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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #25 on: December 05, 2010, 06:59:57 PM »
Harvey?

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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #26 on: December 05, 2010, 07:03:09 PM »
Not a Harvey.
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #27 on: December 05, 2010, 07:06:26 PM »
Locust? (as opposed to Locost)

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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #28 on: December 06, 2010, 04:14:57 AM »
No (and no)!
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #29 on: March 22, 2011, 07:34:53 PM »
No action here so far this year, so off to the Black Hole tomorrow unless I hear otherwise.
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #30 on: April 02, 2011, 01:35:21 AM »
Out of the 50 or more Lotus Seven replica kitcars that have been offered by UK builders, I've managed to narrow the possibles down to a handful.
I'll start off with Terrapin.....

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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #31 on: April 03, 2011, 05:57:26 PM »
It's not a Terrapin, and to save you a lot of time and frustration, I wouldn't waste too much energy on Seven-style replicas as you're rather unlikely to find this one. Sorry!
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #32 on: August 20, 2012, 03:50:21 AM »
Mid-1970s clubman racer (with a name starting with figure rather than letter?  ??? )?

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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #33 on: October 30, 2013, 04:52:01 PM »
Sorry again Faksta: I think I must have been extremely busy in late August last year  :D

I believe this was built as a clubmans racer, amongst other things, but the name begins with a letter, not a number.
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #34 on: November 03, 2013, 02:47:01 PM »
Lynx ?
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #35 on: November 04, 2013, 10:47:24 AM »
Not a Lynx.
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #36 on: November 05, 2013, 05:28:47 AM »
I've been looking through my race programmes for "one-off" Clubmans formula cars. Virtually all entries are Lotus 7 or U2 cars. How about the Wavendon Wombat ?
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #37 on: November 05, 2013, 07:14:09 AM »
Sorry, but not a Wombat!
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #38 on: November 05, 2013, 11:36:42 AM »
Pole Special ?
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #39 on: November 05, 2013, 12:25:59 PM »
I'm not sure what a Pole Special is, but this isn't one.
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #40 on: November 05, 2013, 12:28:49 PM »
JGM ?
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #41 on: November 05, 2013, 12:29:26 PM »
Not JGM.
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #42 on: November 05, 2013, 01:00:46 PM »
Is it 3 letters ending in A ?
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #43 on: November 05, 2013, 01:50:04 PM »
No.
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #44 on: November 11, 2013, 11:59:22 AM »
Let's play a bit of elimination:
Does the name begin with one of the letters B to M?
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #45 on: November 11, 2013, 02:03:16 PM »
Yes, it does begin with one of the letters from B to M, and to save you a lot of time, it is closer to B than M  ;)
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #46 on: November 11, 2013, 03:37:27 PM »
 :)  B-D ?
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #47 on: November 11, 2013, 06:18:22 PM »
Closer to B than D (that's a big clue!)  ;)
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #48 on: November 11, 2013, 06:42:56 PM »
Is it a Centaur Seven?
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Re: Djetset #299
« Reply #49 on: November 11, 2013, 08:52:57 PM »
Not a Centaur; closer to B!
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