Author Topic: Solved: Wendax 2299 - Formosa 120 GR (Read 2875 times)

Wendax · « **on:** June 30, 2017, 02:13:34 AM »

For people having dreams in red.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

Wendax · « **Reply #1 on:** July 07, 2017, 02:22:22 AM »

richard cuyler · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2017, 12:57:20 PM »

Is it a 1960s French kit car?

Wendax · « **Reply #3 on:** July 11, 2017, 05:16:36 PM »

Wendax · « **Reply #4 on:** July 26, 2017, 04:04:01 AM »

up again

el_monty · « **Reply #5 on:** July 26, 2017, 04:22:24 AM »

British?

Wendax · « **Reply #6 on:** July 26, 2017, 04:32:18 AM »

nicanary · « **Reply #7 on:** July 26, 2017, 04:49:41 AM »

It looks like a brand-new shell made from an old mould. Is it from Microplas?

Wendax · « **Reply #8 on:** July 26, 2017, 05:01:47 AM »

Not the name it is sold under now.

Djetset · « **Reply #9 on:** July 26, 2017, 05:41:34 AM »

Is it an SD 500 (later the Transformer 500), made by Stan Daniels using Alfa Romeo running gear?

Wendax · « **Reply #10 on:** July 26, 2017, 08:00:34 AM »

Djetset · « **Reply #11 on:** July 26, 2017, 08:32:00 AM »

A Maserati 450 S Barchetta recreation, made by the O.R.C. (The Old Racing Car Company)?

oko94 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 26, 2017, 08:45:19 AM »

MG chassis ?

nicanary · « **Reply #13 on:** July 26, 2017, 10:47:12 AM »

It reminds me very much of a Tojeiro we had as a puzzle a few years ago - I have tried every variation possible using our search, but that puzzle will not surface.

It's also very similar to bodies made by Dawes & Offord for Buckler chassis. Having said all that, this is obviously a GRP creation. Is this a shell which was available in the 1950s/60s and is now being remade from the old moulds under another name?

Wendax · « **Reply #14 on:** July 26, 2017, 02:46:50 PM »

Quote from: Djetset on July 26, 2017, 08:32:00 AM

A Maserati 450 S Barchetta recreation, made by the O.R.C. (The Old Racing Car Company)?

No

Quote from: oko94 on July 26, 2017, 08:45:19 AM

MG chassis ?

No

Quote from: nicanary on July 26, 2017, 10:47:12 AM

It reminds me very much of a Tojeiro we had as a puzzle a few years ago - I have tried every variation possible using our search, but that puzzle will not surface.

It's also very similar to bodies made by Dawes & Offord for Buckler chassis. Having said all that, this is obviously a GRP creation. Is this a shell which was available in the 1950s/60s and is now being remade from the old moulds under another name?

It is a newly made GRP creation and as far as I understand not using old moulds.

oko94 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 26, 2017, 02:51:02 PM »

Home-made or built by a company ?

Wendax · « **Reply #16 on:** July 26, 2017, 03:28:11 PM »

By a company

nicanary · « **Reply #17 on:** July 26, 2017, 03:30:01 PM »

It's made by Gary Janes' new company Mid Century Re-Creations. It's called a Formosa 120GR and it uses an unmodified (!) Herald or Vitesse chassis.

It was actually quite easy to find once I got my head past the fact it wasn't from the 1960s. I Googled Sammio Maserati, and there it was.

Wendax · « **Reply #18 on:** July 27, 2017, 04:14:31 AM »

Correct, of course.

Carnut · « **Reply #19 on:** October 02, 2018, 04:33:23 AM »

What the fihished product looks like:

Carnut · « **Reply #20 on:** January 11, 2024, 12:36:23 PM »

The Sormosa 120GR is due to be auctioned on 24 February by Iconic Auctions at this year's Race Retro, Stoneleigh.

News:

Author Topic: Solved: Wendax 2299 - Formosa 120 GR (Read 2875 times)