familiar part-unfamilar car

[aeronca65t]

Seen at the '09 Lime Rock Vintage on an old, front-engine formula car.

Check out the lower A-arm.
Look familar? :wink:
The king pin (hard to see here) is also pretty familar looking.

 

[DrEntropy]

45 MM DCOE...

Tire looks like a "vintage" Firestone, too. :wink:

 

[Morris]

I WISH that coil-over and upper link looked familiar.

 

[bugimike]

Could be Dunlops Doc....I know these were Dunlops! (same tread pattern!). Any idea on the make of the car Nial? Stanguellini?

 

[aeronca65t]

....Any idea on the make of the car Nial? Stanguellini?

No, not real sure.

~Here~ is the entry list. I guess Grp 1 or 7.

There was a Stanguellini there (not listed) but it was blue.

What's interesting to me is that most of these old formula cars use Triumph or FIAT 500 front suspension.

I guess that's a Ford engine of some sort.

 

[DrEntropy]

From what little I can see it looks to be EnFo.

Mikey, you're RIGHT! DoneLoops!!! :laugh:

 

[tony barnhill]

& you wonder why he even used that lower A-arm?

 

[Silverghost]

....What's interesting to me is that most of these old formula cars use Triumph or FIAT 500 front suspension.

I guess that's a Ford engine of some sort.

I may be stating common knowledge here but the deal in "the day" was the cars had to built using off the shelf parts. At least in the beginning. Engines, transmissions, suspensions, brakes, etc. had come to from common everyday sources. The idea was that any person could afford to go racing without needing deep pockets.

 

[bgbassplyr]

I'd bet on the '60 BMC.

 

[bugimike]

I agree with Nial and doc., that lump is definitely an EnFo!! No luck in IDing that chassis though!

 

[Roger]

real sure.

What's interesting to me is that most of these old formula cars use Triumph or FIAT 500 front suspension.

Absolutely right! The Standard-Triumph front upright, the Alford and Alder component, was pretty much a stock component of late 50s, 60s, and 70s British racing cars, and a good number of road cars too, notably Lotus but also TVR, Turner and others. My Europa, for example.
It was even used in Grand Prix racing until wider tyres and stickier compounds started putting a heavier load on suspension components.