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Q803 - solved - Volcoup (or Volcoupe ?)
« on: April 09, 2012, 02:33:13 PM »
Name the car, a point be yours
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Re: Q803
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2012, 01:16:56 PM »
Now ex-rookie

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Re: Q803
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2012, 05:11:14 AM »
Looks like it was built on a shortened VW pan. Is it a one-off?

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Re: Q803
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2012, 10:13:11 AM »
renault 4cv based?

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Re: Q803
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2012, 01:42:22 PM »
Not 4CV based: VW basis is correct, although I don't think it used a VW floorpan. Yes, it's a one-off.

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Re: Q803
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2012, 11:44:50 AM »
to the pros...

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Re: Q803
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2012, 11:50:34 AM »
Anything to do with Tom Killeen?

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Re: Q803
« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2012, 09:01:31 AM »
Is this from South Africa?
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Re: Q803
« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2012, 11:24:26 AM »
No Killeen connection, and not from South Africa...

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Re: Q803
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2012, 10:47:23 AM »
European?

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Re: Q803
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2012, 05:27:05 AM »
It looks a bit like Ian Stronach's Vixen but it can't be that since we've had it already...
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Re: Q803
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2012, 12:15:42 PM »
Not European
And not the Vixen...

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Re: Q803
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2012, 10:57:52 AM »
Australian?
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Re: Q803
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2012, 11:31:14 AM »

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Re: Q803
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2012, 11:55:54 AM »
New Zealand?
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Re: Q803
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2012, 05:11:00 PM »

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Re: Q803
« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2012, 06:32:58 PM »
It looks as if the body may originally be a KM (Keith Morrison, Sydney).......

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Re: Q803
« Reply #17 on: June 10, 2012, 06:00:56 AM »
I'm not aware of any Keith Morrison connection...

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Re: Q803
« Reply #18 on: September 14, 2012, 02:14:28 AM »
Isn't this the Volcoupe by Ron Learnan?
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Re: Q803
« Reply #19 on: September 14, 2012, 06:53:43 AM »
Wahay! Yes indeed - well sleuthed, (though I think it's spelt Volcoup). Away from home at present, so will award point and come back with clarification soon

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Re: Q803
« Reply #20 on: September 14, 2012, 06:58:10 AM »
"'As the composition of the racing fields began to change with the advent of a more professional era Ron decided to build a one off sports car called the Volcoupe in the late 1950s early 1960s "

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Re: Q803
« Reply #21 on: September 14, 2012, 02:15:45 PM »
I have a whole article here which refers to it a the Volcoup, but the point is definitely yours!

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Re: Q803 - solved - Volcoup(e)
« Reply #22 on: September 14, 2012, 02:22:42 PM »
Great!

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Solved NIC#340 - Volcoupe by Ron Learnan
« Reply #23 on: December 25, 2014, 05:47:03 AM »
What is the name of this little car, and who built it?
« Last Edit: February 20, 2015, 08:20:58 AM by nicanary »
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: NIC #340
« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2015, 11:34:00 AM »
Experts?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia