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Name this car, for one point

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2011, 12:44:39 PM »
Experts?

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2011, 12:48:44 PM »
Pro's?

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2011, 01:22:08 PM »
British based (chassis)?

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2011, 01:39:18 PM »
Not British.

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2011, 01:42:23 PM »
Okay, thanks
European?

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2011, 01:49:25 PM »
European built car but most of the parts are not

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2011, 01:54:24 PM »
Is the car then from the USA?

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2011, 01:55:53 PM »
No, not the car, but it's made of US parts

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2011, 05:10:53 PM »
The hubcaps are 1946 Ford.

Unusual to see a period pic of a car like that on Michelin radials...
« Last Edit: February 26, 2011, 05:13:15 PM by metalshapes »

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2011, 02:31:20 AM »
The hubcaps are 1946 Ford.

Unusual to see a period pic of a car like that on Michelin radials...

Correct on both. it is a European built Ford with American parts, and indeed  it is a recent pic.
« Last Edit: February 27, 2011, 02:34:24 AM by Amsterdam »

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2011, 02:32:27 AM »
From a Benelux country?

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2011, 06:30:32 AM »
No, not from one of the Benelux countries.

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2011, 12:06:51 PM »
German?

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2011, 01:16:10 PM »
No, go to the north

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2011, 01:42:07 PM »
Scandinavia - in particular Sweden?

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2011, 01:46:36 PM »
You have reached your destination sir.

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2011, 02:19:26 PM »
Perhaps built by Bo Castenfors of Stockholm in 1951 and known as the Casten?

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2011, 02:40:35 PM »
No sorry, that is not it.

Big hint

This particular one was built in 1950 and it was a special built to race in Sweden. There were more like this one, and they where built because in the years afther the war it was hard for some racedrivers in Sweden to buy a proper race car.
So they built their own of Ford parts from the USA

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #19 on: March 06, 2011, 02:49:05 PM »
I have a couple of possibles - Claes Allander?

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2011, 02:56:18 PM »
No.

Altough I have the two names of the man who built this particular car, it is not the question in this puzzle.

The car has quite a simple name,  .......... Special V8
( do not count the dots) also used in combination with the name of the parts supplier.

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #21 on: March 06, 2011, 03:13:54 PM »
I'm really guessing off the top of my head at the moment.
Further research is required!
ERL Special?

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #22 on: March 06, 2011, 03:17:19 PM »
I'm really guessing off the top of my head at the moment.

Stop doing that!  ;)

Further research is required!

That's the best option.

ERL Special?

No. that's not it.

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #23 on: March 07, 2011, 12:47:21 PM »
EL-Ford Special built by Erik Lundgren in 1950?

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Re: #A134 by Amsterdam
« Reply #24 on: March 07, 2011, 01:13:05 PM »
No that's not it either.