Solved NIC#174 - 1960 Valour Formula Junior

nicanary · April 15, 2014, 02:21:49 PM

What is this car?

nicanary · April 29, 2014, 10:41:48 AM

Experts?

shamrock · April 29, 2014, 10:52:07 AM

ALEXIS MK 4

nicanary · April 29, 2014, 10:54:30 AM

Quote from: shamrock on April 29, 2014, 10:52:07 AM
ALEXIS MK 4

Right formula, wrong car.

shamrock · April 29, 2014, 11:05:11 AM

gemini

nicanary · April 29, 2014, 11:14:25 AM

Quote from: shamrock on April 29, 2014, 11:05:11 AM
gemini

No. Problem is, all those cars look the same! (except the front-engined ones!)

serra · April 29, 2014, 01:22:09 PM

Valour Formula Junior

My souce says it was powered by a 1100cc Cosworth Ford engine rear mounted through a Hewland Mk 4 or 5 gearbox was built out of the Huntly workshops. The car weight estimate was about 880 lbs with a height of 26 1/2 inches to the top of the screen.

nicanary · April 29, 2014, 03:30:43 PM

Yes. It was built in 1960 by Auto Research in New Zealand, and was the first production racing car from that country. The company later went on to build a series of Formula Vee cars.

shamrock · April 30, 2014, 04:56:20 AM

a make I have never seen before

Carnut · April 30, 2014, 05:29:56 AM

Quote from: shamrock on April 30, 2014, 04:56:20 AM
a make I have never seen before

No, this one is just about as obscure as they come...

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Solved NIC#174 - 1960 Valour Formula Junior