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SOLVED: FW #628: Valano GT 225 built by Ern Hancock and Alex Smith, 1965
« Reply #25 on: September 22, 2024, 03:06:19 PM »
Please be so kind and identify this car: Make? Type? Builder? Year?
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Re: FW #628
« Reply #26 on: October 21, 2024, 12:43:35 PM »
Experts?

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Re: FW #628
« Reply #27 on: October 21, 2024, 04:21:25 PM »
Is this related in some way to the Bill Thomas Cheetah?

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Re: FW #628
« Reply #28 on: October 22, 2024, 03:20:43 AM »
Not really

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Re: FW #628
« Reply #29 on: October 31, 2024, 05:38:55 PM »
Professionals?

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Re: FW #628
« Reply #30 on: November 01, 2024, 06:14:31 AM »
Is that the Lindner/Nocker lowdrag E-type ?
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Re: FW #628
« Reply #31 on: November 01, 2024, 06:21:39 AM »
No

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Re: FW #628
« Reply #32 on: November 01, 2024, 06:31:26 AM »
Morgan SLR ?
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Re: FW #628
« Reply #33 on: November 01, 2024, 10:12:55 AM »
There aresome resemblances, I agree, but NO

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Re: FW #628
« Reply #34 on: November 01, 2024, 12:37:22 PM »
Is it the Triumph SLR ?
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Re: FW #628
« Reply #35 on: November 01, 2024, 06:07:16 PM »
Again there are some resemblances, but sorry, NO

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Re: FW #628
« Reply #36 on: November 04, 2024, 06:48:12 AM »
American ?
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Re: FW #628
« Reply #37 on: November 04, 2024, 08:36:37 AM »
No

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Re: FW #628
« Reply #38 on: December 09, 2024, 04:35:32 PM »
Masters?

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Re: FW #628
« Reply #39 on: December 14, 2024, 05:33:33 PM »
British?
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Re: FW #628
« Reply #40 on: December 15, 2024, 03:12:36 AM »
No, but I digged deeper and found that American and British parts were used building this car

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Re: FW #628
« Reply #41 on: December 28, 2024, 12:31:24 AM »
Milano GT?

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Re: FW #628
« Reply #42 on: December 28, 2024, 04:12:10 AM »
Not Milano GT

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Re: FW #628
« Reply #43 on: January 06, 2025, 06:07:59 AM »
Valano GT 225 built in Adelaide by Ern Hancock and Alex Smith. Chrysler Valiant 225 cid 6-cyl engine, Jaguar (Moss) gearbox.
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Re: SOLVED: FW #628: Valano GT 225 built by Ern Hancock and Alex Smith, 1965
« Reply #44 on: January 06, 2025, 10:20:52 AM »
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Re: Solved - MJW #036 - Valano GT225
« Reply #45 on: January 06, 2025, 11:13:44 AM »
Merged (again!)
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Re: SOLVED: FW #628: Valano GT 225 built by Ern Hancock and Alex Smith, 1965
« Reply #46 on: January 06, 2025, 03:55:31 PM »