Name this car, for one point
Experts?
Pro's?
British based (chassis)?
Not British.
Okay, thanks
European?
European built car but most of the parts are not
Is the car then from the USA?
No, not the car, but it's made of US parts
The hubcaps are 1946 Ford.
Unusual to see a period pic of a car like that on Michelin radials...
Quote from: metalshapes on February 26, 2011, 05:10:53 PM
The hubcaps are 1946 Ford.
Unusual to see a period pic of a car like that on Michelin radials...
Correct on both. it is a European built Ford with American parts, and indeed it is a recent pic.
From a Benelux country?
No, not from one of the Benelux countries.
German?
No, go to the north
Scandinavia - in particular Sweden?
You have reached your destination sir.
Perhaps built by Bo Castenfors of Stockholm in 1951 and known as the Casten?
No sorry, that is not it.
Big hint
This particular one was built in 1950 and it was a special built to race in Sweden. There were more like this one, and they where built because in the years afther the war it was hard for some racedrivers in Sweden to buy a proper race car.
So they built their own of Ford parts from the USA
I have a couple of possibles - Claes Allander?
No.
Altough I have the two names of the man who built this particular car, it is not the question in this puzzle.
The car has quite a simple name, .......... Special V8
( do not count the dots) also used in combination with the name of the parts supplier.
I'm really guessing off the top of my head at the moment.
Further research is required!
ERL Special?
EL-Ford Special built by Erik Lundgren in 1950?
No that's not it either.
It is called 1950 Ford V8 Nordisk Special.
Yes! that's it indeed.
Built in 1950 by Sven Björklund and mechanic Olle Olsson of Järbo karrosseriverkstad
There were quite a lot of interesting Ford Specials at the Gärdesloppet / Prince Bertil Memorial. ;)