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Solved - NEH 3233: Home-built Ford Pinto-based Special from Ontario
« on: February 10, 2014, 07:48:50 AM »
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2014, 06:36:01 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2014, 03:37:20 PM »
LHD.  So, German?
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2014, 03:53:40 PM »
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2014, 05:13:31 AM »
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2014, 07:13:18 AM »
The shape of that licence plate - USA ?
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2014, 08:27:50 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on March 03, 2014, 07:13:18 AM
The shape of that licence plate - USA ?

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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2014, 08:37:51 AM »
It's very small, and apparently not very old by the looks of the suspension system. Is it motorbike-engine-powered?
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2014, 09:37:27 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on March 03, 2014, 08:37:51 AM
It's very small, and apparently not very old by the looks of the suspension system. Is it motorbike-engine-powered?

No, the engine is from a car, but as you say is not a big one.
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2014, 05:55:37 PM »
Are the engine and chassis from the USA?
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2014, 06:19:33 PM »
The front suspension and steering look like they are from a mid-1970s Ford Mustang II, apparently much favoured by rodders.

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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2014, 04:54:48 AM »
I don't know what chassis was used, but the suspension could well be from a Mustang, as some Ford parts were used.
The engine is Ford USA, but that's not where this car was built.
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2014, 06:52:16 AM »
So it was built in a country of LHD cars, and was then purchased and registered by an owner in the States?
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2014, 07:01:11 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on March 04, 2014, 06:52:16 AM
So it was built in a country of LHD cars, and was then purchased and registered by an owner in the States?

It was built in a country of LHD cars, yes, and it's based around a US car, but it wasn't built in the USA.
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2014, 07:07:23 AM »
In Canada?
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2014, 07:09:02 AM »
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2014, 09:11:41 AM »
If the engine is from Ford USA, but presumably not from a Mustang, then could the mechanical base be a Pinto, which would have the same front suspension and steering as the Mustang II?
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Re: NEH 3233
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2014, 10:55:37 AM »
Quote from: Tom_I on March 04, 2014, 09:11:41 AM
If the engine is from Ford USA, but presumably not from a Mustang, then could the mechanical base be a Pinto, which would have the same front suspension and steering as the Mustang II?

Yes it is.
I don't seem to know any more about this one so I think I'll call it solved!
Here's the unmodified puzzle picture and a rear view:

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