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Avalanche #6- Solved! Tojeiro Sports Racer
« on: November 20, 2012, 10:28:45 PM »
What is this car? Who built it? What powers it? An additional point if you can tell me what the original power plant was.
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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2012, 09:51:01 AM »
Tojeiro on a Cooper?
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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2012, 06:59:01 PM »
Quote from: FrontMan on November 23, 2012, 09:51:01 AM
Tojeiro on a Cooper?

Tojeiro is correct. Cooper is not.

Locked for you for the second half of the puzzle...

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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2012, 10:30:30 AM »
Back open for everyone. Should be an easy point now...
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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2012, 10:32:53 AM »
Tall power plant. Bristol?
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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2012, 10:39:33 AM »
Is it one of the cars which were fitted with the Turner engine?
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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2012, 11:01:23 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on November 28, 2012, 10:32:53 AM
Tall power plant. Bristol?

It is, in fact, a Bristol powerplant.

This is one of the original Turner powered cars.

We have determined the car is by Tojeiro. Can we get the correct name for the car?

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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2012, 11:25:02 AM »
The records all show it entered either as a Tojeiro or as a Turner. It must have belonged to either Chris Threlfall or Jim Fiander. Chris drove a car/cars fitted with Turner, Lea Francis, Bristol and Climax engines at various times - I've no idea if it was all the same car.
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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2012, 09:35:41 AM »
We've determined the car is a Tojeiro. Like a Ford, it has other names to distinguish it from other models by the same maker. This car is identified as what?
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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2013, 11:55:41 PM »
Up for the experts to grab an easy point...
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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2013, 08:23:33 AM »
would it be a Tojeiro-Bristol Sport Racer?
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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2013, 11:10:10 AM »
or AC Ace Bristol Roadster Tojeiro Sports?
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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2013, 04:56:04 PM »
Tojeiro-Bristol Sports racing car TAD 2/55 (1954)?
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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #13 on: January 20, 2013, 11:13:45 AM »
Quote from: frederick59 on January 18, 2013, 08:23:33 AM
would it be a Tojeiro-Bristol Sport Racer?

I'm not going to get too picky here. Since it was originally powered by a Turner engine, Bristol isn't part of the name. It is called the Tojeiro Sports Racer. There were 3 built. 2 had Turner engines and one had a Bristol engine. From the documentation that is with the car, the original Bristol powered car is now powered by an Aston Martin engine and the 2 Turner powered cars now are Bristol powered.

A point for frederick59.

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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2013, 11:16:30 AM »
Quote from: thorax on January 18, 2013, 04:56:04 PM
Tojeiro-Bristol Sports racing car TAD 2/55 (1954)?

I'd have to check the documentation but yes, I believe this is TAD 2/55
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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2013, 11:18:54 AM »
Another picture...

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Re: Avalanche #6
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2013, 11:31:06 AM »
Don't forget to amend the Heading in your Post #1 to include the solution Avalanche!
Otherwise it won't show up on Search and will get reposted pretty soon...
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Re: Avalanche #6- Solved! Tojeiro Sports Racer
« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2013, 11:33:29 AM »
Oops...done now. And a point to nicanary as well for identifying the original powerplant.

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Re: Avalanche #6- Solved! Tojeiro Sports Racer
« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2013, 01:16:44 PM »
Quote from: Avalanche on January 20, 2013, 11:33:29 AM
Oops...done now. And a point to nicanary as well for identifying the original powerplant.



Thanks. As far as I know John Tojeiro didn't apply model names to his cars, although of course they had chassis numbers.All cars in that class of racing were "sports racers", from  whatever manufacturer.
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