Fred W B
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| posted on 9/6/11 at 08:07 AM |
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Identify sports racer car body?
Anybody got any idea what car this may have been originally, or what car the body shell may have come from?. Maybe a Lola? Chevron? March?
As far back as I know the history, it used to have a Ford Kent engine with a VW Beetle gearbox before these were replaced with a BDA and a Hewland.
The look of the rear body section and the original humble drivetrain makes me think it may be a South African built special, but possibly the front
section and doors may had been cribbed from a recognized car?
The "period" photos are from a later time than that in which the car would have been built originally.
Cheers
Fred
[Edited on 9/6/11 by Fred W B]
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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scudderfish
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| posted on 9/6/11 at 08:19 AM |
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Googling the names on the car comes up with this. Not the details you want, but my help you further
http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/results/Allan-Moss-ZA.html
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Fred W B
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| posted on 9/6/11 at 08:27 AM |
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Thanks for the effort Scud. I know Allan, who still owns the car today, but it now has a Tiga body he fitted. Which is why it is described as a
"Tiga" in that 1987 race entry. We are tying to establish what it was originally.
Cheers
Fred W B
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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designer
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| posted on 9/6/11 at 08:58 AM |
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Don't recognise it as anything from the UK because of the rear quarters, has it not got a chassis plate?
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jimmyjoebob
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| posted on 9/6/11 at 09:10 AM |
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Could it be a Landar R7? Looks similar and one is mentioned to have had a Tiga body fitted also
landar r7 with tiga body
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jeffw
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| posted on 9/6/11 at 12:18 PM |
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It looks early 70s Sports 2000
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