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Solved NIC #28 - 1950 Falcone F3 racer
« on: September 22, 2013, 02:45:37 PM »
Year and marque name please.
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Re: NIC #28
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2013, 05:35:09 PM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC #28
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2013, 03:58:24 PM »
1950 AFM?
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Re: NIC #28
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2013, 06:54:16 PM »
1950 AFM?

The date isn't far off, but it's not an AFM.
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Re: NIC #28
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2013, 05:14:36 PM »
Italian ?

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Re: NIC #28
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2013, 05:27:46 PM »
1949 HRG?
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Re: NIC #28
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2013, 06:38:46 PM »
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Re: NIC #28
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2013, 06:40:34 PM »
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Re: NIC #28
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2013, 06:42:07 PM »
Is Maserati involved?

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Re: NIC #28
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2013, 06:05:14 AM »
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Re: NIC #28
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2013, 01:29:40 PM »
Falcone 1950

The car was built in Vincenzo Leone's Officine Elettromeccaniche in Turin.

The power unit was a twin Moto Guzzi L-head Grand Prix engine.

The driver was Ugo Puma.

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Re: NIC #28
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2013, 06:02:57 AM »
Falcone 1950

The car was built in Vincenzo Leone's Officine Elettromeccaniche in Turin.

The power unit was a twin Moto Guzzi L-head Grand Prix engine.

The driver was Ugo Puma.
Yes, absolutely correct. The car was built during 1950, and raced at only one major meeting, at Monza in May 1951. Like many Italian small capacity single-seaters, it was beautifully constructed, but tried to be a miniature GP car at a time when Cooper had already shown the correct way to go. Well done.
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