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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #25 on: January 24, 2020, 04:59:50 AM »
Engine from another country outside UK ?
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #26 on: January 24, 2020, 05:03:33 AM »
Engine from another country outside UK ?
No, a British engine.
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #27 on: January 24, 2020, 05:07:47 AM »
I'm sure engines had to be based on a production unit. Is it from a tuning/racing company like Cosworth?
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #28 on: January 24, 2020, 05:42:50 AM »
No, the engine was a regular production unit.

I hope an earlier answer re a Clubmans-style racer didn’t confuse things as I took the Formula in its broader generic term...
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #29 on: January 24, 2020, 07:28:34 AM »
No, the engine was a regular production unit.

I hope an earlier answer re a Clubmans-style racer didn’t confuse things as I took the Formula in its broader generic term...

OK. Reliant?
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #30 on: January 24, 2020, 07:47:09 AM »
Yes, it used a Reliant engine. So, who made it?
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #31 on: January 24, 2020, 10:00:40 AM »
So we have to think about 750MC builders of cars to the 750 Formula - and by the 1960s most had gone to an all-enveloping body style such as this from an earlier puzzle:
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #32 on: January 24, 2020, 10:02:53 AM »
So we have to think about 750MC builders of cars to the 750 Formula - and by the 1960s most had gone to an all-enveloping body style such as this from an earlier puzzle:

Yes, I guess so...
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #33 on: January 24, 2020, 11:29:44 AM »
Is it the car of Paul Lawrence?
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #34 on: January 24, 2020, 12:06:50 PM »
Is it the car of Paul Lawrence?
Sorry but not the name I have.
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #35 on: January 30, 2020, 11:32:58 AM »
Was it raced outside of the UK?

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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #36 on: January 30, 2020, 01:30:16 PM »
Was it raced outside of the UK?
I don't know, but I doubt it.
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #37 on: January 30, 2020, 06:38:25 PM »
Is the builder known for any other cars?
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #38 on: January 30, 2020, 06:48:43 PM »
Is the builder known for any other cars?
Not to the best of my knowledge, although I can't profess to be an expert in Formula 750.
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #39 on: February 01, 2020, 07:32:40 PM »
Does the article identify the event, location and date of the puzzle image?

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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #40 on: February 01, 2020, 11:34:01 PM »
Does the article identify the event, location and date of the puzzle image?
No.
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #41 on: February 02, 2020, 03:36:51 AM »
Was the article published in 1970-1973?

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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #42 on: February 02, 2020, 08:50:02 PM »
Was the article published in 1970-1973?
Going purely from memory I think the publication was c.1972-ish.
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #43 on: February 24, 2020, 06:26:52 AM »
Up to the Masters.
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Re: Djetset 957
« Reply #44 on: May 25, 2020, 04:09:26 AM »
Into the Black Hole.
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