Another mystery car
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Well I'm still equally convinced that the it is related the Arnott due to a number of idiosyncrasies both cars share, but I have not been able to locate any information about Arnott at all. I done numerious search on the internet and come to the conclusion that nothing of the information that I'm looking for have been published online. I've also posted this on four different forums (here, vwvortex, coachbuild.com and autosport.com) and I have basically not really gotten anything more. I was told that I could perhaps contact a Duncan Rabagliati as he was said to be both a owner of a Arnott and knowledgeable about obscure British cars of the period, but he have not answered my e-mail. I'm not really sure where to go from here as there simply does not appear to be any places to find information about the company in. I've found no mentions of any books or anything. I would guess our best bet would be searching through old motorsport magazines from the late '50s and early '60s, but I do not have that available.
Edited by galro on Wednesday 2nd March 16:23
BTW: As people here appreciated the cars "found" when searching for this mystery car, here is another one that I wasn't really aware of: The 1955 Aston Martin DB3S re-bodied by F.L.M. Panelcraft in 1956. The body was later scrapped to "avoid anyone obtaining it and faking up a second DB3S" and the chassis was fitted with a replica Aston Martin body. Silly if you ask me (which no one did hence it being scrapped), the coupé deserved to live on even if it meant being on another chassis.
Interesting coupe. Many of the original DB3 cars were rebodied, after its poor race performance, but it is unusual to see a fairly new DB3S being rebodied.
Aston Martin's own DB3S coupe design was not a success and I think they were all converted to open cars, although there are now some coupe replicas.
Aston Martin's own DB3S coupe design was not a success and I think they were all converted to open cars, although there are now some coupe replicas.
I'm not that familiar with the DB3S, but it can seems like this coupé is still with us. I'm not sure how up to date this site is, but it does not mention it being cut up like it does with another car at least:
http://astonuts.free.fr/PAGES/DB3SFHCE.html
http://astonuts.free.fr/PAGES/DB3SFHCE.html
I found the private advert below in the classifieds in Motorsport magazine Dec 1961 page 67
Perhaps the most beautiful 1172 Special built. Metallic blue aluminium bodywork of real character. Highly tuned motor, 4 speed c/r box. Good tyres, weather equipment. Fast and economical £325, 1 Hazelhurst Crescent, Worthing, Sussex
Perhaps the most beautiful 1172 Special built. Metallic blue aluminium bodywork of real character. Highly tuned motor, 4 speed c/r box. Good tyres, weather equipment. Fast and economical £325, 1 Hazelhurst Crescent, Worthing, Sussex
nicanary said:
threespires said:
Is the April edition of Classic & Sportscar out yet?
Yes, and the car is not mentioned.Unless Mr Elliott comes on here to put us all out of our misery, obviously...
Oliver.
threespires said:
Duncan Rabagliati is a well known name from the past. I could be wrong but have a feeling he's no longer with us. I seem to remember his car collection sold en masse at an auction some years ago.
Duncan is indeed still with us, I have e-mailed him on the mystery car and he replied stating that it is definately not an Arnott but no other ideas. This car is proving to be very frustrating...piper said:
Duncan is indeed still with us, I have e-mailed him on the mystery car and he replied stating that it is definately not an Arnott but no other ideas. This car is proving to be very frustrating...
Perhaps he have recieved a lot of these e-mail and that's why he did not answer me. Did you ask if he knew who made the bodywork of the the Le Mans gt too? galro said:
Perhaps he have recieved a lot of these e-mail and that's why he did not answer me. Did you ask if he knew who made the bodywork of the the Le Mans gt too?
Yes I did Galro, but he does not know the answer to that one, Duncan has helped me before to try and trace a car called the Hume Cooper, so maybe thats why he replied to me..piper said:
Yes I did Galro, but he does not know the answer to that one, Duncan has helped me before to try and trace a car called the Hume Cooper, so maybe thats why he replied to me..
Thanks. I realize that I almost come across as a evangelist now, but I still believe it is connected to that car somehow. So I would guess it was either a job by a coachbuilder/individual who made another body on a different chassis, made by someone who had worked at Arnott previously or a re-skin of a old Arnott car.
Perhaps it would be possible to find the contact information for the guy who restored the car shown in the youtube video? Edit: It was restored by Vintage Motor Cars LLC.
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