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SOLVED: Djetset 873 - Votorini Fiat 100 FJ by Bob Allinger
« on: January 06, 2018, 05:54:20 AM »
What is this called, and what is its mechanical base, for a point please?
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2018, 06:19:10 AM »
On to the next lap...
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2018, 06:56:10 AM »
Are we in the USA?
Is it MG based?
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2018, 06:59:18 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on January 17, 2018, 06:56:10 AM
Are we in the USA?
Is it MG based?
Yes, we are in the USA, but not MG-based I'm afraid.
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2018, 09:20:05 AM »
Is it based on a British car?
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2018, 09:26:22 AM »
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2018, 03:42:19 PM »
Italian?
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2018, 05:34:50 PM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on January 18, 2018, 03:42:19 PM
Italian?
Yes, the mechanical base is Italian.
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2018, 05:59:32 PM »
The obvious Italian make: Fiat?
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2018, 05:21:06 AM »
Quote from: D-type on January 18, 2018, 05:59:32 PM
The obvious Italian make: Fiat?
Yes!
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2018, 03:57:20 PM »
Did the builder go on to make other cars?
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2018, 04:25:24 AM »
Quote from: D-type on January 19, 2018, 03:57:20 PM
Did the builder go on to make other cars?
No as far as I know.
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2018, 12:43:53 PM »
The crash helmet looks later than the car. Trying to work out what formula it ran under - is it a sports car that has lost its mudguards?
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2018, 02:32:49 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on January 21, 2018, 12:43:53 PM
The crash helmet looks later than the car. Trying to work out what formula it ran under - is it a sports car that has lost its mudguards?
I see what you mean about the crash helmet, but I think the photo is a period one, so...  Sorry, but I don't know if this car ever wore mudguards.
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2018, 07:56:46 PM »
Is this anything to do with the 'other' Barlow special, referred to sometimes as the Pancake?
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2018, 02:41:23 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on January 26, 2018, 07:56:46 PM
Is this anything to do with the 'other' Barlow special, referred to sometimes as the Pancake?
Sorry, but no connection AFAIK.
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2018, 04:09:36 AM »
Pros?
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #17 on: February 03, 2018, 05:41:03 AM »
Pure guess - William Harding's Fiat-Coozli?
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2018, 12:02:46 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on February 03, 2018, 05:41:03 AM
Pure guess - William Harding's Fiat-Coozli?
A nice guess, but not that one I'm afraid.
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #19 on: February 11, 2018, 08:26:48 AM »
Is it possible this car is competing in a Formula Junior race?
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #20 on: February 11, 2018, 08:52:55 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on February 11, 2018, 08:26:48 AM
Is it possible this car is competing in a Formula Junior race?
Quote possibly as it is a Formula Junior car  :)
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #21 on: February 11, 2018, 10:19:16 AM »
Well - this has opened up a whole new world. Thanks! Plenty of material here for me...........

The only thing I can find which fits the bill is extremely unlikely, but for what it's worth a Dan Parkinson (or should that be the better-known Don?) used to enter a Fiat calling it a Fiat Monza. It was sometimes driven by others and I wondered whether it was powered by an engine from a Fiat-Abarth which he also raced.
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #22 on: February 11, 2018, 11:04:45 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on February 11, 2018, 10:19:16 AM
Well - this has opened up a whole new world. Thanks! Plenty of material here for me...........

The only thing I can find which fits the bill is extremely unlikely, but for what it's worth a Dan Parkinson (or should that be the better-known Don?) used to enter a Fiat calling it a Fiat Monza. It was sometimes driven by others and I wondered whether it was powered by an engine from a Fiat-Abarth which he also raced.
Whilst I'm pleased to have caused you some intrigue and head scratching Nicanary, I'm sorry that the car is not the Dan/Don Parkinson Fiat Monza.
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #23 on: February 11, 2018, 11:18:23 AM »
This is even more unlikely - Ray Ingalls Omega Mk1? (This was Simca powered, but possibly the engine was a Simca-Fiat  :D)
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Re: Djetset 873
« Reply #24 on: February 11, 2018, 11:25:39 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on February 11, 2018, 11:18:23 AM
This is even more unlikely - Ray Ingalls Omega Mk1? (This was Simca powered, but possibly the engine was a Simca-Fiat  :D)
Sorry, not the Ingalis Omega Mk1, as the Puzzle car is pure Fiat power.
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