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Solved: DAR 24 - GRAC MT8 Formula 3 1969
« on: April 26, 2022, 01:57:01 PM »
Who recognises this?  Make and Formula is all I'm asking for
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2022, 04:20:34 PM »
Not a flicker of interest from the rookies so it's up to the Experts.  But from the experts I expect a bit more.  As well as the Make and Formula I'd like the Model Designation and Year.  Driver and race would be nice, but I can't award a second point.

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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2022, 04:49:01 PM »
McNamara F3 1970
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2022, 09:36:41 AM »
Right Formula  :thumbsup:, wrong car  :thumbsdown:, wrong year  :thumbsdown:
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2022, 03:09:57 PM »
UK chassis?
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2022, 04:20:16 PM »
No, not a British chassis
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2022, 12:55:50 AM »
French?
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2022, 04:44:09 AM »
Oui monsieur  :thumbsup:
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2022, 05:07:58 PM »
GRAC ?
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2022, 03:48:29 AM »
Yes a Formula 3 GRAC  :thumbsup:
Model? and Year? still required  :scratch:
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2022, 05:40:45 AM »
NOT required, according to your original request :buttkiss:....However, for the sake of European unity I will offer the following: MT 8 of 1969 ;D
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2022, 06:11:06 AM »
As I said, when I moved the puzzle up to the Experts, I expect more from the Experts than from the Rookies. 
Point awarded.
I'll leave it here for now to see if anyone can provide the venue and the driver? (I have a reason for asking for the driver's correct name.)
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2022, 06:42:15 AM »
Yes,..you're quite correct; I didn't bother to read your comment about further information :hail:  Thanks for the point, and I am now morally obliged to try and find the remaining details.......... :nerves:
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2022, 07:18:13 AM »
Regarding the driver's name, I think it was Max JEAN. The French formal habit of placing the surname before the "prénom" may have led to his car being labelled "Jean MAX".  I am still trying to find the actual race (without having to buy the GRAC book!). ;D
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Re: DAR 24
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2022, 08:36:57 AM »
The photo was taken at the Pau Coup de Vitesse in 1969, I think this was a supporting race to the Formula 2 Pau Grand Prix
The driver was Max JEAN.  As you said, due to confusion on an early entry, he was often wrongly called Jean MAX; the name on the car confirms it should be Max jean.
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Re: Solved: DAR 24 - GRAC MT8 Formula 3 1969
« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2022, 10:43:30 AM »
Interesting!  The name thing reminds me of anecdotes about Robert Waddy's hillclimb special which was named "Fuzzi".  Apart from being famous in its own right, it was frequently referred to as "Fuzzi's Widdi", or "Wazzi's Fuddy", etc.  Happily, "Fuzzi" has survived, so hopefully it will be seen again some time :thumbsup:
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Re: Solved: DAR 24 - GRAC MT8 Formula 3 1969
« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2022, 12:01:03 PM »
I think it's a re-creation or extensive restoration as the original Fuzzi was developed into a V8 engined car that DSJ described as "a complicated contraption that defeated itself by its complexity"
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