What car is this and when was it build ?
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Jaguar base?
No Jaguar connection
Ferrari base?
Innes Ireland connection?
Not a Ferrari and no Innes Ireland connection
from Britain?
Not from UK
Looks like a KELLISON from USA
Not a Kellison
italian?
Not from Italy
French?
Not from France
Milano body from Australia?
Nor Australian
USA?
Not from the States either
European?
Was it intended to be replica/recreation of some kind?
Ockelbo-Volvo Sports Racer built in 1953. It has an Austin-Healy 100 Chassis, 2-liter Volvo B18B engine, 4-speed manual transmission with overdrive. It produces 140 hp.
I was just going to put up a puzzle using this car... :(
Quote from: Avalanche on January 08, 2014, 09:25:34 AM
Ockelbo-Volvo Sports Racer built in 1953. It has an Austin-Healy 100 Chassis, 2-liter Volvo B18B engine, 4-speed manual transmission with overdrive. It produces 140 hp.
I was just going to put up a puzzle using this car... :(
..then it would be a re-post!
Quote from: Carnut on January 08, 2014, 11:33:31 AM
Quote from: Avalanche on January 08, 2014, 09:25:34 AM
Ockelbo-Volvo Sports Racer built in 1953. It has an Austin-Healy 100 Chassis, 2-liter Volvo B18B engine, 4-speed manual transmission with overdrive. It produces 140 hp.
I was just going to put up a puzzle using this car... :(
..then it would be a re-post!
How right you are. I thought I did a search on this one...perhaps not. The likelihood of another car of the same shape with the same number on the side is pretty slim, I'm thinking... :-\
Quote from: Avalanche on January 08, 2014, 09:25:34 AM
Ockelbo-Volvo Sports Racer built in 1953. It has an Austin-Healy 100 Chassis, 2-liter Volvo B18B engine, 4-speed manual transmission with overdrive. It produces 140 hp.
I was just going to put up a puzzle using this car... :(
Indeed it is, a point for you !
Quote from: Carnut on January 08, 2014, 11:33:31 AM
Quote from: Avalanche on January 08, 2014, 09:25:34 AM
Ockelbo-Volvo Sports Racer built in 1953. It has an Austin-Healy 100 Chassis, 2-liter Volvo B18B engine, 4-speed manual transmission with overdrive. It produces 140 hp.
I was just going to put up a puzzle using this car... :(
..then it would be a re-post!
I don't believe it is a re-post. We had the Ockelbo before and it was solved as a Ockelbo with Austin-Healey engine. My puzzle car has a Austin-Healey chassis and Volvo engine as Avalanche mentioned and a (slightly) different body. Several Ockelbo's have been made, all a bit different. The puzzle car was found in a shed a couple of years ago with the Healey chassis and Volvo engine but with a modified body. The guy from Belgium who restored the car found the right body elsewhere (in Holland) and restored it to its present condition. I enclose some more pics.
All right, the engine is different though it's still basically very similar.
Let's just provide a link to the original Ockelbo puzzle unless anyone objects:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8589.msg68331#msg68331
I agree it's similar but isn't that the same with some Alfa's or Ferrari's ? Just take your recent puzzle of the Alfa 1900 CSS ;)
Quote from: mekubb on January 09, 2014, 03:27:07 AM
I agree it's similar but isn't that the same with some Alfa's or Ferrari's ? Just take your recent puzzle of the Alfa 1900 CSS ;)
Yes, so we'll leave it as a separate puzzle.
Often with very low-production cars there aren't two the same so they can be posted as different puzzles; I've done it many times!
I have seen this very car in action just last weekend - it sounded really good and looks so classic and sleek - I really liked it!
:thumbsup: