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For one point: What is this car?
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Mcnamara?
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I must admit I thought "McNamara" when it was originally posted. Is it a Formula 3 car ?
Not an F3 car
Supervee ?
No sir
Built in the U.S.A.?
Tasman racing ?
Quote from: nicanary on August 10, 2013, 06:28:17 AM
Tasman racing ?
No, but you're getting geographically closer than the earlier guesses. ;)
I can't believe it's from Asia, so is it South America ?
Tasman was not from Asia.
Not South America
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on August 10, 2013, 07:16:18 AM
Tasman was not from Asia.
Not South America
I meant that South-East Asia was closer to Australia and New Zealand than USA. So, if the car comes from somewhere closer to Australasia than the USA, then maybe - is it from Japan ?
Quote from: nicanary on August 10, 2013, 07:25:05 AM
I meant that South-East Asia was closer to Australia and New Zealand than USA. So, if the car comes from somewhere closer to Australasia than the USA, then maybe - is it from Japan ?
Oooohhhhh...right, bit slow there. Thanks for the push in the right direction.
Elfin 600 ?
Power by Ford?
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on August 10, 2013, 08:52:00 PM
Power by Ford?
As seen here, it was conceived with a different engine in mind.
Alfa Romeo power ?
It's a small engine, not a Holden for example. Toyota ?
Quote from: nicanary on August 11, 2013, 11:38:49 AM
It's a small engine, not a Holden for example. Toyota ?
Not Toyota. And be careful with those assumptions ;)
Well you've been very helpful. This is the Nota Formula 5000 prototype. I don't think it ever raced, and for the life of me I can't see how a stcok-block 5-litre V8 fitted in there - all the F5000 cars which raced had a huge lump sticking on the rear of the car which dwarfed everything else about it. Either that rolling chassis was engineless,or it used an engine substantially smaller than the maximum limit.
(I have just had a chance to check the records on The Nostalgia Forum, fountain of all wisdom on historic matters, and they reckon no Nota F5000 was ever built. The photo is probably of a Nota ANF3 Formula 3 car, with a Renault gearbox visible at the rear, and no exhaust pipes fitted, which suggests an empty engine bay. The puzzle photo is reproduced on the official Nota site with the caption of prototype F5000 car - maybe wishful thinking for a dashed dream.)
That's it. The car was originally planned around the Leyland P76's aluminum V8.