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Solved - NEH 1949: Climax FWA-engined Elva MkIV SR driven by Frank Baptista 1959
« on: July 19, 2012, 07:52:41 AM »
1 point for the correct identification of this car, what powers it and when it dates from:

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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2012, 11:08:27 AM »
could this be an Osca Sport 750?
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2012, 12:15:08 PM »
Quote from: frederick59 on July 19, 2012, 11:08:27 AM
could this be an Osca Sport 750?

I'm afraid it couldn't, no!
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2012, 02:12:06 PM »
Abarth?
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2012, 04:30:25 PM »
Quote from: richard fridd on July 20, 2012, 02:12:06 PM
Abarth?

Welcome to Auto Puzzles.
It's not an Abarth though!
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2012, 04:21:22 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2012, 04:03:50 PM »
Elva Mk VII ?
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2012, 06:26:22 PM »
Quote from: D-type on July 26, 2012, 04:03:50 PM
Elva Mk VII ?

It is an Elva, but not a Mk VII.
I'll lock it for you since you've got the hard bit, but there is a lot more to the answer before it's point-worthy!
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2012, 07:04:51 PM »
Is it a Mk IV, the first Elva produced after Trojan took the company over?
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2012, 03:46:56 AM »
Quote from: D-type on July 26, 2012, 07:04:51 PM
Is it a Mk IV, the first Elva produced after Trojan took the company over?

Yes, it's a Mk IV!
Now for the other parts of the question...
Still locked for you!
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2012, 10:40:14 AM »
Well, a Mk 4 was usually Climax or Ford powered.  So is this Alfa Romeo powered
From 1961?
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2012, 11:58:45 AM »
Quote from: D-type on July 28, 2012, 10:40:14 AM
Well, a Mk 4 was usually Climax or Ford powered.  So is this Alfa Romeo powered
From 1961?

It's not Alfa-powered.
Why have you discounted Climax or Ford?!
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2012, 04:06:52 PM »
I discounted them because this is TNF "where things are not always what they seem".

OK, Ford twin cam?

Please unlock it as I am guessing blindly
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2012, 07:21:31 AM »
Quote from: D-type on July 28, 2012, 04:06:52 PM
I discounted them because this is TNF "where things are not always what they seem".

OK, Ford twin cam?

Please unlock it as I am guessing blindly

If I say 'not Ford' that really tells you the answer..
So it's still locked for you!
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2012, 03:28:30 PM »
So that only leaves a Climax, which could be FWA, FWB, FWE or FPF

It would originally have been an FWB so I'll go for an FPF
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2012, 06:29:39 PM »
Quote from: D-type on July 29, 2012, 03:28:30 PM
So that only leaves a Climax, which could be FWA, FWB, FWE or FPF

It would originally have been an FWB so I'll go for an FPF

Climax it is, but neither an FWB nor an FPF: which leaves...?
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #16 on: July 29, 2012, 06:49:34 PM »
FWE as FWA would have been original equipment in 1960 or so ... and this is TNF "where things are not what they seem"
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #17 on: July 30, 2012, 06:00:41 AM »
Quote from: D-type on July 29, 2012, 06:49:34 PM
FWE as FWA would have been original equipment in 1960 or so ... and this is TNF "where things are not what they seem"

You picked the wrong one..
So that means it's FWA-powered.

I'll tell you what, to make you work for that point, see if you can tell me who was driving in the puzzle photo and where and when?
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #18 on: July 30, 2012, 11:18:01 AM »
First guess before going looking:  Elvis Presley at Las Vegas in the film Viva Las Vegas?
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #19 on: July 30, 2012, 11:20:56 AM »
Quote from: D-type on July 30, 2012, 11:18:01 AM
First guess before going looking:  Elvis Presley at Las Vegas in the film Viva Las Vegas?

Not at all!
It's a serious race...
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #20 on: July 30, 2012, 12:00:57 PM »
Frank Baptista
Virginia International Raceway, Danville on May 2/3 1959
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #21 on: July 30, 2012, 05:56:54 PM »
Quote from: D-type on July 30, 2012, 12:00:57 PM
Frank Baptista
Virginia International Raceway, Danville on May 2/3 1959

Actually I had the venue as Daytona, but you've got the driver and the year so I think you've earned your point now!
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Re: NEH 1949
« Reply #22 on: July 31, 2012, 09:23:59 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on July 30, 2012, 05:56:54 PM
Quote from: D-type on July 30, 2012, 12:00:57 PM
Frank Baptista
Virginia International Raceway, Danville on May 2/3 1959

Actually I had the venue as Daytona, but you've got the driver and the year so I think you've earned your point now!

I didn't mean Daytona, I meant Sebring, where Baptista raced this car on 21st March 1959.
However, checking the picture again I see his race number is 35 whilst his number in that race was actually 48, so the picture must have been taken elsewhere: perhaps at Virginia International Raceway, D-type!
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Re: Solved - NEH 1949: Climax FWA-engined Elva MkIV SR driven by Frank Baptista 1959
« Reply #23 on: July 31, 2012, 12:34:51 PM »
The SCCA allocated numbers for the whole season and Baptista had #35.  So it could be anywhere the SCCA held races
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