Topic: Solved NIC#582 - 1963 Prinoth Baby Junior P

[nicanary]

Year and full name of the car, and also the power unit.

[nicanary]

Experts?

[Willie McCrum]

I'd guess at this being French, maybe with Panhard mechanicals - DB perhaps ?

[nicanary]

I'd guess at this being French, maybe with Panhard mechanicals - DB perhaps ?

Unlike Gene Hackman - no French connection.

[Hiawatha]

From Italy, Fiat engine, Amadori alloy wheels?

[nicanary]

From Italy, Fiat engine, Amadori alloy wheels?

It is from Italy, and the engine is Fiat-related.

[Hiawatha]

Formula 875 Monza?

[nicanary]

Formula 875 Monza?

No.

[Hiawatha]

1963 Prinoth Baby Junior P, Steyr Puch 500 engine

[nicanary]

1963 Prinoth Baby Junior P, Steyr Puch 500 engine

Yes! That's good enough for me - the engine was actually the 650TR unit, which was essentially a bored-out 500 motor.

The car was the idea of Austro-Italian Ernst Prinoth, and was supposed to be a junior formula to encourage young drivers, but only 7 cars were built.

[Hiawatha]

The Formula Baby Junior specified engines with a maximum capacity of 500 cc. The engine on the Prinoth car was the flat twin 500 engine, which was an original Puch design.

[nicanary]

The Formula Baby Junior specified engines with a maximum capacity of 500 cc. The engine on the Prinoth car was the flat twin 500 engine, which was an original Puch design.

That's interesting. The internet sites which feature this car are all in German or Spanish, so I was trying to translate it myself and I may have misunderstood. Is it possible that this existing car has been fitted with a 650 engine at a later date?