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F#179 - Solved - 1971 Turbo Wile E. Coyote
« on: July 30, 2012, 03:22:05 PM »
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Re: F#179
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2012, 02:13:13 AM »
Experts!
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Re: F#179
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2012, 04:49:51 AM »
Skoda?
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Re: F#179
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2012, 07:17:00 AM »
Not Skoda
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Re: F#179
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2012, 08:41:52 AM »
Racing in Colorado?
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Re: F#179
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2012, 11:07:56 AM »
Yes
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Re: F#179
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2012, 03:54:51 AM »
Through Colorado to Pros!
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Re: F#179
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2012, 04:34:50 AM »
At Pikes Peak?
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Re: F#179
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2012, 04:42:59 AM »
Yes, at Pikes Peak
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Re: F#179
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2012, 06:03:49 AM »
Okay, found this one fairly easily on a Colorado Hillclimb site.
It's apparently a Can-Am style dune buggy that was built in 1971 by Ken Blockhan.
It featured a Corvair turbo engine and finished 6th. in the Dune Buggy class that year driven by Dick Rayer.
I believe it was named Ken's Husky - see photo below
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Re: F#179
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2012, 06:18:49 AM »
That's the car! But I have a different name for it (I guess Ken's Husky is a sponsor ad), which can be found pretty easily with the info you have now. Locked for you!
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Re: F#179
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2012, 06:40:02 AM »
You're right - Ken's Husky & Dick's TV were the sponsors.
I looked at the 1971 programme but the car name wasn't mentioned there but then I found a reference to Turbo Willy which I presume is what it was named.
Also I think the driver may be Dick Royer (in the programme) and not Rayer as stated in the magazine caption.
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Re: F#179
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2012, 06:51:45 AM »
Well, I think you're close enough - it was called Turbo Wile E. Coyote as far as I know - after a cartoon character. Point is yours.
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