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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2008 => Topic started by: Allemano on October 10, 2008, 04:25:05 AM

Title: Solved: 62. of All., OSCA MT4 TN Special James Simpson 1955
Post by: Allemano on October 10, 2008, 04:25:05 AM
If you know this, one point will be added to your account.
Title: Re: 62. of All.
Post by: Allan L on October 10, 2008, 07:16:24 AM
Looks very like an enclosed-drive version of the 1950s EMW Rennsportwagen
Title: Re: 62. of All.
Post by: Allemano on October 10, 2008, 08:45:03 AM
It may, but it's not!
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Post by: Arunas on October 10, 2008, 09:20:02 AM
German at all?
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Post by: Allemano on October 10, 2008, 09:21:53 AM
Not at all!
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Post by: alecwolf on October 12, 2008, 11:36:31 AM
Pioneer (Pionyr) 2, from the KADI Research Institute in Kharkov. At least i think, it is.
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Post by: Allemano on October 12, 2008, 12:32:54 PM
Wrong answer, sorry!
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Post by: alecwolf on October 12, 2008, 01:21:38 PM
Hmm. It's from the East Block?
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Post by: Allemano on October 12, 2008, 01:31:27 PM
No, it isn't!
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Post by: Quiller on October 12, 2008, 03:25:40 PM
Is this the DKW Carcara from Brazil?
Title: Re: 62. of All.
Post by: Allemano on October 12, 2008, 03:32:20 PM
Not from South-America!
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Post by: Allemano on October 21, 2008, 06:25:54 PM
kicked upstairs...one more time....

Anybody of the Penthouse?
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Post by: jotage21 on October 21, 2008, 07:08:25 PM
Fageol Special
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Post by: Allemano on October 21, 2008, 07:09:17 PM
No, it's not!
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 22, 2008, 03:45:33 AM
Is it related to the Thorne LSR car?
Title: Re: 62. of All.
Post by: Allemano on October 22, 2008, 04:25:55 AM
No!

Maybe you need a second view?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 22, 2008, 04:30:29 AM
Did it run at Bonneville?

A second pic would be welcome by me and, I'm sure, many others.  :)
Title: Re: 62. of All.
Post by: Allemano on October 22, 2008, 04:45:37 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 22, 2008, 04:30:29 AM
Did it run at Bonneville?

I really don't know, but fact is that it ran more than fifteen world speed records in its class.

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 22, 2008, 04:30:29 AM
A second pic would be welcome by me and, I'm sure, many others.  :)

here it is:
Title: Re: 62. of All.
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 22, 2008, 05:01:43 AM
Not built in the US, correct?
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Post by: Allemano on October 22, 2008, 05:15:18 AM
Correct!
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 22, 2008, 05:18:44 AM
Italian?
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Post by: Allemano on October 22, 2008, 05:22:16 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 22, 2008, 05:18:44 AM
Italian?

Yes, but driven by an American!
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Post by: Ray B. on October 22, 2008, 05:36:48 AM
Sorry to come and (hopefully) steal the point, Otto: would it be the Simpson Special, built on a Osca 1500?
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Post by: Allemano on October 22, 2008, 05:45:24 AM
Yes it is, but could you specify the OSCA a little bit more?
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Post by: Ray B. on October 22, 2008, 05:52:52 AM
Quote from: Allemano on October 22, 2008, 05:45:24 AM
Yes it is, but could you specify the OSCA a little bit more?
Osca MT4 by the Maserati brothers is all I know.
Title: Re: 62. of All.
Post by: Allemano on October 22, 2008, 05:59:58 AM
As you know, in the Professional segment I have to be VERY accurately... ;)

But only TWO characters are missing..
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Post by: Ray B. on October 22, 2008, 06:18:12 AM
Is it MT4-2AD, engine 1500TN ?
Here is all the other info I could gather: chassis N°1159, engine N°1522.
"O.S.C.A. was the company the Maserati brothers set up after selling the Maserati factory to Orsi. They specialized in racing cars. This record breacker is probably one of the least known of all O.S.C.A.s, although it set no less than 18 International Records in the F Class (1.500 cc) on the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1955. Drivers were Indy ace Tony Bettenhausen and Marshall Lewis."

"engine n. 1522. 1955 cyl. 1500 cm3, body aerodinamica, -1955 James Simpson (USA); car speciale da record USA without engine and with modified chassis 1995 Italy .2000 car sold to Germany
09.09.1955 : Records a Salt Lake Utah : Bettenhausen/Lewis : 261,382 km/h : 10 km. 258,164 km/h : 10 miglia. 224,149 km/h : 50 km. 226,120 km/h : 50 miglia. 227,329 km/h : 100 miglia. 229,498 km/h : 100 miglia. 229,578 km/h : 200 km. 230,952 km/h : 200 miglia. 231,148 km/h : 300 km. 221,105 km/h : 500 km. 218,249 km/h : 500 miglia. 215,768 km/h : 1000 km. 213,877 km/h : 1000 miglia. 213,559 km/h : 2000 km. 230,220 km/h : 1 ora. 219,301 km/h : 3 ore. 216,259 km/h : 6 ore. 212.677 km/h : 12 ore. "

Title: Re: 62. of All.
Post by: Allemano on October 22, 2008, 06:23:21 AM
A well deserved point!  ;D

Strange that one source mentions Tony Bettenhausen and Marshall Lewis and the other James Simpson.
Be that as it may , the car is recently for sale here:
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