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    Unusual Classic racecars

    South Africa was full of unusual racecars in the older days.A couple of oneoff specials were built and raced. I will post some here.......but what about the rest of the worlds unusual race cars. Post them This was the Oliver special from somewhere in the 60's
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    This isn't particularly unusual, but I find the size difference between the Falcon and the Mini entertaining.
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    You would have missed my 2005 posting of THIS fabulous site which has heaps of classic-era Oz racing pics, also vintage & veteran

    In it you will find everything from basic home-builds to the Centaur coupe and mighty Maybach GP racers

    I'm sure you'd enjoy taking time to wade through the 'collections' list and you'll find a 'next' link on the bottom of every page

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    Quote Originally Posted by nota View Post
    You would have missed my 2005 posting of THIS fabulous site which has heaps of classic-era Oz racing pics, also vintage & veteran

    In it you will find everything from basic home-builds to the Centaur coupe and mighty Maybach GP racers

    I'm sure you'd enjoy taking time to wade through the 'collections' list and you'll find a 'next' link on the bottom of every page
    This is absolutely fabulous....i'll take time tonight to work this through. Thanx for the link
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    Here is also a famous South African car in the 60's. I dont think the rest of the world often raced these cars!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by willysjeep View Post
    Here is also a famous South African car in the 60's.
    Great old photo!
    I dont think the rest of the world often raced these cars!!!
    http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...5-post291.html !!!

    Click the studebakerracing.com link in my above post for photos of 100% stock-standard Studies racing at Phillip Island 500 mile enduro (precursor to Bathurst) and Bathurst 500 itself. I particularly like the charismatic final pic .. nose up, foot down

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    There is a bunch of freaky racecars; my favorite is the BMW Isetta (I don't want to know about its crash-test ratings)
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    Quote Originally Posted by GumballRunner View Post
    There is a bunch of freaky racecars; my favorite is the BMW Isetta (I don't want to know about its crash-test ratings)
    that's nice, you think the ratings would be worse than those of a 695 Esseesse?
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    Nice pictures. This link shows ice racing in the fifties. I think there are some really cool cars there. The race takes part on a lake in my home town in Sweden. YouTube - Isracing 1954 i Hudiksvall
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    Quote Originally Posted by MartB View Post
    Nice pictures. This link shows ice racing in the fifties. I think there are some really cool cars there. The race takes part on a lake in my home town in Sweden. YouTube - Isracing 1954 i Hudiksvall
    FANTASTIC

    What tyres did they run back then ?
    Did they rely on the narrowness or were the spiked ??

    The specials looked fast but the "stock" cars looked fun !!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine View Post
    FANTASTIC

    What tyres did they run back then ?
    Did they rely on the narrowness or were the spiked ??

    The specials looked fast but the "stock" cars looked fun !!
    They are so controlled it seems like they would have to be spiked, but thy are scandinavs and they probably have to deal with it more than us.
    The lack of tail-outedness was mind boggling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine View Post
    FANTASTIC

    What tyres did they run back then ?
    Did they rely on the narrowness or were the spiked ??

    The specials looked fast but the "stock" cars looked fun !!
    The tyres were spiked.

    During the fifties and the sixties in Sweden (as well as the rest of the Nordic countries) it was quite popular to race so called "Nordic Specials". Peoples own designs where they picked parts from here and there. Quite often these cars had V8 engines at the same time as they were very light. So they should have been quick.

    I borrowed a couple of pictures from the internet. The first picture from 1960 shows a "Nordic Special" to the right. The second picture shows a surviving "Nordic Special".
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    that's nice, you think the ratings would be worse than those of a 695 Esseesse?
    I really dunno, it depends mostly on the kind of inclines during the race!
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    Good idea Pieter.

    Is that an 11CV at 1:55 ? Does look as if the front wheels are driving, but the clip is short and it doesn't look long enough ?? Well ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine View Post
    Good idea Pieter.

    Is that an 11CV at 1:55 ? Does look as if the front wheels are driving, but the clip is short and it doesn't look long enough ?? Well ?
    There's definitely a TA at 1:2X.
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