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Title: Solved: GTE 329 - 1949 Race Car of Werner Tollefsbøl (which later became the GB2)
Post by: gte4289 on March 21, 2020, 02:14:11 AM: Identify this car for a point.
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Post by: gte4289 on March 27, 2020, 03:27:02 AM: Experts?
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Post by: gte4289 on April 02, 2020, 08:42:52 PM: Pros?
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Post by: nicanary on April 03, 2020, 04:45:30 AM: Nordic race car of some kind. Still investigating.......
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Post by: gte4289 on April 03, 2020, 05:06:09 AM: Quote from: nicanary on April 03, 2020, 04:45:30 AM
Nordic race car of some kind. Still investigating.......
You're on the right track
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Post by: nicanary on April 03, 2020, 05:34:51 AM: Gunnar Olsson's Kaiser special Go-On ?
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Post by: gte4289 on April 03, 2020, 05:37:32 AM: Quote from: nicanary on April 03, 2020, 05:34:51 AM
Gunnar Olsson's Kaiser special Go-On ?
No
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Post by: nicanary on April 03, 2020, 05:47:35 AM: Mercury based?
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Post by: gte4289 on April 03, 2020, 06:07:16 AM: Quote from: nicanary on April 03, 2020, 05:47:35 AM
Mercury based?
Mercury-powered. Locked for you to identify the builder.
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Post by: nicanary on April 03, 2020, 06:27:47 AM: Gunnar Carlsson ?
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Post by: gte4289 on April 03, 2020, 02:39:37 PM: Quote from: nicanary on April 03, 2020, 06:27:47 AM
Gunnar Carlsson ?
It's Gunnar, but neither Olsson nor Carlsson
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Post by: nicanary on April 03, 2020, 03:37:24 PM: Bengtsson ?
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Post by: gte4289 on April 03, 2020, 03:45:50 PM: Quote from: nicanary on April 03, 2020, 03:37:24 PM
Bengtsson ?
No
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Post by: nicanary on April 04, 2020, 04:17:48 AM: I have seen a Karlsson, but it's possibly a mistyped Carlsson.
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Post by: gte4289 on April 04, 2020, 04:34:48 AM: Quote from: nicanary on April 04, 2020, 04:17:48 AM
I have seen a Karlsson, but it's possibly a mistyped Carlsson.
It was neither Carlsson nor Karlsson.

I've re-read my notes and see that I need to correct something important. While there was a man named Gunnar involved with this car (a subsequent owner), he was not the builder/original owner. So forget about Gunnar; I'm looking for the name of the builder/original owner. Still locked for you, at least through the weekend.
Title: Re: GTE 329
Post by: nicanary on April 04, 2020, 04:52:22 AM: My regular source has no further names associated with Mercury, but I'll work on the assumption that "Ford" covers the remit.

Gosta Kvarnstrom ?
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Post by: gte4289 on April 04, 2020, 05:22:14 AM: Quote from: nicanary on April 04, 2020, 04:52:22 AM
Gosta Kvarnstrom ?
No
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Post by: nicanary on April 04, 2020, 05:26:21 AM: Jac Stousland ?
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Post by: gte4289 on April 04, 2020, 06:04:57 AM: Quote from: nicanary on April 04, 2020, 05:26:21 AM
Jac Stousland ?
No
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Post by: nicanary on April 04, 2020, 06:25:12 AM: Ewald Hagstrom ?
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Post by: gte4289 on April 04, 2020, 07:09:20 AM: Quote from: nicanary on April 04, 2020, 06:25:12 AM
Ewald Hagstrom ?
No
Title: Re: GTE 329
Post by: nicanary on April 04, 2020, 07:26:48 AM: I have a distinct feeling that I've gone off in the completely wrong direction, but I'm like a stone rolling down a hill.

Evert Soloranta ?

(I've been through 3 pages on my search engine, translating each page, and can find nothing aboiut the puzzle car!)
Title: Re: GTE 329
Post by: gte4289 on April 04, 2020, 12:56:58 PM: Quote from: nicanary on April 04, 2020, 07:26:48 AM
I have a distinct feeling that I've gone off in the completely wrong direction, but I'm like a stone rolling down a hill.

Evert Soloranta ?

(I've been through 3 pages on my search engine, translating each page, and can find nothing aboiut the puzzle car!)
Not Evert Soloranta. I'm not sure who that is, but it does sound like you may be headed down the wrong rabbit hole.
Title: Re: GTE 329
Post by: gte4289 on April 07, 2020, 09:20:36 PM: Unlocked
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Post by: gte4289 on April 16, 2020, 06:51:33 PM: Easy point for a Master ;)

Open to all!
Title: Re: GTE 329
Post by: Wendax on April 17, 2020, 01:00:10 AM: 1949 GB 2 by Werner Tollefsbøl participating in a race in Drammen
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Post by: gte4289 on April 17, 2020, 02:12:18 AM: Quote from: Wendax on April 17, 2020, 01:00:10 AM
1949 GB 2 by Werner Tollefsbøl participating in a race in Drammen
Actually, this is the nameless 1949 race car of Werner Tollefsbøl (registered simply as 'Racerbil Eget Fabrikat'). Tollefsbøl sold the car to Gunnar Bratlie in 1954. Bratlie made modifications to the body (https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2017-47/solved-neh-1718-gb2-ford-v8-special-racer-from-norway-1949), painted the car blue, and dubbed it the 'GB2'. The point is yours. :)
Title: Re: GTE 329
Post by: Wendax on April 17, 2020, 02:15:45 AM: I should have read the text more carefully. ;)
Thanks for the point.