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Solved - NEH 564: Begra Mk II - 1961
« on: June 10, 2010, 11:29:23 AM »
1 point for full details of what this car is, who it was built by and when:
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Re: NEH 564
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2010, 04:27:16 AM »
Time for a move up...
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Re: NEH 564
« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2010, 04:58:55 PM »
A home-made Begra MkII fibreglass roadster
Owned and built of almost all used parts by architect Gene Beach car parts dealer Henry Grady in 1961
SAAB-powered & Fiat transmission
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Re: NEH 564
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2010, 06:10:18 PM »
A home-made Begra MkII fibreglass roadster
Owned and built of almost all used parts by architect Gene Beach car parts dealer Henry Grady in 1961
SAAB-powered & Fiat transmission

That just about covers it, although understood this car either has or had Ford 105E power.
Will have to check into it..
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Re: Solved - NEH 564: Begra Mk II - 1961
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2010, 12:04:20 PM »
Both where used so it seems.

Info on Begra's

CAR YEAR OWNER ENGINE    RACES
 
Begra Mk1 1959-60 Jerry Morgan (FL) Fiat 600
Saab 750 5/29/60 - Cocoa (Beach)
6/26/60 - Daytona (Beach)
9/4/60 -Daytona (Morgan #108)
10/9/60 - Kississimee
11/13/60 - Daytona
12/60? - Miami Master's Field (#108)
1/22/61 - Kississimee (#49)
2/61 - Daytona (#48)
1962? Paul Kneeland (NH) Saab 850 10/63 - VIR (#64)
1064? Wesley Glantz (NY) Saab 850 9/64 - Lime Rock (#6)
 
 
Begra Mk2
"The Sebring Begra" 1960-61 John Bentley (FL) Saab 750GT
Ford 105E 1961 - 12 Hours of Sebring
    (Beach/Grady/Bentley #70)
63 Hugh Kleinpeter (GA)
Ford 105E Nassau Speed Week 1963
64 Philip Cree (FL)     
1970's Dave Caracci     
 
 
Begra Mk3
(3-001) 1961 John Norwood Abarth 750 1962 -Daytona (Beach #55)
1965-69 Bil Mundus (MI) Abarth twin-cam   

 Phil Roach ? So. California
78 Ed Gaven (CA) Fiat 850 No. California - Vintage
 
Begra Mk3
(3-002) 1961 George Avent (SC) Abarth 750 4/62 - VIR (Avent #29)
10/62 - VIR (Avent #62)
4/65 - VIR (Avent # 62)
67-? junkyard (NC)     
? Harry Puckett (NC)     
86 Norris Haynes (NC)     
96 Barry LeVan (PA)     
 
Begra Mk3
(3-003) 1962
(kit) Frank Stark (PA) Saab 750
Saab 850   
67 Gene Leavens (NJ)     
? Myron Munchak?   car destroyed at Weatherly Hill Climb??
 
Begra Mk3
(3-004) 1962
(kit) Andy Anderson (MO)
Bob McCollum (MO)
Tom Newcomer (MO) Sprite/Fiat British Racing Green - I have not yet made definite connections from Kansas City to the west coast
1967 Ken Edwards (MO) Sprite/Fiat owned by McCollum
1977 Gordon Hoobler
(San Francisco) Fiat/Hewland Red - disk brakes - "brought car to west coast from Chicago area"
? Dennis Shockey   bought after crash
1985-87 Ron Hoff
(San Francisco)     
87 Art Magallanes (Hawaii) VW frame only
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Re: Solved - NEH 564: Begra Mk II - 1961
« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2010, 06:40:42 PM »
Thanks!
I had noted it and did check into it but was unable to find my source again...
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