap. Here's a photo of a long nose rear fin.
And here's a photo of the sort nose fin:-
That was taken when my short nose Lynx was having some serious uprating. As regards the Ecurie Ecosse car, only eleven long nose D-types were made and the fin was part of the shell. Are you by any chance thinking of the 1956 Le Mans winner which was a short nose?
ETA You will now note that following my intervention the subject of this thread has now had its description changed to :-
1959 Jaguar D-Type Replica (believed to be by Realm)
Edited by lowdrag on Tuesday 31st January 08:52
It was indeed Les Ateliers Reunis, well remembered! I visited them as a potential customer to get a good look at the car and it was awful. I was worried that when it came to grief we, Lynx that is, would suffer by association. At the same time in Germany Arden were starting to copy the Eventer and they were a much harder nut to crack. Eventually we struck a deal in which we supplied them with all the big bits, steel roof, fuel tank, rear floor, glass, tailgate etc and they would assemble, finish and trim to their customer's specification, we were happy that they had the skills to do that. What actually happened was that we supplied one kit which they promptly copied and we supplied no more. I don't know how many they made in the end.
With regard to Ecurie Ecosse and the long nose / short tail cars I have it in the back of my mind that there were two cars like this, built as short nose but given long nose bonnets. I stand to be corrected as I can't identify them and my memory is a bit hazy on this. (Short Pause) Just been for a rummage and I have in my hand an old Brumm model of an Ecurie Ecosse D Type 376SG to which I have added a caption underneath saying '1957 Le Mans winner Bueb/Flockhart'. This has a long nose with tack on fin and tail exhausts, QED?
With regard to Ecurie Ecosse and the long nose / short tail cars I have it in the back of my mind that there were two cars like this, built as short nose but given long nose bonnets. I stand to be corrected as I can't identify them and my memory is a bit hazy on this. (Short Pause) Just been for a rummage and I have in my hand an old Brumm model of an Ecurie Ecosse D Type 376SG to which I have added a caption underneath saying '1957 Le Mans winner Bueb/Flockhart'. This has a long nose with tack on fin and tail exhausts, QED?
A slight mixing of cars I believe Mike. XKD 606 was the 1957 Le Mans winning car registration 576 SG. It was always a long nose car, and still is of course.You may be mixing it with XKD 502 that had a bad accident at Le Mans in 1958 and since Jaguar had no short nose bonnets was fitted with a long nose one. It was also modified for the 1960 race to conform with the "luggage space" rule. See these two photos. I can only describe the shape of the rear fin as looking like a Ford Anglia rear window.
The car rear end was put back to normal and stayed like that until this century an I helped out with the rebuild, the car living here at Le Mans. I did, though, manage to stop the owner fitting the car with a new long nose shell made by RS panels and I sold that to an American. You'll note the Monzanapolis air scoop fitted for cooling because at Monza the car was shredding the N/S rear tyre.
The car rear end was put back to normal and stayed like that until this century an I helped out with the rebuild, the car living here at Le Mans. I did, though, manage to stop the owner fitting the car with a new long nose shell made by RS panels and I sold that to an American. You'll note the Monzanapolis air scoop fitted for cooling because at Monza the car was shredding the N/S rear tyre.
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