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Identify this car for a point:
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2023, 04:13:04 PM »
Experts?

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2023, 04:44:50 PM »
8 exhausts so a straight 8.
Bugatti powered?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2023, 04:51:15 PM »
Straight 8, but not Bugatti.

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2023, 12:36:57 PM »
Alfa Romeo engine?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2023, 02:41:28 PM »

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2023, 05:07:29 AM »
What other straight 8s were there. I wonder.  A Duesenberg engine?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2023, 07:35:22 AM »
Not Deusenberg

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2023, 02:30:04 PM »
Does this have a Railton engine?

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2023, 02:58:50 PM »
Does this have a Railton engine?
No, not Railton

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2023, 02:39:13 PM »
A Maserati engine? (I think they made one)
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2023, 03:20:24 PM »
A Maserati engine? (I think they made one)
Not Maserati

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2023, 05:34:42 PM »
Open to Rookies, Experts, and Professionals.

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2023, 04:27:16 AM »
Hudson engine?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2023, 10:48:11 AM »

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2023, 11:07:54 AM »
Is it an early version of Rob Walker's ERA-Delage perhaps?
That car was often driven by Tony Rolt, who looked rather different, so who knows?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #16 on: August 24, 2023, 11:26:43 AM »
Is it an early version of Rob Walker's ERA-Delage perhaps?
That car was often driven by Tony Rolt, who looked rather different, so who knows?
No, not that

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #17 on: August 24, 2023, 11:30:51 AM »
Is it an American engine?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #18 on: August 24, 2023, 11:47:58 AM »

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #19 on: August 24, 2023, 12:43:06 PM »
Australian car ?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #20 on: August 24, 2023, 12:44:45 PM »

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #21 on: August 24, 2023, 02:50:18 PM »
British ?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #22 on: August 24, 2023, 03:53:29 PM »

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #23 on: August 25, 2023, 05:31:54 AM »
Is it a JBM ?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #24 on: August 25, 2023, 10:42:52 AM »