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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #25 on: September 19, 2022, 01:29:42 PM »
European?
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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #26 on: September 19, 2022, 05:36:09 PM »
South America ?

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #27 on: September 20, 2022, 04:31:35 PM »
European car !

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #28 on: September 20, 2022, 04:33:43 PM »
Italy?
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #29 on: September 21, 2022, 04:07:38 AM »
Not from Italy !

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #30 on: September 21, 2022, 03:02:46 PM »
France?
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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #31 on: September 22, 2022, 07:10:34 AM »
Plastic body?
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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #32 on: September 23, 2022, 08:22:27 AM »
Not French !

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #33 on: September 23, 2022, 08:25:55 AM »
Plastic body?
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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #34 on: September 23, 2022, 08:28:12 AM »
Yes , Plastic body !

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #35 on: September 27, 2022, 11:12:35 AM »
From (former) Eastern Europe ?

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #36 on: October 06, 2022, 08:46:57 AM »
Not  Eastern Europe !

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #37 on: October 06, 2022, 05:33:02 PM »
Is it from Germany?
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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #38 on: October 07, 2022, 10:04:23 AM »
Not from Germany !

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #39 on: November 07, 2022, 08:04:05 AM »
Pros !

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #40 on: November 07, 2022, 08:44:03 AM »
is it a plastic body one-off from scandinavia?

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #41 on: November 07, 2022, 09:27:52 AM »
A one-off , but not from scandinavia !

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #42 on: November 07, 2022, 10:45:23 AM »
Mean Triumph TR3, Belgium

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Re: SAC#1692
« Reply #43 on: November 07, 2022, 12:45:41 PM »
 :thumbsup:
Mean Triumph TR3 from Belgium !
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Re: SAC#1692 : Mean Triumph TR3 from Belgium
« Reply #44 on: November 07, 2022, 01:39:36 PM »
Could you please give us more information on this Belgian car ?

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Re: SAC#1692 : Mean Triumph TR3 from Belgium
« Reply #45 on: November 07, 2022, 01:57:20 PM »
One more picture

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Re: SAC#1692 : Mean Triumph TR3 from Belgium
« Reply #46 on: November 07, 2022, 01:59:00 PM »
Thank you for the point and puzzle!  :thumbsup:

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Re: Q471 - solved - TR3-based Mean Francorchamps
« Reply #47 on: November 07, 2022, 02:20:08 PM »
No image on the original, but I'm sure this is the same car. Merged.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Q471 - solved - TR3-based Mean Francorchamps
« Reply #48 on: November 08, 2022, 07:31:05 AM »
But, to be honest, I cannot imagine that the type's name of this Mean-conversion was 'Francorchamps'.
I attached a picture of an Triumph TR2 'Francorchamps', built in the old Imperia-premises of Nessonvaux, halfway between Liège and Spa
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Re: Q471 - solved - TR3-based Mean Francorchamps
« Reply #49 on: November 08, 2022, 07:40:58 AM »
I have been told, as once I checked the red car in real, that it's name is 'Rutten', but I have absolutely no proof on it.
'Rutten' is a village in the Tongeren municipality of the Limburg province in the Flemish Community of Belgium. The village is located in the Haspengouw region, and was a separate municipality until its merger into Tongeren in 1977