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Solved - MJW #840 - Lamgia 1949
« on: January 20, 2012, 12:37:15 PM »
A sports racer from a past era.
Identify the name, year and the make it was based on and I'll give you a point.

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2012, 04:11:36 AM »
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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2012, 11:12:21 AM »
Reys Skoda Special?

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2012, 12:34:59 PM »
Reys Skoda Special?
Not that one....

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2012, 11:35:22 AM »
Pros?

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2012, 12:33:18 PM »
Clue - built in one country but based on a car from another country.......

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2012, 03:18:02 PM »
BMW-based?
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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2012, 04:22:24 PM »
Not BMW-based and nothing to do with Germany.

The car is seen racing in the country it was built but it was based on a make from an overseas country.....

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2012, 03:56:33 AM »
US V8 under the hood? Maybe a Cadillac?

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2012, 04:05:17 AM »
US V8 under the hood? Maybe a Cadillac?
No - and no US parts involved

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2012, 04:17:41 AM »
Holden based, then?

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2012, 04:58:19 AM »
Holden based, then?
No - nothing to do with 'down under'....

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2012, 06:00:54 AM »
Do you mean with 'overseas' the European continent?  :D

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2012, 11:26:15 AM »
The car was built in Europe and the base car was also European.....
Apologies - I was thinking like a British resident would!

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2012, 12:44:14 PM »
Time for another clue methinks.....

Name of the puzzle car is six letters long.
The first two letters and the last two letters of the name of this car will reveal what it was based on.......

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2012, 09:39:29 AM »
Fiat-based?

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #16 on: May 03, 2012, 11:31:41 AM »
Fiat-based?
Not Fiat but you are in the right neck of the woods!

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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #17 on: May 03, 2012, 12:11:49 PM »
Well I remember a special called a Lamgia because it combined Lancia and MG components but I can't remember it looking like this, so perhaps it isn't.
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Re: MJW #840
« Reply #18 on: May 03, 2012, 01:53:51 PM »
Well I remember a special called a Lamgia because it combined Lancia and MG components but I can't remember it looking like this, so perhaps it isn't.
Perhaps it is!
Yes it's the Lamgia of a Dr. Kennedy, St. Albans, Herts. built in 1949 and based on Lancia and MG components.
Very well remembered and another point for you.