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Solved NIC#583 - Langsford Zephyr Special
« on: March 27, 2016, 07:18:02 AM »
What is this? Name of the car, name of the owner/driver, and the chassis/engine combination.
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Re: NIC#583
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2016, 05:40:48 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#583
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2016, 09:55:30 AM »
Is this shot from a 1950s Carrera Panamericana race?
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Re: NIC#583
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2016, 10:41:08 AM »
Quote from: richard cuyler on May 25, 2016, 09:55:30 AM
Is this shot from a 1950s Carrera Panamericana race?

Sorry, nothing to do with that race.
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Re: NIC#583
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2016, 11:17:03 AM »
Called the Langsford, created by a Mr Longmore in Australia. A Mk 1 Ford Consul powered, I'm told' by a blown Zephyr engine and suitably cut about. Wonder what class it ran in ?  Hardly a production saloon......
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Re: NIC#583
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2016, 11:36:32 AM »
Quote from: Willie McCrum on May 25, 2016, 11:17:03 AM
Called the Langsford, created by a Mr Longmore in Australia. A Mk 1 Ford Consul powered, I'm told' by a blown Zephyr engine and suitably cut about. Wonder what class it ran in ?  Hardly a production saloon......

Well solved - that's the car described in full. The chassis and body were reduced in width and the roofline lowered. Quite a complex job for a homebuilt car.

I suspect even the genial Aussies didn't allow the car in production racing.
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Re: Solved NIC#583 - Langsford Zephyr Special
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2016, 03:40:28 PM »
I saw it on a TNF thread not so long ago and found it fascinating, if only because it sort of makes you wonder why ?
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