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Solved NIC#651 - 1964 TAD-Ford Formula Junior
« on: August 16, 2016, 05:21:41 AM »
What is this car?
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Re: NIC#651
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2016, 04:49:48 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#651
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2016, 05:04:32 PM »
DKW powered?
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Re: NIC#651
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2016, 05:09:17 PM »
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Re: NIC#651
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2016, 02:14:45 PM »
Who else made a 3-cylinder engine?  Is it SAAB powered?
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Re: NIC#651
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2016, 02:20:06 PM »
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Who else made a 3-cylinder engine?  Is it SAAB powered?

The three inlet trumpets are an optical illusion - it's not 3-cylindered!
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Re: NIC#651
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2016, 03:55:06 PM »
Is this an Australian car, or am I just reading too much into the colour scheme ?
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Re: NIC#651
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2016, 04:03:25 PM »
Quote from: Willie McCrum on October 31, 2016, 03:55:06 PM
Is this an Australian car, or am I just reading too much into the colour scheme ?

Yes it's Australian.
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Re: NIC#651
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2016, 05:36:49 PM »
Early Australian FJ then....Elfin Catalina perhaps....?
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Re: NIC#651
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2016, 06:00:39 PM »
Quote from: Willie McCrum on October 31, 2016, 05:36:49 PM
Early Australian FJ then....Elfin Catalina perhaps....?

It is an FJ, but not from a well-known maker.
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Re: NIC#651
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2016, 02:54:13 AM »
I should have guessed from the rather startling chassis colour, that it wasn't a mainstream chassis - a TAD obscure perhaps ?
What do you suppose TAD stands for ?
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Re: NIC#651
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2016, 05:24:14 AM »
Quote from: Willie McCrum on November 01, 2016, 02:54:13 AM
I should have guessed from the rather startling chassis colour, that it wasn't a mainstream chassis - a TAD obscure perhaps ?
What do you suppose TAD stands for ?

That's what it is! Well found. I have absolutely no idea what the initials stand for, there's very little about this car on the internet. I have a note that it was once powered by a Vincent engine, presumably in the early years of FJ when engines were hard to come by down-under. By 1964 it was Ford powered, as in the puzzle photo.

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