Mystery Cars (3):   2006-2008

Identifying unknown historic racecars and unraveling the provenance of other interesting sports and racing cars is great fun and is an important function of this website.  But so many requests were coming in and there are only so many hours in the day: so your webmaster is sorry to say that he can no longer post these pages for free.   In other words, there's now a fee.

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3-22-08

John Gordon from Ontario, Canada is looking for info on the history of his aluminum bodied car with a Mosport racing history.

 
1-1-08

Bob Wilder is looking for photos and info on the history of the ex-Bro Crim OSCA from 1955.

 
12-18-07

Clausio Sassi, Secretary of "Club Italiano Panhard", is looking for photos and history of this Panhard HBR5 rebodied in plastic and which raced in California in the late 1950s.

 
11-3-07

Your webmaster found this obscure sports car with a Southern California racing history in a collection of unusual cars.

 
11-3-07

This once Oldsmobile-powered belly-tank lakester was in the same collection.

 
9-24-07

Steve McInteer is looking for information on this Chevy V8 powered 1957 MGA. 

 
9-15-07

Stu Hanssen is looking for info on his father Bill Hanssen's  "Baldwin Special".  Hanssen Sr. raced the car in California in the mid-1950s.

 
9-7-07

Roy Hunter is looking for the history of this mid-1950s Class "F" Modified
that might have originally been one of the "Barlow Simcas".   Maybe someone knows something about this car...

 
7-10-07

Louise Culham has mechanically restored this bugeye Sprite with (probably) a Pacific Northwest racing history.  She's interested in learning about the past history of her car.

 
7-6-07

Ed McCarroll and Bob Eagleson built and raced this car in 1961/62.    Does anyone know of a Kurtis chassis that could have ended up in a South San Francisco junkyard in 1961?

 
6-14-07

Tim Hunt is looking for information and history on his Oldsmobile V8 powered Jabro H-Modified.

 
5-16-07

Dr. Wolf Zweifler is looking for photos and info on Maserati 250SI # 2431. 

 
5-13-07

Guus Luijten of the Netherlands is looking to identify this car that appears at first glance to be an early 1950s Ferrari FII car.  Is it?

 
5-11-07

CanAm racer and longtime website contributor Jerry Entin is looking for info on this mid-1960s formula car.

 
4-2-07

Jim Tyson is looking for info on this Corvette with a competition history. 

 
2-20-07

Historic racer and longtime website supporter Bob Engberg adds new information on his 1957 Elva Mk.II -- and he's wants to hear from anyone with info or memories of the car

 
2-15-07

Website contributor & "BARCBOYS.com" webmaster Dave Nicholas wants info on this Maserati 300S.

 
4-9-06

Steve Silverstein, webmaster of the "Competition Sunbeams" website, is looking for info on this Alpine.

 
4-4-06

Daniel Shanahan is looking for info on this Jaguar XK-120 which may have a Pebble Beach racing history.  The car may have been supercharged at one time.

 
4-4-06

From "MB"  "I have an old race car that I'd been after for 30 years out here in the high desert near Mojave.   I need some info on this car; if any of you can help I would appreciate it."

 
4-4-06

Dr. Wolf Zweifler is the owner of Maserati 200SI #2412.  From Dr. Zweifler:  "The car has an American racing history. I am looking for more pictures and additional history.  I will of course gladly pay for historic pictures."
 

 
4-4-06

Sam Phillips is looking for info on this very interesting customized and supercharged MGA.  The car has a midwestern racing history.

 
4-4-06 

Peter Reeves is researching a 1952 OSCA 2000S.  This car was driven by Ron Hunter in 1961 with Chevy power.

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