solved - NYH - Road n track le mans coupe design 1960

Paul Jaray · September 30, 2007, 06:00:40 PM

Hi guys, what is that?
I'm asking you 'cause I don't know!

grobmotorix · October 01, 2007, 12:08:16 PM

Nothing to guees here. Maybe it would be better to rename the pics if they tell you everything. Mr.Shorey won´t mind, but...

Paul Jaray · October 01, 2007, 12:36:01 PM

OK it was written,but this is not a quiz...the only info and pics I've on this car is in that name...I'm looking for some more...Sorey won't help....

grobmotorix · October 01, 2007, 01:11:31 PM

No problem.

If you´ve got more information - perfect!

I don´t know more, to be honest. The wheelbase is ultra-short. Maybe it´s based upon a small car, too. Maybe I´m totally wrong...

Paul Jaray · October 01, 2007, 01:16:56 PM

I'm looking for more info and pictures but searching john bond or le mans there are a lot of item but nothig useful...

grobmotorix · October 01, 2007, 01:25:52 PM

There may be a chance to find somthing when you know this fact:

John R. Bond was the longtime editor and publisher of Road & Track magazine, so this could have been a R+T-special project...

Paul Jaray · October 01, 2007, 01:30:33 PM

Good trail, thank you!

grobmotorix · October 01, 2007, 01:31:50 PM

Well, our american friends and guessers will know more, I´m sure!

Paul Jaray · October 29, 2007, 05:21:57 PM

I found it......well I'll give you the point, grobmotorix even if I do too deserve one....

Carnut · January 29, 2010, 11:15:10 AM

Second one for today and it's another easy one - for 1 point:

Paul Jaray · January 29, 2010, 12:34:23 PM

Repost..

Carnut · January 29, 2010, 02:18:29 PM

Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 29, 2010, 12:34:23 PM
Repost..

Thought is very odd that this one hadn't featured before but I Searched using all the names I have for it and found nothing.... It must have some more!

Can it be merged then please?

CyCarConsulting · January 29, 2010, 10:06:52 PM

1960 Bond LeMans

Carnut · January 30, 2010, 08:57:45 AM

I posted this as "Johnson's Victress Coupe Le Mans 1959" which is how it is described on various websites.
Doesn't seem to bear much relation to how it was described when featured earlier...
No wonder it didn't show up in my Search!

targhediferro · November 04, 2013, 07:25:10 AM

Can you identify this car, engine and maker.

mekubb · November 04, 2013, 09:22:51 AM

1960 Victress by Alton Johnson, powered by a Corvette engine

targhediferro · November 04, 2013, 09:36:13 AM

That's right...and quick.

Carnut · November 04, 2013, 11:42:50 AM

Re-posted again so merged again...!

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=11021.msg89147#msg89147

D-type · November 04, 2013, 02:18:52 PM

I'm puzzled, is the subject of this puzzle:
(a) An artist's impression of the design for a Le Mans Coupe commissioned in 1960 by John R. Bond of Road and Track?
or is it:
(b) An actual car, the Corvette-engined Victress built by Alton Johnson in 1959?

sixtee5cuda · November 05, 2013, 12:16:25 AM

I believe these are two different Victress Lemans coupes. One by Road and Track, one by Alton Johnson

autospeurder · November 05, 2013, 02:27:34 AM

Dear Friends

The picture in the beginning of this puzzle is invisible. Can somebody fix this
Someone who probably can solve the questions about this car is Geoff Hacker alias Mr Forgotten Fibreglass.

Otto Puzzell · November 05, 2013, 03:45:32 AM

He's already written on the subject. Interestingly, Alton Johnson was involved in both cars (and likely other Victress LeMans coupes that may have been built).

"Alton Johnson was an Art center student and Victress employee who worked on his LeMans Coupe on the off hours at Victress. The car mold and bodies were actually built by Marvin Horton, Ed Monegan, and Alton Johnson. Alton built his car from the first body taken from the mold"

I'm not sure why the pictures are not visible. I can see them OK.

Carnut · November 05, 2013, 08:01:03 AM

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on November 05, 2013, 03:45:32 AM
He's already written on the subject. Interestingly, Alton Johnson was involved in both cars (and likely other Victress LeMans coupes that may have been built).

"Alton Johnson was an Art center student and Victress employee who worked on his LeMans Coupe on the off hours at Victress. The car mold and bodies were actually built by Marvin Horton, Ed Monegan, and Alton Johnson. Alton built his car from the first body taken from the mold"

I'm not sure why the pictures are not visible. I can see them OK.

I can't see them either, except by clicking on the caption and downloading them, when they appear in Windows Photo Viewer. As mentioned elsewhere, this problem affects about 30 or 40 pct of the pictures here now and I think must be a problem with the AP software, although why it affects some people and not others is a mystery..

D-type · November 05, 2013, 08:03:43 AM

They all show for me, using Firefox on a basic spec PC.

Carnut · November 05, 2013, 08:08:56 AM

Quote from: D-type on November 05, 2013, 08:03:43 AM
They all show for me, using Firefox on a basic spec PC.

Everything showed for me too, up until about 2 weeks ago. Now they don't, and I know others on here have the same problem.

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solved - NYH - Road n track le mans coupe design 1960