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1955 Juno Triumph does anyone know anymore ?


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#1 arttidesco

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Posted 26 May 2015 - 17:43

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A couple of years ago Alistair Hunt drove this Juno at Crystal Palace.

 

Apart from being Triumph powered and built in 1955 there appear to be no other details about the car on the web, wondering if anyone can throw any light on who built, owned and or drove it and or any successes or otherwise it might have had ?



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#2 RStock

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Posted 26 May 2015 - 18:29

I seem to recall someone asking about that car before. I believe it's past is a bit of a mystery, however you might find something on it here...

 

http://www.500race.org/index.htm



#3 Tim Murray

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Posted 26 May 2015 - 19:19

That earlier query was from 500 expert HiRich, following up (on behalf of the 500 Owners Association) a rumour that the Juno might have once been owned by the late motoring historian David Hodges:

http://forums.autosp...s/#entry3196943

#4 rbm

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Posted 26 May 2015 - 19:40

I have pointed Alistair towards this thread.



#5 arttidesco

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Posted 26 May 2015 - 22:13

Thanks RStock, Tim and Richard it's a relief to know I have not missed anything definitive, which of course has the effect of turning my curiosity up to well off the scale :up:



#6 David Beard

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Posted 08 February 2017 - 11:35

Does anyone have anything to add to this thread?

 

I've seen the Juno and it has quite a nice little space frame chassis, which doesn't look very 1955. Somewhere I have heard that it may have been the work of the Progress Chassis company, who of course did lots of work for Lotus and also built the Progress kart.


Edited by David Beard, 08 February 2017 - 11:36.


#7 arttidesco

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Posted 08 February 2017 - 13:12

Does anyone have anything to add to this thread?

 

I've seen the Juno and it has quite a nice little space frame chassis, which doesn't look very 1955. Somewhere I have heard that it may have been the work of the Progress Chassis company, who of course did lots of work for Lotus and also built the Progress kart.

 

I drew a blank at the time I started this thread, but since then the car is being offered for sale and the blurb states the history goes "back to the seventies so Cat D."

 

Wondering what the "so Cat D" means ?



#8 Tim Murray

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Posted 08 February 2017 - 13:31

I can't add anything to help solve the mystery, but here's a nice selection of photos of the car:

http://www.barrywelc...nt;juno f3 500/

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Posted 08 February 2017 - 13:52

Although a dreadful joke, I do seem to remember being told  it being called Juno because "juno what it is?"



#10 Tim Murray

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Posted 08 February 2017 - 14:12

Wondering what the "so Cat D" means ?

From the Regulations section on the 500 Owners site:

Category A - Cars produced in The Period with complete history.
Category B - Cars produced in The Period with incomplete history.
Category C - Cars produced in The Period with no history.
Category D - Cars in the spirit of the Association ideals and standards, for use as approved by the committee on an individual basis. Category D cars are ineligible for Championship points.

'The Period' ends in 1960. The fact that Juno qualifies only as Cat D would seem to indicate that the car was built at a later stage (1970s, presumably).

#11 David Beard

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Posted 08 February 2017 - 17:21

From the Regulations section on the 500 Owners site:

'The Period' ends in 1960. The fact that Juno qualifies only as Cat D would seem to indicate that the car was built at a later stage (1970s, presumably).

 

I was thinking early 60s. I think it has it has Fiat 500 (rear engined) diff and drive shaft joints, Alford and Alder front uprights. But the wheels and and drum brakes look older, and there is a story about an earlier JAP engine...


Edited by David Beard, 08 February 2017 - 17:22.


#12 arttidesco

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Posted 08 February 2017 - 19:24

I was thinking early 60s. I think it has it has Fiat 500 (rear engined) diff and drive shaft joints, Alford and Alder front uprights. But the wheels and and drum brakes look older, and there is a story about an earlier JAP engine...

 

The 2013 Crystal Palace £5 prog says 1955 :confused:



#13 David Beard

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Posted 08 February 2017 - 19:32

The 2013 Crystal Palace £5 prog says 1955 :confused:

 

Yes, I know. It seems a great little car however puzzling its history. I hope it gets plenty of chances to compete.



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Posted 08 February 2017 - 21:10

I do know that when Henry Brooks owned this car he was sold a Triumph T100 engine that I built as part of my engineering degree at Exeter University in 1993
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Posted 10 February 2017 - 18:46

I do know that when Henry Brooks owned this car he was sold a Triumph T100 engine that I built as part of my engineering degree at Exeter University in 1993
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Please check your PMs Stuart.


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