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Solved - MJW #120 - Sports Racing Part 1

Started by woodinsight, November 26, 2010, 12:45:10 AM

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Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

woodinsight


woodinsight

Quote from: Djetset on December 06, 2010, 01:51:40 PM
Is #1 the Viotti 4CV shown at the 1955 Turin Show?
I'm not familiar with the Viotti 4CV but this car dates from 1956.
The name I have is different.

woodinsight


faksta

#79
Quote from: woodinsight on December 06, 2010, 02:40:35 PM
Quote from: faksta on December 06, 2010, 12:25:41 PM
Is #9 a Brabham BT8 derivate?
Yes it is!


Could it be based on the car wrecked in 1964 by Epstein/Wilks duo? I simply want to know something about it - never heard of any BT8 Coupes - it was not MRD's own project, I suppose?

woodinsight

Quote from: faksta on December 06, 2010, 02:59:01 PM
Quote from: woodinsight on December 06, 2010, 02:40:35 PM
Quote from: faksta on December 06, 2010, 12:25:41 PM
Is #9 a Brabham BT8 derivate?
Yes it is!


Could it be based on the car wrecked in 1964 by Epstein/Wilks duo?
The photo shows Clive Lacey racing the Brabham BT8 coupe at Brands Hatch in 1968.
I'm not sure if its the Epstein/Wilks car that was wrecked in 1964, I'd have to do some research on that.

faksta

Now that you have uncovered the driver, looks like I was right - according to Allen Brown's amazing site, chassis SC-4-64, wrecked by Jackie Epstein in 1964 and raced by Clive Lacey through 1966-1968.

woodinsight


barrett

#6 - 1953 Scampolo 750 Barquette, based on DKW mechanicals

woodinsight


faksta

Huh..amazing! I thought Scampolo only made single-seaters.

woodinsight

It's true, they made sports racing cars also.
How many I'm not sure - I'm still researching that

faksta


Djetset

#1 a Motto 4CV?

#2 1966 Piper-Ford GTS
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

woodinsight


woodinsight

#1 - not Motto
It's not the name I have. As I mentioned earlier I don't know if the body was commissioned by a separate coachbuilder.

#2 - Yes it is a Piper, but the model name I'm looking for is Piper xxx. I have the year as 1965.
Locked for you until your next reply.

Djetset

In that case #2 is a Piper GT Lotus Ford (another image below).
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

woodinsight

Yes, you are correct Djetset.
It is also referred to as a Piper SRC

woodinsight

#93
Okay - some more clues on those remaining -

#1 - the make starts with the letter G
I don't know about the body, it looks like Zagato but I can't confirm
So what I'm looking for is Gxxxxxx-Renault 4cv Coupe

#8 - it's from the USA Canada - known make - six letters
We've established it has a Jowett Jupiter engine and it is one of the first cars from this builder

#11 - we've established it's Italian
clue "it sounds as though it has a Romany connection"

#18 - it is British
clue "freezing - well she would be, it's Silverstone in the autumn"

#20 - it is Australian
clue "one-off named after a well-known surname"

Djetset

#94
Gordini would be too logical for #1 I guess  :P

Could #20 be the Cooper Type 33 Jaguar, built for Peter Whitehead in 1955?
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

woodinsight

#1 - not Gordini - builders initials were J-C. G.

#20 - not Cooper-Jaguar - surname of the constructor is the same as a very famous name current in motor sport today. I don't know very much about the car at the moment but it is a one-off if I remember.


woodinsight

#20 - good guess but sorry not that.
The name is a name of a manufacturer

Allemano

#98
#01 Jean Claude Geurie Guénard? :scratch:

woodinsight

#1 - You are almost there

Jean-Claude G.....r?

I think as it's pretty obscure the only way to solve is to bring in clues in the form of letters.