Ok, riddle solved!!
It's a 1959 Jabro Mk.II, see http://sports.racer.net/chassis/jabro/page1.htm
This specific car raced in 'GROUP 3: SPORTS RACERS AND FORMULA JUNIOR', from the entry list of...
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Ok, riddle solved!!
It's a 1959 Jabro Mk.II, see http://sports.racer.net/chassis/jabro/page1.htm
This specific car raced in 'GROUP 3: SPORTS RACERS AND FORMULA JUNIOR', from the entry list of...
D-type is a bit optimistic ;)
http://www.cottageclassics.co.uk/ginetta/ginettag4/InTheMorningLight.jpg
That's a Ginetta G4, similar, but not the same...
Doesn't that Ginetta use an MX-5 drivetrain? What am I missing here?
I'm sure a "mystery car" post would quickly yield some answers, or at least some lively speculation :)
What car is that #5? Nice lines on that thing... Like the Devin too!
oy vey... what's the deal with the pages ripped from an atlas on the doorpanels and the seat?! What's next?! 80-spoke gold chrome dubz?!
Man, people can be so cruel! :)
I, for one, am a glutton for Martini livery... That's not to say that if I had a 959, or a 993, or a 912 for that matter, I would build it into a replica or a...
Someone's bound to mention one of the rotaries, either Mazda's or NSU's... so it may as well be me! :)
My own pic from a local Ferrari meet
Will the factory double as a distillery? If so, I'm putting my name down!!
Henk, any pics of Peerless/Warwicks?
Oh come on... that looks just like the one in my car!! :D
Wow... I can well imagine that spectacle! I still hope to make it out to the UK for Goodwood one year... I've done the Donington GP Collection, now I just want to see them in action! :)
Fine... I guess that grants me license!! A6 GCS Chassis #2053, not much that I know about its history, other than that it was for sale or on consignment at Fantasy Junction that year.
Henk, were...
Great!! That's the excuse I'll use too! :p
Thanks for those pics, Henk... Those old Maser's are just so.... sexy!! That same event showed a Scaglietti-bodied A6 GCS, chassis number 2053. I've got...
Not very cheap, nor common, but an oddball amongst the elite nonetheless... I figured I'd better jump on the chance to use these pics sometime!
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I was lucky enough to see this car (chassis number 2525) and snap some pics of it at the Ferrari Historic Challenge at Sears Point/Infineon Raceway in 2004. The owner, an amiable and affable man who...
BMW's M10 engine is a classic that found its way, in one form or another, into everything from the Neue Klasse 1500's (pumping out a whopping 75 HP) to Nelson Piquet's Brabham BT52 Formula 2 car...
Thanks Henk!
Should someone be interested, I might be able to go and take a look/shoot some pics.
For those interested, there is a Glas collection for sale here locally in California. From Craigslist SF:
I have two 1700 GT 1967 , one runs, one is parts car.
I have one 1300 GT 1965, needs full...