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Title: Solved: DAR 4 AMB special from Kenya
Post by: D-type on December 11, 2019, 06:00:50 PM
Name this car please
And for a bonus the engine and driver
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: D-type on December 17, 2019, 03:41:17 PM
No interest from the Rookies so up to the Experts.
A slight moving of the goalposts for the experts:
Name the car and it's engine
For a bonus name the driver and where the photo was taken
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: gte4289 on December 17, 2019, 04:39:38 PM
From the UK?
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: D-type on December 17, 2019, 05:30:50 PM
No
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: gte4289 on December 17, 2019, 05:47:19 PM
Western Europe?
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: Allan L on December 17, 2019, 05:51:16 PM
Kenya?
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: D-type on December 18, 2019, 03:02:12 AM
Yes,  Kenya
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: Mogul on December 19, 2019, 09:51:14 AM
Formula VEE?
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: D-type on December 19, 2019, 04:05:27 PM
Not Formula Vee - but there is a very loose connection
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: gte4289 on December 19, 2019, 04:56:32 PM
VW-powered?
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: bsa on December 19, 2019, 09:06:16 PM
ford block?
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: bsa on December 19, 2019, 09:09:44 PM
Quote from: Allan L on December 17, 2019, 05:51:16 PM
Kenya?
I am dying to know, is how in the world would you ever guess such an obscure guess
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: Allan L on December 20, 2019, 04:30:42 AM
PM sent 8)
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: bsa on December 20, 2019, 10:05:20 AM
can't reply to PM since @allan L mailbox is full. But short version is this:
I wasn't accusing anyone of anything. This seems like very obscure knowledge and I was simply curious.
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: D-type on December 21, 2019, 10:59:22 AM
VW-powered?  No, but you are on the right track

Ford block?  No

I am dying to know, is how in the world would you ever guess such an obscure guess - Answer:  Because Allan knows my background from another group.  Simply, I spent some years in Kenya as a boy and saw this car race in period.
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: gte4289 on December 21, 2019, 01:22:16 PM
Quote from: D-type on December 21, 2019, 10:59:22 AM
VW-powered?  No, but you are on the right track
Porsche-powered?
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: D-type on December 21, 2019, 04:19:24 PM
Yes, Porsche-powered
Now it's a case of  Who? What? Where?
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: gte4289 on December 21, 2019, 04:34:45 PM
Quote from: D-type on December 21, 2019, 04:19:24 PM
Yes, Porsche-powered
Now it's a case of  Who? What? Where?
Marcelo Biondi in the 'AMB Special' at Nakaru. Chassis (with Porsche 356 engine and gearbox) by Marcelo and Elio Biondi. Body by Parminder and Gurbaksh Singh Sagoo of City Panel Beaters & Painters.
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: D-type on December 22, 2019, 10:59:57 AM
Spot on.  I somehow thought you would get it.  two points coming your way

If I remember correctly after 50 years, Biondi's mother called him "Aurelio" - hence the 'A' in the car's name.

Just for interest, can you name the hill in the background of this photo in the paddock at Nakuru?  (No points for that)
Title: Re: DAR 4
Post by: gte4289 on December 22, 2019, 01:01:38 PM
Quote from: D-type on December 22, 2019, 10:59:57 AM
Just for interest, can you name the hill in the background of this photo in the paddock at Nakuru?  (No points for that)
Is it part of the Menengai Crater?
Title: Re: Solved: DAR 4 AMB special from Kenya
Post by: D-type on December 22, 2019, 01:37:49 PM
Nope.  When you sat on the hill watching the racing you could see Menengai Crater behind the track and the town.
Title: Re: Solved: DAR 4 AMB special from Kenya
Post by: D-type on December 25, 2019, 11:42:28 AM
I don't think anyone, even gte4289, will get this - it's one you either know or you don't and can't guess or get logically. 
The hill overlooking Nakuru Track was called Honeymoon Hill (I don't know why)
Title: Re: Solved: DAR 4 AMB special from Kenya
Post by: gte4289 on December 25, 2019, 07:35:29 PM
Quote from: D-type on December 25, 2019, 11:42:28 AM
I don't think anyone, even gte4289, will get this - it's one you either know or you don't and can't guess or get logically. 
The hill overlooking Nakuru Track was called Honeymoon Hill (I don't know why)
I never would have gotten that.