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Solved NIC#653 - 1964 Burnett Mk2 Chevrolet
« on: August 16, 2016, 05:23:27 AM »
Year,make and model, please.
« Last Edit: September 07, 2016, 11:59:10 AM by nicanary »
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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2016, 09:39:30 PM »
Genie mk8?

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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2016, 05:18:36 AM »
Genie mk8?

It has a Genie body, but over a different chassis.  I'll lock it for you for 24 hours.
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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2016, 04:35:10 PM »
I now know a lot more about Huffaker Genies and precisely nothing about this particular car. Is the chassis British?

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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2016, 05:07:13 PM »
I now know a lot more about Huffaker Genies and precisely nothing about this particular car. Is the chassis British?

Not British. I'm afraid it's now unlocked.
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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2016, 06:25:22 PM »
is the chassis American?

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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2016, 04:08:25 AM »
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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2016, 12:33:38 PM »
chaparral?

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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2016, 01:38:54 PM »
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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #9 on: September 06, 2016, 02:19:13 PM »
Well it has to be mid engine to fit the Genie shell, so I am assuming a race car chassis -McKee?

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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2016, 03:00:56 PM »
Well it has to be mid engine to fit the Genie shell, so I am assuming a race car chassis -McKee?

Not a McKee, but it a race-car chassis.
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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2016, 04:12:01 PM »
Caldwell? Is it a sports car chassis or an open wheeler?

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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2016, 04:45:45 PM »
Caldwell? Is it a sports car chassis or an open wheeler?

It was built specifically for a type of sports car racing, but it's not a Caldwell.
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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2016, 05:29:13 PM »
Hmmm ... I'm thinking about the 'type of sports car racing' and thinking CANAM  because I think I can see the trumpets of a big V8 behind the cockpit. Trouble is I am running out of American manufacturers ..... Shadow?

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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2016, 04:01:37 AM »
Hmmm ... I'm thinking about the 'type of sports car racing' and thinking CANAM  because I think I can see the trumpets of a big V8 behind the cockpit. Trouble is I am running out of American manufacturers ..... Shadow?

It is indeed a CanAm racer, but not a Shadow.
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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #15 on: September 07, 2016, 09:14:24 AM »
I think it's the Burnett Special Mk 2 Chevrolet, driven by Don Jensen at Laguna Seca and Riverside in October 1968 and built by Stan Burnett of Seattle

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Re: NIC#653
« Reply #16 on: September 07, 2016, 11:58:30 AM »
I think it's the Burnett Special Mk 2 Chevrolet, driven by Don Jensen at Laguna Seca and Riverside in October 1968 and built by Stan Burnett of Seattle

That's correct. It's the second of several Burnetts, and the first mid-engined model. He used a Genie body simply because it fitted the chassis.

It was actually built in 1964 but raced on for several years.
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