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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #25 on: January 11, 2020, 05:23:22 AM »
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:scratch:  from New Zealand?  (On the basis that it rains there)
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2020, 05:45:38 AM »
Across the water to Australia?
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2020, 05:53:07 AM »
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #28 on: January 14, 2020, 11:17:34 AM »
Up to the Pros
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #29 on: January 14, 2020, 04:37:37 PM »
Built in the fifties ?
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #30 on: January 14, 2020, 05:12:43 PM »
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2020, 02:33:52 AM »
Built between 1950 and 1955 ?
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #32 on: January 15, 2020, 03:35:34 AM »
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #33 on: January 15, 2020, 03:36:31 AM »
 1954 ?
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #34 on: January 15, 2020, 03:38:47 AM »
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1954 ?
Began in '50, completed in '52
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #35 on: January 15, 2020, 12:05:51 PM »
Based on a Triumph ?
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #36 on: January 15, 2020, 01:20:28 PM »
Quote from: oko94 on January 15, 2020, 12:05:51 PM
Based on a Triumph ?
As far as I am aware, this car was built without the use of any major components of British origin. That said, some of the internal transmission parts may have been Ford-sourced. I also believe the original motor may have been swapped out for a Ford unit at some later point.
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #37 on: January 15, 2020, 01:29:30 PM »
Based on an Australian Ford ?
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #38 on: January 15, 2020, 01:30:42 PM »
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Based on an Australian Ford ?
No Ford components other than noted above.

(Also see that I edited my response to your previous question.)
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #39 on: January 15, 2020, 06:09:43 PM »
Apart from the Ford components, is the puzzle car based on a European car ?
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #40 on: January 15, 2020, 06:32:41 PM »
Quote from: oko94 on January 15, 2020, 06:09:43 PM
Apart from the Ford components, is the puzzle car based on a European car ?
Let's make this simple: as I understand it, the puzzle car was not based on any existing vehicle.
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #41 on: January 15, 2020, 06:36:45 PM »
Do you now where the original engine was sourced from ?
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #42 on: January 15, 2020, 06:47:30 PM »
Quote from: oko94 on January 15, 2020, 06:36:45 PM
Do you now where the original engine was sourced from ?
It wasn't. None of the major components were sourced from existing vehicles (though some of their internal parts may have been).
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #43 on: January 15, 2020, 06:56:52 PM »
Is it a Bassin ?
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #44 on: January 15, 2020, 07:05:19 PM »
Quote from: oko94 on January 15, 2020, 06:56:52 PM
Is it a Bassin ?
No, but that would be a great puzzle car as well
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #45 on: January 15, 2020, 07:10:53 PM »
Repco ?
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #46 on: January 15, 2020, 07:12:38 PM »
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #47 on: January 15, 2020, 07:14:59 PM »
Raymond ?
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #48 on: January 15, 2020, 07:16:16 PM »
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Re: GTE 254
« Reply #49 on: January 16, 2020, 03:45:45 AM »
Reville ?
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