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Solved NIC#436 = 1966 Bianchini F3
« on: July 12, 2015, 11:43:02 AM »
Year, make and formula, please.
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2015, 12:40:30 PM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2015, 05:45:59 AM »
A single DCOE Weber/four cylinder engine. Is this a clue to the formulae?
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2015, 05:51:40 AM »
A single DCOE Weber/four cylinder engine. Is this a clue to the formulae?

Possibly, and then again possibly not. This is a recent photo of an older car, so it's always possible that it has been fitted with a different motor form its "period".
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2015, 06:49:31 AM »
UK make?
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2015, 07:16:31 AM »
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2015, 01:13:45 PM »
European?
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2015, 07:03:37 PM »
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2015, 07:46:00 AM »
Italian (flag on side)?
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2015, 07:55:51 AM »
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2015, 08:53:10 AM »
Small capacity?
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2015, 09:00:20 AM »
Small capacity?

I suppose you would call it that.
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2015, 11:40:29 AM »
Fiat based engine perhaps?
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2015, 07:09:13 PM »
Fiat based engine perhaps?

Probably not. I don't know for certain, but I'm pretty sure the engine in the puzzle photo is the same as what would have been fitted in period. Not Fiat.
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2015, 03:51:19 AM »
Formula 3 ?

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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #15 on: September 06, 2015, 04:21:40 AM »
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #16 on: September 06, 2015, 04:33:18 AM »
early to mid 1960's ?

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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #17 on: September 06, 2015, 04:51:55 AM »
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #18 on: September 06, 2015, 07:30:47 AM »
Tecno F3 ?
 


forget about that, just noticed that the techno f3 was red colored !
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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #19 on: September 06, 2015, 07:37:39 AM »
1967 Bianchini  ?

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Re: NIC #436
« Reply #20 on: September 06, 2015, 07:54:09 AM »
1967 Bianchini  ?

Got it at the second attempt. It is indeed one of the 5 Bianchini cars built between 1966 and 1967. The caption claims this is a 1966 model, but I think the only difference was that the early cars were aluminium, and the later cars were made of GRP.
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