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Solved NIC#391 - 1960 Zeter Mk2 DKW Formula Junior
« on: April 06, 2015, 10:10:58 AM »
What is this car? Please tell me the builder and the make of engine, for one point.
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2015, 07:16:13 AM »
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2015, 04:16:07 PM »
Is this a home-build imported from UK to USA? The 1960 Chev in the background suggests this shot was taken in that year or perhaps a year or two later.
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2015, 04:23:55 PM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on May 20, 2015, 04:16:07 PM
Is this a home-build imported from UK to USA? The 1960 Chev in the background suggests this shot was taken in that year or perhaps a year or two later.

I don't have a date for the car, but I would say you're not a million years away. It was not imported, but the car was indeed from the USA.
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2015, 05:24:53 AM »
Further research reveals that the car was raced between 1960 and 1962.
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2015, 06:50:55 AM »
So it's a fully American car? Does it have four-wheel-drive?

Interesting that it should be towed by what seems to be an Austin Healey 3000 - that's what made me think it may have been from the UK. Just wonderfully Anglophile Americans involved then!  :) :)
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2015, 07:11:37 AM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on May 21, 2015, 06:50:55 AM
So it's a fully American car? Does it have four-wheel-drive?

Interesting that it should be towed by what seems to be an Austin Healey 3000 - that's what made me think it may have been from the UK. Just wonderfully Anglophile Americans involved then!  :) :)

The owner raced an MGA in 1957/58, so that's what the tow car could be.

The puzzle car does not have 4-wheel drive! It was built in the USA but one major component came from elsewhere in the world.
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2015, 06:40:00 PM »
Is the engine from Europe?
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2015, 07:20:16 AM »
Quote from: AlexFrance on July 05, 2015, 06:40:00 PM
Is the engine from Europe?

I'm very sorry, I missed this question. I was going to transfer the puzzle to the Pros, but now I'll leave it here.

YES the engine is from Europe.
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2015, 05:07:28 PM »
Is the engine from the UK?
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2015, 07:08:00 PM »
Quote from: AlexFrance on July 16, 2015, 05:07:28 PM
Is the engine from the UK?

Not from the UK.
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2015, 11:28:44 AM »
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2015, 12:38:03 PM »
Zeter Mk2
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2015, 12:46:20 PM »
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2015, 12:48:27 PM »
Sorry, I've edited my answer meanwhile.

So it's a DKW-powered Zeter Mk2 built by John Zeitler.
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Re: NIC #391
« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2015, 01:07:30 PM »
Quote from: oko94 on July 21, 2015, 12:48:27 PM
Sorry, I've edited my answer meanwhile.

So it's a DKW-powered Zeter Mk2 built by John Zeitler.

Yes. Well found.  It was built in 1960 after he'd crashed and wrecked his self-built Mk1 - in 1957/58 he raced an MGA and I reckon that's the tow car in this photo.
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