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Identify this car for a point.
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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2020, 03:40:33 AM »
Experts?

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2020, 11:46:27 AM »
The design that Adrian Newey came up with when asked what his ideal racing car unfettered by the rules would look like.
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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2020, 12:52:17 PM »
The design that Adrian Newey came up with when asked what his ideal racing car unfetterd by the rules would look like.
Not that :)

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2020, 06:15:57 PM »
Is it a design for an Indianapolis contender?
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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2020, 06:18:46 PM »
Is it a design for an Indianapolis contender?
Nope

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2020, 04:59:29 PM »
Is the car intended to comply with any particular set of rules or formula?
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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2020, 07:13:44 PM »
Is the car intended to comply with any particular set of rules or formula?
It was built to comply with certain rules.

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2020, 06:21:17 PM »
Is it South American by any chance?
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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2020, 07:42:43 PM »
Is it South American by any chance?
No

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2020, 12:29:46 PM »
This puts me in mind of James Garner's Indy Car, is it a single-seat race car?

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2020, 12:38:44 PM »
This puts me in mind of James Garner's Indy Car, is it a single-seat race car?
single-seat race car

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2020, 02:33:26 AM »
Pros?

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2020, 03:28:33 PM »
Is it from the USA?
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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2020, 07:28:28 PM »

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2020, 08:13:20 PM »
Is it a Crosby Fun 1+1?
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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2020, 09:24:52 PM »

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2020, 09:16:03 AM »
Was it licensed as road/highway legal, or for track use only?
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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2020, 10:01:25 AM »
Was it licensed as road/highway legal, or for track use only?
Road legal

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #19 on: March 10, 2020, 07:09:54 PM »
Open to all

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #20 on: March 10, 2020, 07:20:21 PM »
Built between 1975 and 1985 ?

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #21 on: March 10, 2020, 07:48:42 PM »
Built between 1975 and 1985 ?
Yes

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2020, 07:58:59 PM »
Between 1980 and 1985 ?

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #23 on: March 10, 2020, 08:02:52 PM »
Between 1980 and 1985 ?
Yes, sometime in the early 1980s

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Re: GTE 289
« Reply #24 on: March 10, 2020, 08:04:28 PM »
Homemade or built by a company ?