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Puzzle #1043 - Solved! Philson-Falcon
« on: September 28, 2008, 08:25:10 AM »


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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2008, 05:07:23 AM »
probably a modern creation using a motorcycle engine , no other ideas .

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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2008, 05:21:55 AM »
As far as I know, no bikes were ever built around this engine. It has a production automobile engine (modified, of course). It's also a pretty safe bet not many racing cars were built around this engine, either.
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2008, 07:13:46 AM »
Pros?
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2008, 04:12:16 AM »
As far as I know, no bikes were ever built around this engine. It has a production automobile engine (modified, of course). It's also a pretty safe bet not many racing cars were built around this engine, either.

Hint: The engine is from a very well-known manufacturer, who built many thousands of this engine. And it's not a V8.
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2008, 04:13:54 AM »
4cyl. engine from GB?

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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2008, 04:17:37 AM »
No.
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2008, 06:07:19 AM »
I see three air filters... is it a Triumph motorcycle engine?

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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2008, 09:17:55 AM »
AMT Piranha?

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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2008, 09:53:36 AM »
I see three air filters... is it a Triumph motorcycle engine?

Nope - an automobile was the source of the engine.
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2008, 09:53:47 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2008, 11:35:27 AM »
So, is it a six cyl. engine then?

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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2008, 12:08:20 PM »
It is!
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2008, 12:16:53 PM »
I vaguely remember a 6 Cyl Rolls Royce powered racing car. Am I completely on the wrong track?

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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2008, 12:40:14 PM »
Yes, you are.
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #15 on: December 03, 2008, 10:16:22 AM »
Is the engine from the 6 cylinder Ford Zodiac / Zephyr?

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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #16 on: December 03, 2008, 10:45:05 AM »
Is the engine from the 6 cylinder Ford Zodiac / Zephyr?
Exhaust is wrong side for that straight-six, and the later V-six would have had one or three pipes/side not two I'd say.
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #17 on: December 03, 2008, 11:28:07 AM »
Is the engine from the 6 cylinder Ford Zodiac / Zephyr?

Not a Zodiac or Zephyr engine.
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #18 on: December 04, 2008, 07:12:20 AM »
Is it related to SLR? (Sprinzel Lawrence Racing)

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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #19 on: December 04, 2008, 08:36:48 AM »
I don't believe so.
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #20 on: December 04, 2008, 08:41:51 AM »
Have we established where it comes from (and if the engine is also from there)?
As I think we have not, I'll ask if it and its engine are British?
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #21 on: December 04, 2008, 08:42:48 AM »
Not British.
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #22 on: December 04, 2008, 08:43:25 AM »
Australasian
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #23 on: December 04, 2008, 08:51:11 AM »
No sir. To elaborate on an earlier response, the engine, body and frame of this car ware not sourced in the UK (nor Australasia). Some bits were from British cars, and some were from suppliers of speed equipment.
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Re: Puzzle #1043
« Reply #24 on: December 04, 2008, 08:52:56 AM »
European?