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Racing Rookie #540 - Balsa F1 from 1962
« on: October 25, 2013, 04:06:29 AM »
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For one point: Who built this, and what is it?

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Re: Racing Rookie #540
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2013, 04:11:02 AM »
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Re: Racing Rookie #540
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2013, 08:24:20 AM »
Formule France?
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Re: Racing Rookie #540
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2013, 03:36:32 AM »
Non
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Re: Racing Rookie #540
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2013, 07:59:34 AM »
from France?
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Re: Racing Rookie #540
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2013, 08:39:22 AM »
Oui
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Re: Racing Rookie #540
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2013, 04:34:49 AM »
Penultimate escalation
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Re: Racing Rookie #540
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2013, 05:02:00 AM »
Formula Vee ?
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Re: Racing Rookie #540
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2013, 05:02:52 AM »
No sir
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Re: Racing Rookie #540
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2013, 07:52:32 AM »
Balsa F1, 1962
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Re: Racing Rookie #540
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2013, 08:40:00 AM »
Wow! Never heard of it.  Seems it was powered by a 1500cc Porsche motor, which would theoretically make it eligible for F1 races in that year. It seems it never raced - what a shock!

Further research has not revealed much, but it is believed that the builder was Marcel Balsa who raced self-built and Jicey BMW-engined F2 cars in the 1950s. There was another Balsa car built or proposed for F2 powered by a modified Peugeot engine.
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Re: Racing Rookie #540
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2013, 01:21:37 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on November 09, 2013, 08:40:00 AM
There was another Balsa car built or proposed for F2 powered by a modified Peugeot engine.
You can find it on the web, to be exact: www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=16106  ;)
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Re: Racing Rookie #540
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2013, 02:37:10 AM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on November 09, 2013, 07:52:32 AM
Balsa F1, 1962

That's the ticket.

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