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Solved NIC#1020 - 1969 Corsair Formula Ford
« on: December 12, 2018, 10:55:33 AM »
What is this car, and who built it?
« Last Edit: January 24, 2019, 12:51:53 PM by nicanary »
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2019, 06:38:59 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2019, 09:40:47 AM »
Formula Ford?

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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2019, 11:52:47 AM »
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2019, 05:06:57 AM »
UK manufactured?

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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2019, 05:43:47 AM »
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2019, 07:56:32 AM »
From south of the (currently contentious) border, ie from the Republic of Ireland?
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2019, 08:31:37 AM »
From south of the (currently contentious) border, ie from the Republic of Ireland?

Foreigners, as the Rev, Paisley would have said!

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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2019, 08:36:29 AM »
French?

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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2019, 12:21:49 PM »
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2019, 03:19:52 AM »
Europeean?

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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2019, 04:17:56 AM »
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2019, 07:14:17 AM »
Ah, in one time a whole part of the world chopped! Is it then manufactured in the Southern hemisphere?

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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2019, 08:17:11 AM »
Ah, in one time a whole part of the world chopped! Is it then manufactured in the Southern hemisphere?

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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2019, 09:01:24 AM »
Bowin P4A ?

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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2019, 10:53:12 AM »
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #16 on: January 23, 2019, 03:03:14 PM »
An Elfin?
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2019, 04:07:41 PM »
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2019, 04:54:33 PM »
Bowin?

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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #19 on: January 24, 2019, 04:42:49 AM »
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #20 on: January 24, 2019, 08:02:23 AM »
Built in New Zealand?

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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #21 on: January 24, 2019, 08:25:49 AM »
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #22 on: January 24, 2019, 11:13:30 AM »
Australia?

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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2019, 11:34:15 AM »
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Re: NIC#1020
« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2019, 12:21:20 PM »
Corsair Formula Ford 1969 built in 1969 by Graham Gilbert and Bob Reynolds who had also built the Wren FF