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Solved: 62. of All., OSCA MT4 TN Special James Simpson 1955
« on: October 10, 2008, 04:25:05 AM »
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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2008, 07:16:24 AM »
Looks very like an enclosed-drive version of the 1950s EMW Rennsportwagen
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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2008, 08:45:03 AM »
It may, but it's not!

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2008, 09:20:02 AM »
German at all?

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2008, 09:21:53 AM »
Not at all!

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2008, 11:36:31 AM »
Pioneer (Pionyr) 2, from the KADI Research Institute in Kharkov. At least i think, it is.

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2008, 12:32:54 PM »
Wrong answer, sorry!

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2008, 01:21:38 PM »
Hmm. It's from the East Block?

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2008, 01:31:27 PM »
No, it isn't!

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2008, 03:25:40 PM »
Is this the DKW Carcara from Brazil?

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2008, 03:32:20 PM »
Not from South-America!

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2008, 06:25:54 PM »
kicked upstairs...one more time....
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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2008, 07:08:25 PM »
Fageol Special

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2008, 07:09:17 PM »
No, it's not!

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2008, 03:45:33 AM »
Is it related to the Thorne LSR car?
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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #15 on: October 22, 2008, 04:25:55 AM »
No!

Maybe you need a second view?
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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #16 on: October 22, 2008, 04:30:29 AM »
Did it run at Bonneville?

A second pic would be welcome by me and, I'm sure, many others.  :)
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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #17 on: October 22, 2008, 04:45:37 AM »
Did it run at Bonneville?

I really don't know, but fact is that it ran more than fifteen world speed records in its class.

A second pic would be welcome by me and, I'm sure, many others.  :)

here it is:
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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #18 on: October 22, 2008, 05:01:43 AM »
Not built in the US, correct?
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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #19 on: October 22, 2008, 05:15:18 AM »
Correct!

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2008, 05:18:44 AM »
Italian?
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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #21 on: October 22, 2008, 05:22:16 AM »
Italian?

Yes, but driven by an American!

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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2008, 05:36:48 AM »
Sorry to come and (hopefully) steal the point, Otto: would it be the Simpson Special, built on a Osca 1500?
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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #23 on: October 22, 2008, 05:45:24 AM »
Yes it is, but could you specify the OSCA a little bit more?
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Re: 62. of All.
« Reply #24 on: October 22, 2008, 05:52:52 AM »
Yes it is, but could you specify the OSCA a little bit more?
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