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Is it just me that thinks it's odd having 6 intakes but 8 exhausts?
Quote from: StudebakerHawk on May 15, 2010, 11:14:38 AM
Is it just me that thinks it's odd having 6 intakes but 8 exhausts?
No, but you are in the minority
Experts?
McKee?
Not one of those.
Is it a British Sports Racingcar that was later converted to V8 power?
No, not a British chassis
Bumping this one up a day early, for the benefit of the racing fans in the Pro section.
from the USA?
Yes!
From the 1950s or later?
Any relation to Trevor Harris?
I looks like a Chevy V8 with a pair of triple carburetors
QuoteAny relation to Trevor Harris?
Not that I am aware of.
QuoteI looks like a Chevy V8 with a pair of triple carburetors
That's a Chevy mill, all right.
Yes! ;D
Ever-so-slightly after the 1950's
Had it been ever active as a racing car?
Has it something to do with the Lotus 19?
Quote from: Allemano on May 28, 2010, 06:31:31 AM
Had it been ever active as a racing car?
Has it something to do with the Lotus 19?
Similar suspension design, and general configuration
I think I need to see it dressed.. :sigh:
But that would be a dead giveaway! ;D
Maybe I can show a snippet....
would be fine if it's larger than 10 pixel x 10pixel ;D
see above
Looks like a Maserati...
This one is making me dizzy... I'm pretty sure I've seen it somewhere TODAY, but can't trace it back again! >:(
Quote from: Paul Jaray on May 28, 2010, 12:17:07 PM
Looks like a Maserati...
Race cars of this type and era look a lot alike. This car - not a Maserati - bears a strong resemblance to the Lotus Allemano named previously. In fact, if one were to see them side by side ;) an untrained eye might think they were the same car, or at least from the same designer's pen. But they are not.
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on May 28, 2010, 04:54:21 AM
Yes!
Damn it! I really need a vacation.
Not from the US - From our neighbor to the North.
A Cooper "Monaco"? (still don't know if it's from Canada, though)
Not that car.
The first Cooper Monaco mated to a Chevy engine underwent that transformation in 1964, IIRC, so that's too new.
This was the last racer from this designer's drawing board for a very long time. He went on to engineer very different items.
Do forename and surname of this person start with the same character?
No sir.
It could be the Sadler MK V..
It is!
Conceived and built in late 1960, the MK 5 was Bill Sadler's first rear mid-engined racer. Comstock Racing founder Chuck Rathgeb spied the car in Sadler's shop, and commissioned him to build a second example, and put up the money to sponsor both in the 1961 season. Seeing the compromises to his quality of life - his wife had left him during his 8-year building and racing stint, and citing differences with Rathgeb, Sadler closed up shop, and went back to work at Westinghouse as an electrical engineer. Moving to the US, he eared a master's degree in electrical engineering from MIT in 1966. Only many years later did Sadler return to cars, building a Formula V for himself, and participating in the vintage racing community.
Here's a shot of Sadler MkV reproduction (left) with a Lotus 19.
(http://www.autopuzzles.com/sadlerandlotus%20.jpg)
And a fully finished MK5. The resemblance to the Lotus is even stronger here - they even share a number!
(http://www.autopuzzles.com/SadlerMK5.jpg)
I like how he arranged the exhaust pipes.
The engineers of the Cooper Monaco did it later quite similar:
(http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/prjm3/img519.jpg)
I'm always wondering about the two seat configuration since I've never seen those cars co-piloted.
From the 'great minds think alike' department.
Quote from: Allemano on May 29, 2010, 06:56:46 AMI'm always wondering about the two seat configuration since I've never seen those cars co-piloted.
That was done to give girls a ride.
Aaha! :eyebrow: