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Re: SAC#583
« Reply #25 on: January 06, 2015, 11:28:27 AM »
Yes ,51/54 but probably not in Italy !

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Re: SAC#583
« Reply #26 on: January 06, 2015, 11:34:36 AM »
Is it a Fiat engine of some kind?
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Re: SAC#583
« Reply #27 on: January 06, 2015, 12:36:12 PM »
Not a Fiat engine !

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Re: SAC#583
« Reply #28 on: January 06, 2015, 01:54:16 PM »
If it isn't Fiat powered is it Lancia powered?
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Re: SAC#583
« Reply #29 on: January 06, 2015, 02:26:13 PM »
Yes !Locked for you !

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Re: SAC#583 :Locked
« Reply #30 on: January 07, 2015, 08:58:21 AM »
Please unlock this.  I was simply narrowing the field and don't have any leads to a one-off Lancia engined car - can they be called etceterini or is that only Italian-built Fiat engined cars?
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Re: SAC#583 :Locked
« Reply #31 on: January 07, 2015, 11:35:08 AM »
I hope SACO and D-type don't mind me posting before the official unlocking, but I'm off to work in a few minutes, and won't be back online until much later.

I have found 5 different Lancia eigenbau cars built in Germany, and some have been previous puzzles. The only one I can't account for was built in East Germany (DDR) by Hans Thorns. Is this his car?
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Re: SAC#583 :Locked
« Reply #32 on: January 08, 2015, 05:23:05 AM »
Unlocked !
Not a German Lancia !

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« Reply #33 on: January 08, 2015, 06:21:38 AM »
Dutch ?
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Re: SAC#583 :
« Reply #34 on: January 08, 2015, 06:54:45 AM »
Is it Italian but racing outside Italy?
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Re: SAC#583 :
« Reply #35 on: January 08, 2015, 09:34:45 AM »
Not Dutch !
And the owner (perhaps the builder ? ) is not Italian !

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Re: SAC#583 :
« Reply #36 on: January 09, 2015, 04:33:10 PM »
Where's left?  Swiss builder?
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Re: SAC#583 :
« Reply #37 on: January 10, 2015, 04:32:11 AM »
Not Swiss builder !

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« Reply #38 on: January 10, 2015, 04:45:08 AM »
French?
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Re: SAC#583 :
« Reply #39 on: January 10, 2015, 09:10:44 AM »
Not French !

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Re: SAC#583 :
« Reply #40 on: January 10, 2015, 10:52:15 AM »
Austrian?
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« Reply #41 on: January 10, 2015, 11:42:34 AM »
Not Austrian !

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Re: SAC#583 :
« Reply #42 on: January 10, 2015, 07:16:26 PM »
I'm pretty sure it's not a British-built car. Portugese?
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Re: SAC#583 :
« Reply #43 on: January 12, 2015, 09:48:38 AM »
Are you sure ?

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Re: SAC#583 :
« Reply #44 on: January 12, 2015, 11:01:05 AM »
Are you sure ?

Thanks for the hint  ;D

I thought I knew British competition cars of that period, and I can't recall any Lancia-based specials. This may take a lot of work.
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« Reply #45 on: January 13, 2015, 07:33:02 AM »
So far - nothing. It's a pretty car with a well-designed body looking like a mini D24. I'm guessing that it's a lot smaller.

Do you know if it's based on an Aprilia or an Ardea?
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« Reply #46 on: January 14, 2015, 05:33:01 AM »
I don't know !

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Re: SAC#583 :
« Reply #47 on: January 29, 2015, 08:33:50 AM »
Is this car the Lamgia of Alex MacMillan ?
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Re: SAC#583 :
« Reply #48 on: January 29, 2015, 09:38:22 AM »
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The Lamgia of Alex MacMillan !
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Why Lamgia and a better pic ?

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Re: SAC#583 : The Lamgia of Alex MacMillan 1953
« Reply #49 on: January 29, 2015, 11:26:20 AM »
Thank you for the point. I found the car by chance, like most members of AP, whilst looking for another car with a Rochdale body. I cannot find any images of the car online, and took a guess.

The car was registered KRO548 and was built by a Dr. Kennedy using a Lancia Augusta chassis and an MG TC engine of 1250cc which was later bored-out to 1460cc. It originally had a body built by Harry Lester, which I guess may have been a cycle-winged affair. The car must have been built in the late 1940s, because in 1950 it was bought by Roy Croysdell. It later passed to Alex MacMillan, who rebodied the car using an alloy body from Rochdale Panels, which is the one in the puzzle photo. They later sold the car for him after he had bought an Elva chassis, which he bodied in a Rochdale Type F (this has been a previous AP puzzle.)

The car is named Lamgia because it is a Lancia chassis with an MG engine.

(No wonder I couldn't remember any Lancia-engined competition cars of the 50s in the UK!)
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