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Solved: NEH 27 - Fornasari GT Le Mans
« on: September 30, 2009, 08:46:02 AM »
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Re: NEH 27
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2009, 05:52:59 PM »
Callaway C12-R

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Re: NEH 27
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2009, 06:29:18 PM »
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Re: NEH 27
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2009, 07:29:59 PM »
but related in any way, no? looks almost like it

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Re: NEH 27
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2009, 02:26:59 PM »
but related in any way, no? looks almost like it

It looks similar but is not related as far as I have been able to ascertain.
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Re: NEH 27
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2009, 07:30:28 PM »
Fornasari Le Mans

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Re: NEH 27
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2009, 07:05:15 AM »
Quite right!
You've doubled your points!
Well done.
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Re: NEH 27
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2009, 05:07:44 AM »
but related in any way, no? looks almost like it

It looks similar but is not related as far as I have been able to ascertain.

True or false: Giuseppe Fornasari imported Callaway Corvettes into Italy in the early 1990's and converted them for racing use.

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Re: NEH 27
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2009, 06:03:32 AM »
but related in any way, no? looks almost like it

It looks similar but is not related as far as I have been able to ascertain.

True or false: Giuseppe Fornasari imported Callaway Corvettes into Italy in the early 1990's and converted them for racing use.




I did try to find out but couldn't make a connection other than that they looked awfully similar, but a bit different around the front.
Should I award another point to kocie_ruchy then?
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Re: Solved: NEH 27 - Fornasari GT Le Mans
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2009, 12:48:58 PM »
I really don't know. I've read some info that indicates these were modified Callaways, but nothing definitive. Perhaps a somebody else here has some additional info.
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Re: Solved: NEH 27 - Fornasari GT Le Mans
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2009, 08:21:18 PM »
ahhh how could i NOT know that one! Hopefully I will be talking to someone from Fornasari in the nearest future regarding some other topics, but i'll ask them about this fact as well :)

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Re: Solved: NEH 27 - Fornasari GT Le Mans
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2009, 08:43:07 PM »
I used to live not that far away from their factory.
Perhaps I'll make a visit somewhere in the future.
Eventually, the first image is just a poorly photoshopped image (from Fornasari of course), so it's hard to say what it is, if not that under that gray fake body there is a Corvette C5.R, still I do remember that Fornasari Le Mans models were Callaway cars, but slightly modified. Nothing special and I don't remember if it was actually something they were doing or if it was Callaway to give them the cars that way.