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Solved - NEH 4575: Simca Swallow - 1956
« on: March 16, 2016, 08:28:06 AM »
What's this, powered by what, built by whom, when - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2016, 06:04:16 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2016, 04:40:55 AM »
Pro's with fewer than 400 points?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2016, 02:31:43 PM »
An all-american car ?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2016, 04:55:07 PM »
Australian?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2016, 06:26:08 PM »
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2016, 07:29:36 AM »
Now open to all Pro's..
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2016, 07:31:20 AM »
Falcon shell?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2016, 07:46:47 AM »
...or Buchanan?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2016, 07:58:53 AM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on April 29, 2016, 07:46:47 AM
...or Buchanan?

No..

Quote from: Paul Jaray on April 29, 2016, 07:46:47 AM
...or Buchanan?

..and No, it just resembles it very closely..
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2016, 08:11:43 AM »
Looks like an Ausca too...but I'm sure it's named after someone, right?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2016, 09:42:18 AM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on April 29, 2016, 08:11:43 AM
Looks like an Ausca too...but I'm sure it's named after someone, right?

Yes, they all look a bit similar, but it's not an Ausca.
Its name does not include anyone's names.
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2016, 12:13:01 PM »
I'm fairly sure that's a KM200 shell. I can't find any such cars that had a specific name - was this the Rene Neuens car?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2016, 01:59:22 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on April 30, 2016, 12:13:01 PM
I'm fairly sure that's a KM200 shell. I can't find any such cars that had a specific name - was this the Rene Neuens car?

It is a KM200 shell, yes, but that wasn't the builder.
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2016, 02:53:58 PM »
Peugeot- engined?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #15 on: June 06, 2016, 05:47:15 PM »
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2016, 06:42:49 AM »
Holden engine?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #17 on: June 08, 2016, 06:53:21 AM »
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #18 on: June 08, 2016, 07:43:16 AM »
MG engine?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #19 on: June 08, 2016, 08:30:30 AM »
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #20 on: June 08, 2016, 12:41:25 PM »
Did the builder manage to lay his hands on a Climax engine?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #21 on: June 08, 2016, 01:08:25 PM »
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Did the builder manage to lay his hands on a Climax engine?

'Fraid not..
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #22 on: June 08, 2016, 01:18:01 PM »
Simca unit?
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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #23 on: June 08, 2016, 06:30:25 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on June 08, 2016, 01:18:01 PM
Simca unit?

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Re: NEH 4575
« Reply #24 on: June 09, 2016, 03:54:11 AM »
Is this the Geoff Bernhagen Simca Swallow?
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