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Solved - MJW #1173 - Petty-JAP 1000

Started by woodinsight, March 30, 2013, 03:12:14 AM

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woodinsight

What was the name of this small racing car and what engine and size was fitted?
One point for the correct answer.

woodinsight

Moving up (literally!)

nicanary

Quite extraordinary. I'm baffled. Like many puzzlers I went straight to "a certain site" without success, before the glaringly obvious came to my attention.

This really is a "bitsa" - I reckon an old 50s F3 chassis that has been modernised in the 60s to keep up with later technology. Rear suspension is very confusing - the engine could well be a 1000cc or 1100cc JAP.

I take it this is British ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

shamrock


woodinsight

It's not a Kieft and this car doesn't appear on "that site" either......
The engine is a JAP but not as large as 1000.

The confusing thing is that a car of the same name is featured on the "500 site" but with a Norton engine.
This one is British and seems to have been built as a hillclimb car.

The name is xxxxx JAP x00 Special and that's all the information I have at the moment (I'll try to find out more in the meantime)

nicanary

Petty-JAP, 900cc ?

The Petty on "that site" has twin-wishbone rear supension like the puzzle car, which must have been pretty adavnced for F3 in the 50s. In fact, they look fairly similar, and possibly a hillclimb specialist has doctored the original car after its usefulness on the circuits was over.

(I realised I was wasting my time on "that site" when I eventually spotted two exhaust pipes, which precluded the obvious engine size)
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

woodinsight

Quote from: nicanary on April 05, 2013, 10:01:45 AM
Petty-JAP, 900cc ?

The Petty on "that site" has twin-wishbone rear supension like the puzzle car, which must have been pretty adavnced for F3 in the 50s. In fact, they look fairly similar, and possibly a hillclimb specialist has doctored the original car after its usefulness on the circuits was over.

(I realised I was wasting my time on "that site" when I eventually spotted two exhaust pipes, which precluded the obvious engine size)
Yes, it's the Petty-JAP but the engine size is much smaller than 900cc.
LOCKED for you to correct this.

Here's the original photo -

woodinsight

I just realised I've given you the answer!  :D

No worries - the point is yours.....

nicanary

Quote from: woodinsight on April 05, 2013, 10:11:34 AM
I just realised I've given you the answer!  :D

No worries - the point is yours.....

Easiest point of the day! I was staying away from the obvious 500cc because of the twin exhausts. Still don't understand that.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

HiRich

The image is from Prescott in the early 1960s, though I don't have an exact date. The car has been modified by the White brothers (one of whom is driving) to fit a JAP 1,000 Twin - hence the distinctive heads and twin pipes.

The car survives, now reverted to Norton 500 spec.

Allan L

Opinionated but sometimes wrong

woodinsight

I've modified the title to the correct engine capacity at the time.
Thanks folks for the extra information and photo.