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Solved NIC#1391 - 1963 Witton (or Whitton) Special
« on: March 25, 2024, 12:26:46 PM »
Car and driver please.
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2024, 11:34:06 AM »
Corvette c1 base?
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2024, 01:29:13 PM »
Quote from: frederick59 on April 15, 2024, 11:34:06 AM
Corvette c1 base?

No.

Sorry, my apologies. I have just found out that the engine of this car was from a Corvette.
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2024, 01:15:35 PM »
Jim Hall in the Chaparral?
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2024, 01:56:37 PM »
Quote from: D-type on April 16, 2024, 01:15:35 PM
Jim Hall in the Chaparral?

Sadly, no.
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2024, 09:14:52 AM »
Sadler-Chevy ?
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2024, 09:16:31 AM »
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2024, 07:45:27 PM »
Built in the USA?
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2024, 06:16:40 AM »
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2024, 07:28:25 AM »
Lister-Chevy ?
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2024, 07:29:20 AM »
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2024, 09:44:59 AM »
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2024, 10:01:40 AM »
Yes, built in Canada.
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2024, 07:12:42 PM »
Comstock?
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2024, 04:22:44 AM »
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2024, 08:24:04 AM »
Pros?
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2024, 03:30:00 AM »
Sadler ?
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2024, 04:58:12 AM »
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #18 on: June 28, 2024, 06:19:55 AM »
Could it be a Devin?
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #19 on: June 28, 2024, 06:34:42 AM »
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2024, 02:24:23 AM »
The Witton Special maybe?
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2024, 04:29:30 AM »
Quote from: neilshouse on June 29, 2024, 02:24:23 AM
The Witton Special maybe?

Yes! Locked for you - the driver?
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2024, 01:47:46 AM »
A guess... Jacques Couture?
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Re: NIC#1391
« Reply #23 on: June 30, 2024, 06:04:44 AM »
Quote from: neilshouse on June 30, 2024, 01:47:46 AM
A guess... Jacques Couture?

Exactly that.  One more point to you.

It's St Eugene in 1963. (On a well-known race results site it's spelt "Witton" but I believe that it should be "Whitton" since that was the spelling on a Canadian Formula Junior of the same time and possibly built by the same person. The FJ car has been a previous puzzle on AP).

PS I think the name Jacques Couture sounds like a pretentious ladies fashion shop in Basingstoke.
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Re: Solved NIC#1391 - 1963 Witton (or Whitton) Special
« Reply #24 on: July 01, 2024, 12:57:04 AM »
Jacques Couture, although he probably never had a shop in Basingstoke, did start the first racing school in North America, a franchise of the Jim Russell racing school (a nice Snetterton connection). He allegedly taught Gilles Villeneuve.
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