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Title: Solved - NEH 4693: Roger Penske Telar Special - 1961
Post by: Carnut on June 01, 2016, 07:55:55 AM
What's this, by whom, from when - for 1 point?:

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Title: Re: NEH 4693
Post by: nicanary on June 01, 2016, 03:30:12 PM
 :thumbsup:
Title: Re: NEH 4693
Post by: galrot on June 04, 2016, 11:00:31 AM
Cooper link?
Title: Re: NEH 4693
Post by: Carnut on June 04, 2016, 01:40:48 PM
Quote from: galrot on June 04, 2016, 11:00:31 AM
Cooper link?

None.
Title: Re: NEH 4693
Post by: Carnut on June 07, 2016, 06:03:39 AM
Quote from: Carnut on June 04, 2016, 01:40:48 PM
Quote from: galrot on June 04, 2016, 11:00:31 AM
Cooper link?

None.

I might have misled you with this reply and I believe it might in fact be a re-used Cooper Monaco body..
I thought it was just a copy, sorry.
Title: Re: NEH 4693
Post by: Carnut on June 16, 2016, 04:47:40 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: NEH 4693
Post by: Willie McCrum on June 16, 2016, 07:31:36 AM
Genie ?
Title: Re: NEH 4693
Post by: Carnut on June 16, 2016, 07:35:15 AM
Quote from: Willie McCrum on June 16, 2016, 07:31:36 AM
Genie ?

No..
Title: Re: NEH 4693
Post by: sixtee5cuda on June 16, 2016, 02:40:12 PM
Cooper-Maserati Telar Special for Roger Penske, from about 1961
Title: Re: NEH 4693
Post by: Carnut on June 17, 2016, 03:55:10 AM
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on June 16, 2016, 02:40:12 PM
Cooper-Maserati Telar Special for Roger Penske, from about 1961

Indeed.
Well done.
Other pics:
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4693: Roger Penske Telar Special - 1961
Post by: nicanary on June 17, 2016, 04:27:12 AM
I'm fairly sure there was no Maserati involvement. The confusion may be due to the Maserati Birdcage which Penske had driven the year before, which was also named the Telar Special (he had sponsorship from du Pont and I assume this was one of their brand names).

This Cooper is chassis CM/2/61, one of three built in this style, and this was supplied to Penske as a rolling chassis "sans" engine and gearbox. All the records on "a certain site" claim the car was Climax FPF powered. Most reference books claim that this body style was selected by John Cooper especially to appeal to American taste and thus sales.