Re: replicas (SS100)..

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Of course, greg, one must remember that the drive train of the REAL 
SS-100  was nothing to write home about as it consisted of a roughly  
2.5 liter OHV Meadows or Anzani off-the-shelf I-6 motor with probably 
60-70 horsepower (in the modern sense. England used funny HP ratings in 
those days (most likely for tax purposes) and I never have seen any 
real correlation between modern HP figures and the old English ones.). 
It's altogether possible that as neat as an SS-100 replica with a 4.2 
liter, 265 HP XK-E engined SS-100 replica would be, the more prosaic 
Ford I-6 truck motor would likely be more in keeping with the real 
thing.

I still insist, however that SOMEBODY in England  made an SS-100 
replica during the early '60's using a more modern XK drivetrain. I 
know I've seen one and read about it. Problem is, it was a long time 
ago and I don't remember the details.

George Graves
GTV-6 3.0 S


On Sunday, Aug 3, 2003, at 14:11 US/Pacific, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:21:39 +0000 (GMT)
> From: greg@domain.elided
> Subject: replicas (SS100)..
>
> So this got me curious, and a quick google revealed
> http://www.intermeccanica.org/vehicles/squire/squiress100.htm where the
> first paragraph is:
>
> The Squire SS-100 is an almost exact, full size replica of the 1937 - 
> 1939
> Jaguar SS-100. The car was commissioned by Auto Sport Importers, Inc. 
> of
> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and made by Automobilli Intermeccanica in
> Trofarello, Italy between 1970 and 1975, reportedly by Fiat technicians
> who were moonlighting evenings and weekends.
>
> So, it would appear there is an interesting italian twist to at least
> these replicas. :)
>
> Of course, their beauty is truly only skin deep. It looks like these 
> used
> Ford underpinnings, and not jaguar components.
>
> That site has an interesting list of cars, but the most odd has to be
> http://www.intermeccanica.org/vehicles/mustangsw/mustangsw.htm.
>
> - --
> AC here
> - --
>
> The jaguar SS100, not to mention all kinds of other kit cars and 
> "custom"
> cars are interesting, but I just about never see any Alfas. Did anyone
> (individual or company) set to out seriously make Alfa kit cars or Alfa
> replicas?
>
> Greg
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