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Title: Solved: PN #1912 -- Begra-like bodied special by Joe and Chuck Christ, 1967/2002
Post by: pnegyesi on April 13, 2025, 02:13:30 AM
Please tell us the story of this car for a point
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: pnegyesi on April 26, 2025, 04:15:47 PM
Experts?
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: knewit on May 03, 2025, 10:10:22 AM
Ginetta
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: D-type on May 03, 2025, 11:08:50 AM
It's LHD.  Is it from Continental Europe?
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: pnegyesi on May 03, 2025, 11:49:52 AM
it is not a Ginetta

It has parts of a car which was made in Continental Europe
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: D-type on May 08, 2025, 12:46:08 PM
Fiat based
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: pnegyesi on May 08, 2025, 05:05:14 PM
no
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: pnegyesi on May 11, 2025, 09:49:23 AM
Professionals?
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: Hiawatha on May 11, 2025, 12:40:29 PM
Is it a Begra Fiberglas?
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: pnegyesi on May 11, 2025, 01:14:38 PM
well, the body was made by Begra. But that is just a small part of the whole story. Locked for you to uncover the details
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: Hiawatha on May 11, 2025, 01:39:15 PM
The wheelarch seems to suggest a Begra Sebring, around 1960/61.
I'll try to delve deeper.
Thank you for the lock.
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: pnegyesi on May 11, 2025, 01:52:28 PM
That is a Begra body, but it is not from the 1960s. Good luck
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: Hiawatha on May 12, 2025, 02:07:58 PM
I found a Begra with a Saab engine in the 60s. Is there any connection?
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: pnegyesi on May 12, 2025, 02:32:03 PM
that is a very good trail. Follow that trail :)
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: Hiawatha on May 13, 2025, 02:36:37 PM
I followed the trail..
The car was made in 1967 using the body of the Begra that reced at Sebring in 1959/60 with a 750cc Saab GT engine. The chassis was based on the design of the Elva MK VI. I still don't know the name of the builder..All I could elicit is that it is owned by a guy named Ckuck, the original builder's son
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: pnegyesi on May 13, 2025, 04:26:48 PM
The original car was made in 1967. This version was built by the father of Chuck. Still locked.
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: Hiawatha on May 14, 2025, 02:32:08 PM
Joe Christ?
Title: Re: PN #1912
Post by: pnegyesi on May 14, 2025, 04:17:09 PM
And the point is yours. To be very precise:
Myron Munchak crashed in what appeared to be a Mk3 Begra (Saab-powered) at the Weatherly Hillclimb around 1965. Munchak's car was definitely some other chassis which had been fitted with Begra bodywork. The chassis was destroyed in the wreck, but Joe Christ bought the body for $100 and put it on his homebuilt chassis (Elva copy). This car clearly has a Mk3 tail and probably  Mk3 nose. After several intermediate owners, the car returned to Joe's son Chuck, who made a new body from molds of Begra #3-002. This is pictured

Title: Re: Solved: PN #1912 -- Begra-like bodied special by Joe and Chuck Christ, 1967/2002
Post by: Hiawatha on May 14, 2025, 04:59:07 PM
Thank you.. Not easy!