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SOLVED: FW #119: Fitch Supersprint, Corvair engine, 1964
« on: August 12, 2022, 02:46:28 AM »
Please identify this racer in ALL its details: Make? Engine? Race series? Year?
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Re: FW #119
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2022, 03:29:44 AM »
Experts?

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2022, 06:28:59 AM »
German early FV

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2022, 06:29:51 AM »
No

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2022, 11:38:20 AM »
Is that "No" to German, "No" to early FV, or "No" to both?
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Re: FW #119
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2022, 12:02:27 PM »
Not German, not FV

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2022, 02:54:57 PM »
Is the race series the Formula Easter Cup of Peace and Friendship?
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Re: FW #119
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2022, 03:08:05 PM »
No, it isn't

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2022, 02:47:13 AM »
Formula Junior

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2022, 11:38:41 AM »
No

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2022, 03:34:01 PM »
It looks like Formula Vee type VW-based front suspension so is it Formula Super Vee
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Re: FW #119
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2022, 06:44:29 PM »
No. Furthermore the Formula Super Vee never used this type of axle

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2022, 03:40:43 AM »
USA

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2022, 07:15:38 AM »
Yes

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2022, 12:26:12 PM »
Formula Atlantic?
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Re: FW #119
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2022, 12:49:49 PM »
No

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2022, 07:44:59 AM »
Was this a US National series for cars complying with an international formula?
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Re: FW #119
« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2022, 09:03:22 AM »
No

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2022, 12:47:39 PM »
is that 'No' to US National Series, "No" to international formula, or "No" to both?
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Re: FW #119
« Reply #19 on: August 25, 2022, 02:23:23 PM »
Was this a US National series for cars complying with an international formula?
The "No" referred to your complete question
is that 'No' to US National Series, "No" to international formula, or "No" to both?
US National Series: Yes
International formula: No
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Re: FW #119
« Reply #20 on: August 26, 2022, 05:16:36 AM »
I feel that if you ask a 4-part question, in this case  "~  Make? Engine? Race series? Year? ~", you should be prepared to answer each part individually otherwise it gives the wrong impression.

Was this an SCCA Formula?

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #21 on: August 26, 2022, 07:21:50 AM »
I feel that if you ask a 4-part question, in this case  "~  Make? Engine? Race series? Year? ~", you should be prepared to answer each part individually otherwise it gives the wrong impression.

Was this an SCCA Formula?
Please be so kind, and read the "AutoPuzzles"-rules carefully. You asked for nothing else, than the race series you thought to be the right one. I gave you the right answer, with "No".
Was this an SCCA Formula? Yes to both
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Re: FW #119
« Reply #22 on: August 26, 2022, 10:02:33 AM »
You've said "No" to Formula Atlantic which was the same as SCCA Formula B.  You have also said "No" to Formula Junior which was SCCA Formula C.  But, as you say, the Formula is not the question - it's the race series.

So, is it the SCCA Grand Prix Championship ?
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Re: FW #119
« Reply #23 on: August 26, 2022, 10:15:04 AM »
It is not SCCA Formula B, and not Formula C

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Re: FW #119
« Reply #24 on: August 26, 2022, 10:33:14 AM »
It is a little bit tricky! Sorry
Not SCCA Grand Prix Championship
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