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Alta unknown

Alta unknown in Mask of Dust, Movie, 1954 IMDB

Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin: UK

Alta unknown

[*][*][*][*] Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

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Lateef NO

◊ 2021-09-25 19:37

 [Image: 12r6.jpg] [Image: 12r7.jpg] [Image: 12r9.jpg] [Image: 12r12.jpg]
Interior/engine:
[Image: 12ri1.jpg] [Image: 12ri2.jpg] [Image: 12ri5.jpg]
Doubles:
[Image: Vehicle 1558959] [Image: Vehicle 1558903]
Others:
[Image: 17r1.jpg] [Image: 17r2.jpg] [Image: 17r3.jpg]
[Image: 17r5.jpg] [Image: 17r8.jpg] [Image: 17r9.jpg]
#17, raced by main character Peter Wells played by Richard Conte in the first race.
[Image: 15r3.jpg] [Image: 15r5.jpg] [Image: 15r6.jpg]
#15
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#16

s13a LT

◊ 2021-09-26 23:35
Lateef wrote [Image: 17r5.jpg]


Was digging around and came across a picture of this Alta 1.5 GP from 1954 :
[Image: 33329639833_e3349ef33f_c.jpg] Flickr picture(s) by @baffalie

The side profile fits, however the nose is different (among other noticeable differences) :
[Image: 33329640213_29e90c4149_c.jpg]

Maybe the nose was replaced during the shooting so that the race car wouldn't be recognized in real life :think:

-- Last edit: 2021-09-26 23:43:09

andrepa DE

◊ 2021-09-27 16:42

 :king: here an Alta 1.5 GP in 1962 with even lower nosehole, good idea of interchangeable nose it was.
[Image: aus62-alta-f1.jpg]
http://8w.forix.com/alta.html
they experimented with muffler, too.

Lateef NO

◊ 2021-09-27 16:43

 Probably modified this way to resemble a Ferrari - this one is shown frequently in its place - easy to tell the fake Ferraris apart from the real ones by the number placement.

johnfromstaffs EN

◊ 2021-09-27 19:20

 It is not easy to find definitive evidence, but as far as I can see, Alta only built 3 cars of this shape. GP1, GP2 & GP3. No cars appear to have been built for this type of racing after 1952, when Alta concentrated on supplying engines for HWM and Connaught. If it can be shown that Alta built such cars into 1954 I shall be happy to change my view.

GP4 appears to have been started but not finished, (by the works), and may be the red car in the pictures.

-- Last edit: 2021-09-28 09:13:22

andrepa DE

◊ 2021-09-28 00:25

 Thank you John, for your expertise, so i have deleted 1954 for MY
Have been digging for HWM and Connaught that period, too.

johnfromstaffs EN

◊ 2021-09-28 09:37

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connaught_Engineering

Entries, but relatively few finishes, in British GP. I was at Silverstone for the ‘58, but don’t remember a lot about it!

-- Last edit: 2021-09-28 09:41:04

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