Solved: Djetset #305 - 1969 Ginetta G17 Formula 4 racer

[Djetset]

You know the routine by now...

[Djetset]

The Rookie draught continues!

[Djetset]

Up to the Pros...

[DeAutogids.nl]

That logo seems a bit Russian?

[Djetset]

The car is Russian around in this photo ( !), but it's not Russian.

[DeAutogids.nl]

Blue is the French racing colour: Is it French?

[Djetset]

No, c'est pas francaise.

[DeAutogids.nl]

British?

[Djetset]

Yes.

[DeAutogids.nl]

Tyrrell?

[Djetset]

No.

[DeAutogids.nl]

Is it a F3 car?

[Djetset]

Not 100% certain, and my source doesn't make it clear.  Sorry!

[DeAutogids.nl]

Assume has a Ford engine?

[Djetset]

That bit I do know, and I know that it is not Ford-powered!

[DeAutogids.nl]

Climax?

[Djetset]

Stop Press!  Just remember which Formula this car competed in, and it wasn't F3.  Don't want to make it too easy by saying too much about the engine, but it is not Climax.

[pnegyesi]

Formula Renault?

[Djetset]

No, not a Formula Renault.

[faksta]

Looks like a seventies hillclimb vehicle to me. Three digit numbers, integral helmet, ads..

But that doesn't correspond well with what you wrote about the formula it has competed in...

Could it have an Imp engine, by the way?

[Djetset]

Wow, lots of questions, but you are right on one thing Faksta, as this car does have an Imp engine, which should help narrow it down.

[faksta]

It should be a Formula 4 car, then?

[Djetset]

You're right, and getting close to the answer!

[faksta]

Which is a 1969 Ginetta G17?

The car is used in historic hillclimbs nowadays, hence the integral helmet...

[Djetset]

I could see you were on the right track to get this one.  Well done.