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To gain a point, what is this and what was it known as?
« Last Edit: October 31, 2018, 07:11:54 AM by Djetset »
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2017, 05:27:18 PM »
Experts?
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2017, 02:32:50 PM »
Anything to do with Crosley?

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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2017, 02:47:21 PM »
Anything to do with Crosley?
Sorry, afraid not.
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2017, 04:22:36 AM »
I feel I should know this as it looks British.
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2017, 04:45:56 AM »
I feel I should know this as it looks British.

Must be the early fifties Morris Minor front end!

Could it be related to Turner?
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2017, 06:42:17 AM »
I feel I should know this as it looks British.
It's based around a British car, but it wasn't made in the UK...
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2017, 06:44:29 AM »
I feel I should know this as it looks British.

Must be the early fifties Morris Minor front end!

Could it be related to Turner?
It's not related to a Turner, but it is Morris Minor based, so now locked to you for 48 hours to tell me what it was known as.
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2017, 12:02:51 PM »
Thanks for the lock Djetset but I've drawn a blank on this one.
Thousands of pictures of Morris Minors but nothing remotely resembling your puzzle picture..
Is the answer actually findable on the 'Net?

The lock has expired now but I'll keep trying; was it made in Australasia?
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2017, 07:05:17 AM »
Thanks Carnut. It was not made in Australasia to the best of my knowledge.
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2017, 07:28:28 AM »
Thanks Carnut. It was not made in Australasia to the best of my knowledge.

Thanks.  So you won't know if it was made in South Africa either then!
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2017, 08:53:25 AM »
It's not Irish by any chance is it ?

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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2017, 11:34:21 AM »
Thanks Carnut. It was not made in Australasia to the best of my knowledge.

Thanks.  So you won't know if it was made in South Africa either then!
Is the answer out there on the Internet?
I 'm 99% certain that I know where it was made, and it wasn't in South Africa.

I don't think it's on the internet either...
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2017, 11:37:49 AM »
It's not Irish by any chance is it ?
Sorry, but it's not Irish either.
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2017, 12:32:11 PM »
Was it probably made in Canada?

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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2017, 01:07:53 PM »
Was it probably made in Canada?
Sorry, but it probably is not Canadian!
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2017, 03:45:30 PM »
it looks like a US photo - any chance?

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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2017, 03:52:31 PM »
it looks like a US photo - any chance?
Yes, it's from the USA.
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2017, 07:54:50 PM »
Looks as if it should be a group G modified racer, but there is no letter on the bodywork and no trace of a morris based racer in anything  I have read. The rear bodywork looks as if it has been taken directly from a Crosley Hotshot so why on earth would you use an A-series engine instead of the donor car's sophisticated twin cam. The front end looks homebuilt and the grille would suggest an 803cc engine.... and it won a cup? Am I missing something fundamental?..... apart from its name.

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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #19 on: January 24, 2017, 02:50:15 PM »
Looks as if it should be a group G modified racer, but there is no letter on the bodywork and no trace of a morris based racer in anything  I have read. The rear bodywork looks as if it has been taken directly from a Crosley Hotshot so why on earth would you use an A-series engine instead of the donor car's sophisticated twin cam. The front end looks homebuilt and the grille would suggest an 803cc engine.... and it won a cup? Am I missing something fundamental?..... apart from its name.

Sorry Tobytwirl but my information source doesn't give a great deal of added information about this American racer, apart from the fact that it used the standard Morris Minor motor...
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2017, 08:06:36 PM »
The final lap with the Pros?
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #21 on: July 26, 2017, 05:42:29 AM »
Black Hole soon...
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #22 on: July 26, 2017, 10:49:20 AM »
Black Hole soon...

One last gasp.......was it built from, or was there any association with, the team of Minors which raced at the Sebring 12 hours?
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #23 on: July 27, 2017, 05:30:23 AM »
Black Hole soon...

One last gasp.......was it built from, or was there any association with, the team of Minors which raced at the Sebring 12 hours?
From my limited research, I don't believe that there was any connection with this car and those Minors.
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Re: Djetset 803
« Reply #24 on: July 27, 2017, 07:20:40 AM »
Is the driver Charles Burns?
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