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Del Giovane Formula 850
« on: April 11, 2023, 05:01:52 AM »
Identify this race car and which kind on formula is it?
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Re: BD840
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2023, 04:57:30 AM »
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Re: BD840
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2023, 03:14:30 PM »
Offset front suspension!  Is it a US Formula?
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Re: BD840
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2023, 06:05:29 AM »
not a US Formula

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Re: BD840
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2023, 04:25:55 PM »
Thinking who else has oval racing.  Is it an Australian midget?
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Re: BD840
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2023, 05:42:38 AM »
no connection with Australia

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Re: BD840
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2023, 11:13:53 AM »
From Canada?
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Re: BD840
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2023, 12:20:22 PM »
no

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Re: BD840
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2023, 02:39:10 PM »
Is the front suspension genuinely offset - or has the nose bodywork simply been placed on the chassis off-centre?
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Re: BD840
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2023, 04:59:58 AM »
it's a wreck, i think the hood was just put back on it

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Re: BD840
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2023, 08:35:41 AM »
The [British] Monoposto Formula?
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Re: BD840
« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2023, 12:19:49 PM »
not british

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Re: BD840
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2023, 02:49:51 AM »
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Re: BD840
« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2023, 01:50:11 PM »
Formula 3?
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Re: BD840
« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2023, 03:03:05 AM »
Not Formula 3

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Re: BD840
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2024, 04:55:07 AM »
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Re: BD840
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2024, 10:43:23 AM »
Del Giovane, Formula 850, 1972, converted to Formula Panda 903cc in the early 1980s with new suspension, longer wheelbase, modified bodywork
Picture attached of the original car
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Re: BD840
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2024, 03:01:40 AM »
correct