Solved NIC#931 - 1961 Eclat Formula Junior

tobytwirl · March 30, 2018, 06:08:56 PM

It's not a Quantum is it?

nicanary · March 31, 2018, 04:06:44 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on March 30, 2018, 06:08:56 PM
It's not a Quantum is it?

Earlier than 1964, and not the Quantum.

tobytwirl · March 31, 2018, 08:10:38 AM

Roach 2-Ford?

tobytwirl · March 31, 2018, 08:14:35 AM

Zeter

nicanary · March 31, 2018, 08:15:10 AM

Neither, nor.....

tobytwirl · March 31, 2018, 08:17:51 AM

Mandt Deke? Norcon-Ford? Fiasco?

nicanary · March 31, 2018, 08:25:05 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on March 31, 2018, 08:17:51 AM
Mandt Deke? Norcon-Ford? Fiasco?

None of those. The year is 1961.............

tobytwirl · March 31, 2018, 08:26:36 AM

Allimo? Yeovil? Sunray? (That's the end of the 1962 cars in the race results)

tobytwirl · March 31, 2018, 08:39:13 AM

1961 fj cars .............. Auto Union or DKW-Auto Union Special, Bandit-Ford, Testadoro, Davis Special ........... please let it be one of these?

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nicanary · March 31, 2018, 12:07:08 PM

It's not in your last two posts!

The driver later drove a Lotus 27 - possibly because his home-built car was not much good. The photo was taken at Seafair.

tobytwirl · March 31, 2018, 08:33:24 PM

Thank you for putting me out of my misery - it is Pierrre Phillips in the Eclat formula Junior.

There are rather more obscure

tobytwirl · March 31, 2018, 08:35:19 PM

There are rather more obscure formula junior cars than I imagined .......................

nicanary · April 01, 2018, 06:08:49 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on March 31, 2018, 08:35:19 PM
There are rather more obscure formula junior cars than I imagined .......................

Indeed. None of these cars are mentioned in familiar reference books - thus I could not provide extra information. Even race programmes don't state the make of engine fitted.

A Google search reveals that a Pierre Phillips still trades as a race preparation business in Portland, Oregon. Assuming he was a young man in 1961, thus born around 1940, it's feasible that this is one and the same person.

A point earned from persistency and knowing where to look.

tobytwirl · April 01, 2018, 06:50:38 AM

Thank you

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Solved NIC#931 - 1961 Eclat Formula Junior