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Solved: Wendax 2299 - Formosa 120 GR
« on: June 30, 2017, 02:13:34 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2017, 02:22:22 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2017, 12:57:20 PM »
Is it a 1960s French kit car?
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2017, 05:16:36 PM »
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2017, 04:04:01 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2017, 04:22:24 AM »
British?
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2017, 04:32:18 AM »
Yes
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2017, 04:49:41 AM »
It looks like a brand-new shell made from an old mould. Is it from Microplas?
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2017, 05:01:47 AM »
Not the name it is sold under now.
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2017, 05:41:34 AM »
Is it an SD 500 (later the Transformer 500), made by Stan Daniels using Alfa Romeo running gear?
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2017, 08:00:34 AM »
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2017, 08:32:00 AM »
A Maserati 450 S Barchetta recreation, made by the O.R.C. (The Old Racing Car Company)?
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2017, 08:45:19 AM »
MG chassis ?
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2017, 10:47:12 AM »
It reminds me very much of a Tojeiro we had as a puzzle a few years ago - I have tried every variation possible using our search, but that puzzle will not surface.

It's also very similar to bodies made by Dawes & Offord for Buckler chassis. Having said all that, this is obviously a GRP creation. Is this a shell which was available in the 1950s/60s and is now being remade from the old moulds under another name?
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2017, 02:46:50 PM »
Quote from: Djetset on July 26, 2017, 08:32:00 AM
A Maserati 450 S Barchetta recreation, made by the O.R.C. (The Old Racing Car Company)?
No

Quote from: oko94 on July 26, 2017, 08:45:19 AM
MG chassis ?
No

Quote from: nicanary on July 26, 2017, 10:47:12 AM
It reminds me very much of a Tojeiro we had as a puzzle a few years ago - I have tried every variation possible using our search, but that puzzle will not surface.

It's also very similar to bodies made by Dawes & Offord for Buckler chassis. Having said all that, this is obviously a GRP creation. Is this a shell which was available in the 1950s/60s and is now being remade from the old moulds under another name?
It is a newly made GRP creation and as far as I understand not using old moulds.
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2017, 02:51:02 PM »
Home-made or built by a company ?
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2017, 03:28:11 PM »
By a company
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #17 on: July 26, 2017, 03:30:01 PM »
It's made by Gary Janes' new company Mid Century Re-Creations. It's called a Formosa 120GR and it uses an unmodified (!) Herald or Vitesse chassis.

It was actually quite easy to find once I got my head past the fact it wasn't from the 1960s. I Googled Sammio Maserati, and there it was.
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Re: Wendax 2299
« Reply #18 on: July 27, 2017, 04:14:31 AM »
Correct, of course.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 2299 - Formosa 120 GR
« Reply #19 on: October 02, 2018, 04:33:23 AM »
What the fihished product looks like:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 2299 - Formosa 120 GR
« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2024, 12:36:23 PM »
The Sormosa 120GR is due to be auctioned on 24 February by Iconic Auctions at this year's Race Retro, Stoneleigh.
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