Topic: Solved - NEH 5512: Ralph Starkweather Special

[Carnut]

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[Carnut]

Experts?

[tobytwirl]

It's a La Dawri Firestar mk2 from about 1959. The body was designed to fit Metropolitan/Sprite/ Fiat/ Crosley etc chasses.

[tobytwirl]

Or perhaps it is not. It is probably the original Ralph Starkweather Special for which he designed his own tubular chassis. It was a Crosley powered class H racer and bore a remarkable similarity to the Lotus 11. La Dawri bought Starkweather's molds and offered the body as the Firestar 2,

[Carnut]

Or perhaps it is not. It is probably the original Ralph Starkweather Special for which he designed his own tubular chassis. It was a Crosley powered class H racer and bore a remarkable similarity to the Lotus 11. La Dawri bought Starkweather's molds and offered the body as the Firestar 2,

That's exactly what it is, yes!
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[tobytwirl]

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