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Solved NIC #29 - Ralt Formula 3 car of Austin Tauranac
« on: October 06, 2013, 06:23:44 AM »
Who is driving this car, and what is the engine?
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2013, 06:20:25 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2013, 08:40:52 AM »
Pros ?
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2013, 09:41:22 AM »
BMW eigenbow?
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2013, 10:14:02 AM »
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2013, 03:03:00 PM »
JAP power?
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2013, 03:53:57 PM »
It is an Estonian Formula racer?
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2013, 06:49:22 PM »
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2013, 06:50:11 PM »
Quote from: pnegyesi on October 19, 2013, 03:53:57 PM
It is an Estonian Formula racer?

No. A much more common formula.
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2013, 04:38:53 PM »
Norton powered Formula 3 car?
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2013, 06:27:51 PM »
Quote from: D-type on October 21, 2013, 04:38:53 PM
Norton powered Formula 3 car?

Yes! Who is driving it ?
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2013, 12:28:02 PM »
Is it Spike Rhiando?
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2013, 06:58:31 PM »
Quote from: D-type on October 26, 2013, 12:28:02 PM
Is it Spike Rhiando?

Not Spike Rhiando.
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2013, 07:38:31 AM »
A small clue - this car is on "that certain site", but under a different name, because it had been modified by the time this photo was taken. And it's a long way from the "home" of Formula 3.
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2013, 01:10:29 PM »
I looked in that site a lot of times but couldn't find it...from New Zealand, like Cullen?
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2013, 07:39:04 PM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on October 28, 2013, 01:10:29 PM
I looked in that site a lot of times but couldn't find it...from New Zealand, like Cullen?

It's very close to New Zealand.....
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #16 on: October 29, 2013, 06:11:03 AM »
By Bill and Jack Hooper?
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Re: NIC #29
« Reply #17 on: October 29, 2013, 06:57:46 AM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on October 29, 2013, 06:11:03 AM
By Bill and Jack Hooper?

You are very, very close to the answer, so it's LOCKED for you. They did indeed build this car originally, but in this photo it is slightly different, and I need to know who is driving it.
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Re: NIC #29 - LOCKED
« Reply #18 on: October 29, 2013, 09:15:54 AM »
Merv Ward or by the new 'builders' the Tauranac brothers?
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Re: NIC #29 - LOCKED
« Reply #19 on: October 29, 2013, 09:30:44 AM »
Think I found it...
Austin Tauranac at Newcastle's King Edward Park Hillclimb around 1954 driving the Ralt Mk3, or Norton-Special.
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Re: NIC #29 - LOCKED
« Reply #20 on: October 29, 2013, 09:41:59 AM »
Yes! Solved correctly. The Hooper car was bought by Austin Tauranac, Ron's younger brother, and the family modified it but do not appear to have given it a name. Some sources refer to it as a Ralt, but I don't think that terminology should be used so far back in time. As far as I know, Ron Tauranac's cars were only called that after he left Brabham.
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Re: Solved NIC #29 - Austin Tauranac Norton-powered F3 racer
« Reply #21 on: October 29, 2013, 09:54:30 AM »
According to the well known website the name Ralt (Ron and Austin Lewis Tauranac) was already used in the late 40s early 50s, so the puzzle car could well be a Ralt 500.
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Re: Solved NIC #29 - Austin Tauranac Norton-powered F3 racer
« Reply #22 on: October 29, 2013, 11:29:15 AM »
Quote from: Hiawatha on October 29, 2013, 09:54:30 AM
According to the well known website the name Ralt (Ron and Austin Lewis Tauranac) was already used in the late 40s early 50s, so the puzzle car could well be a Ralt 500.

I should have read that site a bit more! If one of the editors thinks I should retitle the puzzle, perhaps they'll let me know.
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Re: Solved NIC #29 - Austin Tauranac Norton-powered F3 racer
« Reply #23 on: October 30, 2013, 06:17:37 AM »
I have checked further, and I was wrong. The specials built in the 50s were indeed called Ralt, although the "RT" numbered designation did not come into effect until Ron Tauranac built his formula cars much later. I have therefore amended the title of this puzzle.
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