Solved: DAR 192 - 1964 Fisher Special #17 - Alfa Romeo powered

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What? When?

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Experts?

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Serenissima F1

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Serenissima F1

No -it's far more obscure

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from down under ?

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No, not from a Southern hemisphere country

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Lotus F5000 ?

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The car is not a Lotus although it did incorporate various Lotus parts in its construction.

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3litre F! engine ?

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Not a 3-litre engine.  Not a F1 engine.

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Is it Willie Forbes  in his Lotus 35 based car , nose cone inspired by Lotus 59 , photo taken at Ingliston , BMW engine

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You're in the right neck of the woods.  But it's not Willie Forbes, not Lotus 35 based, and not a BMW engine.  In this iteration, the car does have Lotus 59b bodywork.  It may well have been taken at Ingliston, but I'm not certain.

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It's the Fisher Special the 17th built in a series of 22 , Alfa powered ,Fisher was an Alf dealer in Edinburgh, Jack was a friend of Chunky and access to the  Lotus parts department

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Well done!  It's the 1964 Fisher Special powered by a 2-litre Alfa-Romeo engine.

Here's the little Information I have:
This very attractive spaceframe single seater (No 17) was originally built in 1964. Jack Fisher was good friends with Colin Chapman and this was reflected in the car originally being constructed using Lotus wheels, type 41 bodywork (later replaced by type 59B as shown here), type 41 rear uprights and type 12 front uprights. Driven by Jack's mechanic Edward Labinjoh the car raced in Formula Libre from 1964 to 1970, powered by 1600cc, 1500cc and 2000cc Alfa Romeo engines.
The car is currently fitted with a 2000cc wet sumped Alfa engine with Cosworth pistons and rods, 45mm Webers, an alloy flywheel, and a PDS rebuilt Hewland Mk 8 gearbox. The running gear has all been replaced or rebuilt and the car is running on brand new replica Minilites.