Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin:
Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time
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◊ 2008-10-22 19:04 |
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◊ 2008-10-22 20:04 |
I'm pretty sure that this is a Costin designed body on a Lister Jaguar chassis. A fake grille and air scoop have been added. -- Last edit: 2008-10-23 00:12:53 |
◊ 2008-10-23 02:07 |
This site has some details of the Jaguars in the film... http://www.jaguarmodelclub.com/TVjags/TOJ%20JAG%203.JPG shows the Lister and the Tojeiro together ...and this shows an original car Link to "www.conceptcarz.com" |
◊ 2008-10-23 11:50 |
More about 'The Green Helmet' Lister WTM446 as here... "Something of a marque exponent, Coundley owned several Lister-Jaguars including a `twin-tube' car road registered as `WTM 446' that was crashed and severely damaged by Stephen Ouvaroff on the set of the MGM film, `The Green Helmet'." edit: after further research Two cars supposedly were registered as WTM446 1959 open car Lister Jaguar owned by Bill Moss 1963 space-frame closed car raced at Le Mans by Peter Sargent and Peter Lumsden In a letter to the DVLA outlining the GT Prototype's history Doug Nye wrote: "My researches lead me to believe that - while the registration `WTM 446' - was first applied in 1959 to an open-cockpit Costin-bodied sports-racing Lister-Jaguar owned by Bill Moss - this registration was plainly transferred for the Le Mans 24-Hour race to the entirely different design `spaceframe' Lister-Jaguar Coupe co-driven by Peter Sargent and Peter Lumsden http://www.classic-auctions.com/pubtendetail.php?lotid=25698&aucid=26227 Later still it was the subject of a dispute between two owners claiming ownership of the chassis and registration, which dates from 1959, as follows... "Allen Lloyd and Stefan Svenby have been in dispute for four years over the right to display the number plate WTM 446 and the chassis number BHL 126 on their 1959 Lister Jaguars. The two men left court at the end of February after a judge told them it was not his business to settle such quarrels. Mr Lloyd, whose fortune was generated by the Lloyds Pharmacy chain, sued Mr Svenby, as a result of conflicting desires by each man to lay claim to the original car that bore the disputed ID marks. That particular vehicle had not only raced in the 1963 Le Mans 24-hour race, but was also the star of the classic British racing film, The Green Helmet. Mr Lloyd claimed that Mr Svenby's car, a Lister Jaguar of a type known as the Spaceframe, was a “reconstituted wreck” and a “copy built from a kit of parts”. In response, Mr Svenby said that the other man's vehicle had been crashed soon after its Le Mans race and had lost the right to the chassis number because it spent 20 years off the road, being rebuilt." The closed coupe car is also listed on IMCDb here /vehicle.php?id=182973 -- Last edit: 2008-10-23 12:27:30 |
◊ 2008-10-23 17:38 |
Two bald men arguing about a comb... |
◊ 2014-08-08 08:09 |
Now for sale at Fiskens: http://www.fiskens.com/cars-for-sale/Lister-Jaguar-Costin/9443.htm |
◊ 2021-01-25 12:01 |
-- Last edit: 2021-01-25 12:13:40 |
◊ 2021-01-25 12:10 |
Indeed: -- Last edit: 2021-01-25 12:27:04 |