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Fun #47 - Willy Krenkel's Eigenbau Cooper
« on: October 09, 2011, 07:42:44 AM »
The basis of this car is likely easily solved. Who modified and drove it, as seen here?

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Re: Fun #47
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2011, 07:29:56 AM »
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Re: Fun #47
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2011, 09:33:17 AM »
I think the basis is a Cooper 500, so is this the Venom-BMC Formula Junior built and driven by EE Fenning
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Re: Fun #47
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2011, 05:26:10 AM »
Quote from: D-type on October 16, 2011, 09:33:17 AM
I think the basis is a Cooper 500, so is this the Venom-BMC Formula Junior built and driven by EE Fenning

Sorry for the delayed response - I missed this before. This is not the driver constructor my source indicates for this car. It is believed to be Cooper-based.

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Re: Fun #47
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2011, 03:14:18 AM »
...and, Pro's
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Re: Fun #47
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2011, 03:39:19 AM »
Cooper F3 based but modified in the UK?
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Re: Fun #47
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2011, 03:51:08 AM »
Willy Krenkel's Eigenbau, probably Norton engined.
Willy competed in the East German championship from 1956 to 1959.
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Re: Fun #47
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2011, 03:54:43 AM »
Well spotted. He achieved a number of good results including second at Bautzen in June '57 and fourth at Bernau in May '59. :)
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Re: Fun #47 - Willy Krenkel's Eigenbau Cooper
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2011, 04:34:08 PM »
Eigenbau means self-built or home-built.  Given the East German origins I would expect that the car was not a modified Cooper but a Cooper-inspired self-built car.  There is no mention of Willi Krenkel in Doug Nye's definitive history of the cooper marque.

If it were Cooper-based the wheels would be Cooper ones and those are definitely not Cooper wheels.  I would be extremely surprised if there were any Cooper components in the car at all. 

May I respectfully suggest removing the word "Cooper" from the thread title unless you are certain that the car was based on a Cooper chassis.
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Re: Fun #47 - Willy Krenkel's Eigenbau Cooper
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2011, 06:47:22 PM »
It's identified as Krenkel - Norton in most sources I know...
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