Author Topic: DAR 20 -Camber-VW "Patinho Feio" (Ugly Duckling) (Read 1557 times)

D-type · « **on:** January 08, 2022, 11:05:13 AM »

Can I have the What? Where? By whom? of this please

D-type · « **Reply #1 on:** January 16, 2022, 06:19:30 AM »

No takers from the Rookies so up to the Experts

richard fridd · « **Reply #2 on:** January 16, 2022, 04:44:41 PM »

Masten Gregory?

D-type · « **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2022, 07:21:57 PM »

No, nothing to do with him.

richard fridd · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2022, 02:03:43 PM »

Film prop?

D-type · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2022, 07:08:15 AM »

No. It was a genuine race car, but it's unlikely that Masten Gregory ever saw it.

richard fridd · « **Reply #6 on:** January 18, 2022, 09:01:54 AM »

Short circuit oval racer?

D-type · « **Reply #7 on:** January 18, 2022, 09:22:19 AM »

No way - far from that.

richard fridd · « **Reply #8 on:** January 18, 2022, 10:19:17 AM »

Spot lamps and three crew. Long distance racer?

D-type · « **Reply #9 on:** January 18, 2022, 11:58:45 AM »

It ran in sports car races, both long and short.

richard fridd · « **Reply #10 on:** January 18, 2022, 02:27:24 PM »

D-type · « **Reply #11 on:** January 19, 2022, 05:52:30 AM »

No, not the USA

richard fridd · « **Reply #12 on:** January 19, 2022, 09:42:10 AM »

Europe?

D-type · « **Reply #13 on:** January 19, 2022, 02:10:42 PM »

Not Europe

richard fridd · « **Reply #14 on:** January 19, 2022, 04:00:05 PM »

Australia?

D-type · « **Reply #15 on:** January 20, 2022, 01:59:03 PM »

Not Australia

richard fridd · « **Reply #16 on:** January 20, 2022, 03:37:33 PM »

Northern hemisphere?

D-type · « **Reply #17 on:** January 21, 2022, 06:07:47 PM »

No, southern hemisphere

richard fridd · « **Reply #18 on:** January 22, 2022, 02:10:59 AM »

New Zealand?

D-type · « **Reply #19 on:** January 23, 2022, 08:47:28 AM »

No, go east from there.

richard fridd · « **Reply #20 on:** January 23, 2022, 09:24:39 AM »

Oriental. Japan?

D-type · « **Reply #21 on:** January 23, 2022, 06:35:48 PM »

NO! There is no way you could say Japan or any "Oriental" country is east of New Zealand, nor is it in the southern hemisphere. I suggest you look at where has been eliminated and where has not. Try the continent first.

richard fridd · « **Reply #22 on:** January 24, 2022, 04:55:22 AM »

South America?

Johno · « **Reply #23 on:** January 24, 2022, 10:10:02 AM »

The City is Brazilia. The picture commemorates the inaugural race winner with his DKV Vemag, created on a VW Beetle chassis with a 1300cc engine. Eugênio Martins from São Paulo became Brasília's first motorsport champion. The car gained the nickname 'ugly duckling'.

D-type · « **Reply #24 on:** January 24, 2022, 04:10:37 PM »

Yes, the Camber-VW "Patinho Feio" (Ugly Duckling) from Brazil. There is a website that I'm not allowed to link to that gives a lot of information on the car that began life as a VW beetle and was developed over several years. One of its drivers over the years was a certain Nelson Piquet.

Tough luck, richard fridd, you were getting there but hadn't thought of South America

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Author Topic: DAR 20 -Camber-VW "Patinho Feio" (Ugly Duckling) (Read 1557 times)