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Solved - MJW #1079 - HW Special 1960 (Alvis engine)
« on: January 03, 2013, 03:11:06 AM »
Identify the maker of this special sports car, what it was called, the year it was built and the engine it used for a point

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2013, 05:45:43 AM »
Lancia F+M 2, fiorio and maglioli, 1.6 HF engine ,1968?
Lancia Motor Club

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2013, 06:01:32 AM »
Lancia F+M 2, fiorio and maglioli, 1.6 HF engine ,1968?
Not that.......

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2013, 02:39:31 AM »
Experts?

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2013, 03:39:01 AM »
Panhard ?

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2013, 03:58:38 AM »

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2013, 09:02:14 AM »
most likely a home-built?

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2013, 03:00:25 PM »
most likely a home-built?
Yes it is....

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2013, 03:02:24 PM »
is it american?

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2013, 03:03:35 PM »
is it american?
No - a long way from America

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2013, 03:07:18 PM »
something czech?

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2013, 03:08:32 PM »
Closer but still some way off..... ;)

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2013, 03:17:25 PM »
i say south america?

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2013, 03:20:37 PM »
No you're getting much colder - nothing to do with the Americas, North or South

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2013, 03:59:03 PM »
England?

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2013, 02:19:01 AM »

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2013, 03:35:02 AM »
so it must be in europe somewhere?

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2013, 03:51:26 AM »
so it must be in europe somewhere?
In the northern part.....

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #18 on: January 09, 2013, 04:12:41 AM »
im thinking sweden?

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #19 on: January 09, 2013, 07:20:37 AM »
im thinking sweden?
Your thinking is correct!

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #20 on: January 09, 2013, 10:07:29 AM »
could this be the 1949  Loof? home-built?

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #21 on: January 09, 2013, 11:39:06 AM »
could this be the 1949  Loof? home-built?
Not that and younger than 1949

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #22 on: January 09, 2013, 11:48:45 AM »
Berglund?

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2013, 02:42:42 PM »
Berglund?
No I'm afraid it's not that either

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Re: MJW #1079
« Reply #24 on: January 09, 2013, 02:53:18 PM »
Stigetta?