lemme see if alyuh bishez good..........what is THIS?

[MG Man]

and yes, it is / was LOCAL..........made the rounds @ Wallers back in the 1950s

[cinco]

easy

[MG Man]

lmao..

[cinco]

ok ok the front reminds of a maser or ferrari with the gaping nose but i r still confused

[zoom rader]

That easy its a 1940s Farrari

[zoom rader]

Sorry, its a 1955 Ferrari Type 625 Grand Prix Race Car

[MG Man]

nope :p

[silent_riot]

It's a scanned image of a picture of an old car.
I would suspect high image compression was used as well.

[MG Man]

jus cuz I remove mih kickpanel eh :p

[wagonrunner]

DKW forumla junior?

[Victory_Specification]

Alfa Romeo Formula 1?

[wagonrunner]

Alfa Romeo Formula 1?

front is different on that car.
http://www.trinituner.com/v3/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=422078&start=30

[MG Man]

*waiting on the 'old school wallers experts' *

[wagonrunner]

i iz no exput. but don't those look similar?

DKW forumla junior?

http://www.google.tt/search?hl=en&q=dkw+formula+junior&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=867&ion=1&pdl=500&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=T0Q8T7jQF8Tgtge49YHhCg

[MG Man]

pretty much most single seaters from that era looked similar, even some of the indy cars

[wagonrunner]

so not even you could be certain then?

similar looking era cars........... yes, but some features do stand out.
but the only thing missing on the dkw from that pic, would seem to be the vents alongside the bonnet. any pics of it from the other side?

Seeing another potential. 1954 Lancia D50 formula 1

[DevilZ]

b14 prototype

[GTi Guy]

autosud?

[jeevdude199]

Three ducts (one hidden) suggest at least a 6 cylinder engine. Body style suggest early european gp car. The oval duct front and the helmet, rims, suggest fifties time period as most had grills in the forties, and then went to rear engines in the sixties.............to me, it looks like a 1950's style Ferrari F1 car...

[roadracer7]

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MIMI WHEELS ,SO IT ISN'T A FORMULA TERRAPIN

[kurpal_v2]

BRM Type 25?

[MG Man]

hmm.........since none of the 'wallers glory days experts' want to come in here, here it is:
built in the 1950s by Tommy Thompson, it was known as the Thompson Special. Built from scratch here in T&T, he did everything, from tube frame chassis to hand forming the body panels. The details I have are sketchy, but I should be able to confirm later today that he was running a V8 engine
Pretty cool huh

[jeevdude199]

huh...an i was also thinking it was a maserati 250f...interesting

[wheelwizard]

i wud of never guessed that

[rksam]

hmm.........since none of the 'wallers glory days experts' want to come in here, here it is:
built in the 1950s by Tommy Thompson, it was known as the Thompson Special. Built from scratch here in T&T, he did everything, from tube frame chassis to hand forming the body panels. The details I have are sketchy, but I should be able to confirm later today that he was running a V8 engine
Pretty cool huh

The man had skills!

[cinco]

why thank you kind sir

[silent_riot]

This is genuinely interesting.
Are there any competitions today that allow cars such as these?
Are there any local examples today?

[triniboy]

hmm.........since none of the 'wallers glory days experts' want to come in here, here it is:
built in the 1950s by Tommy Thompson, it was known as the Thompson Special. Built from scratch here in T&T, he did everything, from tube frame chassis to hand forming the body panels. The details I have are sketchy, but I should be able to confirm later today that he was running a V8 engine
Pretty cool huh

awesome piece of history mg man. do u know any other info about this car, like who owned it or how long did the car last in trini or if it still exists?

[MG Man]

first engine was a rover straight 6, but he swapped powerplants a few times..........unlikely it has survived tho

[MG Man]

there was one of these in T&T as well....a Healey Silverstone
Healey built less than 150 of these
The local one had its fenders removed for open wheel racing, and the front was slightly modified. It was eventually taken apart and stored in a warehouse, where some genius ended up selling the aluminium bodywork for scrap....the rest of the car is now lost to history