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Title: SAC#935 :Mean prototype with Oldsmobile engine 1966
Post by: SACO on March 05, 2015, 02:09:45 AM
What's this , for 1 point ?  :)
Title: Re: SAC#935
Post by: SACO on March 17, 2015, 03:20:15 PM
Experts!
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Post by: SACO on April 07, 2015, 03:50:13 PM
Pros !
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Post by: targhediferro on April 07, 2015, 05:45:56 PM
Is it Jaguar based?
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Post by: SACO on April 08, 2015, 01:48:08 AM
Not Jaguar based !
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Post by: oko94 on April 08, 2015, 03:13:07 AM
Italian base ?
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Post by: SACO on April 08, 2015, 09:47:02 AM
Not Italian base !
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Post by: oko94 on April 08, 2015, 10:02:56 AM
French base ?
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Post by: SACO on April 08, 2015, 12:02:04 PM
I don't know the engine !
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Post by: mekubb on April 08, 2015, 03:30:25 PM
American ?
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Post by: SACO on April 08, 2015, 05:11:15 PM
Not American !
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Post by: nicanary on April 10, 2015, 06:48:54 AM
The car reminds me of the Chaparral Mk1 with later body, but obviously I know it isn't that car. At least it dates the car to around 1963.

Is it anything to do with the Gachnang brothers?
Title: Re: SAC#935
Post by: SACO on April 10, 2015, 07:53:50 AM
Sorry but I found new information :
Not Gachnang brothers !
The car is partially American and with a connection with Chaparral ! :D
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Post by: nicanary on April 10, 2015, 08:24:13 AM
By Troutman and Barnes?
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Post by: SACO on April 10, 2015, 09:04:44 AM
Not by  Troutman and Barnes !
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Post by: oko94 on April 10, 2015, 09:56:10 AM
Lotus chassis with American engine ?
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Post by: SACO on April 10, 2015, 02:14:38 PM
Not a Lotus chassis but an American engine !
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Post by: nicanary on April 11, 2015, 06:46:53 AM
Is the "Chaparral connection" anything to do with a Chevrolet engine?
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Post by: SACO on April 11, 2015, 05:31:38 PM
a GM engine !
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Post by: oko94 on April 12, 2015, 07:51:27 AM
Oldsmobile engine ?
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Post by: SACO on April 12, 2015, 04:42:15 PM
Yes !
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Post by: nicanary on April 12, 2015, 05:36:21 PM
Is the chassis from Europe?
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Post by: SACO on April 13, 2015, 02:16:16 AM
Yes !
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Post by: oko94 on April 13, 2015, 03:08:40 AM
Italian chassis ?
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Post by: targhediferro on April 13, 2015, 04:36:03 AM
Maserati birdcage chassis?
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Post by: nicanary on April 13, 2015, 05:27:10 AM
Our questions appear to be very haphazard, so we need a precis - it's Oldsmobile-engined and the chassis is European, but not Italian. The question whether it was French was not answered, but I'm going to assume it's not from that country. My knowledge of British cars of that period suggests it's not from there, although I could be wrong  ;D.

The racing number on the car is a high one, so the entry for the event would have been large. This suggests a European hillclimb. Was the car constructed in Switzerland?
Title: Re: SAC#935
Post by: oko94 on April 13, 2015, 05:50:37 AM
Quote from: nicanary on April 13, 2015, 05:27:10 AM
the chassis is European, but not Italian.

SACO said he found new information after having answered no to my question about an Italian base, so I think it can't be dismissed.

All we need is an update from SACO to clarify what's right and what's wrong.
Title: Re: SAC#935
Post by: SACO on April 13, 2015, 10:17:46 AM
Well !
Not Maserati birdcage chassis !
Not Italian chassis  !
Not Swiss chassis !
And not a French chassis ! ;)
Title: Re: SAC#935
Post by: oko94 on April 13, 2015, 10:31:24 AM
British chassis ?
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Post by: nicanary on April 13, 2015, 10:35:17 AM
It's LHD. German?
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Post by: SACO on April 13, 2015, 10:48:11 AM
Not British and not German !
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Post by: nicanary on April 13, 2015, 11:03:49 AM
Belgium?
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Post by: oko94 on April 13, 2015, 11:19:34 AM
Chassis from Sweden ?
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Post by: SACO on April 13, 2015, 11:31:44 AM
Yes ! Belgian chassis !
Locked for nicanary !
Title: Re: SAC#935 : Locked
Post by: nicanary on April 13, 2015, 07:13:02 PM
I have found several references to a sports-racing car built by Mean with an Oldsmobile engine and auto box, but that was in 1966 and I would have thought it would have been rear-engined.

Is this that car? (By all accounts it was a pig to drive, and usually finished up in the scenery.)
Title: Re: SAC#935 : Locked
Post by: SACO on April 14, 2015, 01:59:01 AM
Yes ! it's that car !
Mean prototype with Oldsmobile engine ( Course de cote de Fleuron 1966 )
1 point for nicanary !  :)