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Solved - NEH 2847: Ford V8 Special Sports built in Adelaide - 1960
« on: July 26, 2013, 07:22:06 AM »
What's this, built when and where, and powered by what - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2013, 04:11:13 AM »
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2013, 09:13:57 AM »
Looks as if it may have a highly exciting  ;) Ford Popular chassis and engine.
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2013, 04:50:43 AM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on August 04, 2013, 09:13:57 AM
Looks as if it may have a highly exciting  ;) Ford Popular chassis and engine.

It contains Ford parts so is some kind of Ford special, but not one of the 1172 cc Ford Pop specials!
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2013, 07:49:58 AM »
Sorry to detract slightly from the main picture, but almost as mystifying is the car parked in the structure behind the red sports car. Maybe you could make it a two-pointer?! Identify both for a two points for the price of one picture offer. ;) :D
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2013, 10:06:02 AM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on August 11, 2013, 07:49:58 AM
Sorry to detract slightly from the main picture, but almost as mystifying is the car parked in the structure behind the red sports car. Maybe you could make it a two-pointer?! Identify both for a two points for the price of one picture offer. ;) :D

I hadn't even noticed a car in the garage!
Just looking it just in the puzzle photo I'd say it was a Mercedes Benz 190D, so do I get a point?!
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2013, 12:46:07 PM »
Is this car British?  The Mercedes in the background suggests it isn't.
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2013, 02:35:10 PM »
Quote from: D-type on August 11, 2013, 12:46:07 PM
Is this car British?  The Mercedes in the background suggests it isn't.

No, it's not British.
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2013, 02:58:13 PM »
RHD and not British.  Is it South African?
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2013, 03:07:54 PM »
Quote from: D-type on August 11, 2013, 02:58:13 PM
RHD and not British.  Is it South African?

No.
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2013, 12:13:36 PM »
Australian built?
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Re: NEH 2847
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2013, 07:12:57 PM »
It looks like a Buchanan PTY. fiberglass body, but the spec is different from the other cars they built. Is it Holden powered?
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2013, 05:44:27 AM »
Quote from: Zerk on August 12, 2013, 07:12:57 PM
It looks like a Buchanan PTY. fiberglass body, but the spec is different from the other cars they built. Is it Holden powered?

It does look like one, but with substantial differences.  Maybe the builder started out with a Buchanan..
But it's Ford-based, as we've already really established (well, almost anyway..)
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2013, 06:23:33 PM »
According to an advert trying to locate the car, it is a "Replica Ferrari 250 TestaRosa" (sic) built in the late 1950s in Adelaide, out of Ford Mercury parts and panels, with a Ford flathead V8 for power.

Aside from the mention of using Ford panels in its construction, I'd still favor the notion that the builder used a body marketed as a kit car by Buchanan.
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Re: NEH 2847
« Reply #15 on: August 14, 2013, 04:40:42 AM »
Quote from: Zerk on August 13, 2013, 06:23:33 PM
According to an advert trying to locate the car, it is a "Replica Ferrari 250 TestaRosa" (sic) built in the late 1950s in Adelaide, out of Ford Mercury parts and panels, with a Ford flathead V8 for power.

Aside from the mention of using Ford panels in its construction, I'd still favor the notion that the builder used a body marketed as a kit car by Buchanan.

Yes, you've found the car.
I don't know about the Buchanan connection; if you're going to try to make a 250TR replica then a Buchanan is probably the easiest starting point, but there are substantial differences between one and this car, particularly around the front but also the rear.  The front wheel-arch is the biggest similarity, and the cabin area is possible similar too.

I don't suppose we'll ever know...!

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