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Title: Solved NIC#391 - 1960 Zeter Mk2 DKW Formula Junior
Post by: nicanary on April 06, 2015, 10:10:58 AM: What is this car? Please tell me the builder and the make of engine, for one point.
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: nicanary on May 17, 2015, 07:16:13 AM: Experts?
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: richard cuyler on May 20, 2015, 04:16:07 PM: Is this a home-build imported from UK to USA? The 1960 Chev in the background suggests this shot was taken in that year or perhaps a year or two later.
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: nicanary on May 20, 2015, 04:23:55 PM: Quote from: richard cuyler on May 20, 2015, 04:16:07 PM
Is this a home-build imported from UK to USA? The 1960 Chev in the background suggests this shot was taken in that year or perhaps a year or two later.

I don't have a date for the car, but I would say you're not a million years away. It was not imported, but the car was indeed from the USA.
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: nicanary on May 21, 2015, 05:24:53 AM: Further research reveals that the car was raced between 1960 and 1962.
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: richard cuyler on May 21, 2015, 06:50:55 AM: So it's a fully American car? Does it have four-wheel-drive?

Interesting that it should be towed by what seems to be an Austin Healey 3000 - that's what made me think it may have been from the UK. Just wonderfully Anglophile Americans involved then! :) :)
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: nicanary on May 21, 2015, 07:11:37 AM: Quote from: richard cuyler on May 21, 2015, 06:50:55 AM
So it's a fully American car? Does it have four-wheel-drive?

Interesting that it should be towed by what seems to be an Austin Healey 3000 - that's what made me think it may have been from the UK. Just wonderfully Anglophile Americans involved then! :) :)

The owner raced an MGA in 1957/58, so that's what the tow car could be.

The puzzle car does not have 4-wheel drive! It was built in the USA but one major component came from elsewhere in the world.
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: AlexFrance on July 05, 2015, 06:40:00 PM: Is the engine from Europe?
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: nicanary on July 14, 2015, 07:20:16 AM: Quote from: AlexFrance on July 05, 2015, 06:40:00 PM
Is the engine from Europe?

I'm very sorry, I missed this question. I was going to transfer the puzzle to the Pros, but now I'll leave it here.

YES the engine is from Europe.
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: AlexFrance on July 16, 2015, 05:07:28 PM: Is the engine from the UK?
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: nicanary on July 16, 2015, 07:08:00 PM: Quote from: AlexFrance on July 16, 2015, 05:07:28 PM
Is the engine from the UK?

Not from the UK.
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: nicanary on July 21, 2015, 11:28:44 AM: Pros?
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: oko94 on July 21, 2015, 12:38:03 PM: Zeter Mk2
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: nicanary on July 21, 2015, 12:46:20 PM: Quote from: oko94 on July 21, 2015, 12:38:03 PM
German engine ?

Yes, it is.
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: oko94 on July 21, 2015, 12:48:27 PM: Sorry, I've edited my answer meanwhile.

So it's a DKW-powered Zeter Mk2 built by John Zeitler.
Title: Re: NIC #391
Post by: nicanary on July 21, 2015, 01:07:30 PM: Quote from: oko94 on July 21, 2015, 12:48:27 PM
Sorry, I've edited my answer meanwhile.

So it's a DKW-powered Zeter Mk2 built by John Zeitler.

Yes. Well found. It was built in 1960 after he'd crashed and wrecked his self-built Mk1 - in 1957/58 he raced an MGA and I reckon that's the tow car in this photo.