Topic: Solved NIC#465 - 1965 Wainer-Ford F3

[nicanary]

Year and marque, for one point.

[nicanary]

Experts?

[richard cuyler]

1961-ish Formula Junior car, English built?

[nicanary]

1961-ish Formula Junior car, English built?

Later than 1961, not FJ (but the nearest thing!) and not British.

Apart from that, good questions 

[shamrock]

Alpine F3, 1965

[nicanary]

Alpine F3, 1965

It is a 1965 F3 car, but not an Alpine.

[Willie McCrum]

Very slender....BWA perhaps ?

[nicanary]

Very slender....BWA perhaps ?

Not a BWA, but the correct country of manufacture.

[Willie McCrum]

Hmmmm....With no degree of certainty, how about a Wainer ?

[nicanary]

Hmmmm....With no degree of certainty, how about a Wainer ?

BINGO! Because this is Autopuzzles, I deliberately selected an awkward view of the car, but my hint about the country of origin whittled the possibility down to about 50 marques. This is the car with the shark's-nose front end, which would have been too easy to solve.

Well done Willie.