Front engined single seaters

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Front engined single seaters

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I have a number of 50's single seater pics I will post,I have had to start a new thread as there does not seem to be one that fits.
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These are to test your knowledge as I do not know who or what they are.
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There are many more to come

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Some of these scans are not good enough, this one is marginal

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Post #4 looks like Ron Roycroft's Ferrari 375...and post #3 Reg Parnell's 555 Squalo. I think this puts these photo's as 1957?
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Hi Is that A KEFT
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jamie wrote:Hi Is that A KEFT

I was wondering what on Earth that is jamie?..Looks like an Auto Union that's mated to an upside down speed boat.... Where is David?
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Post #1 could be from 1954..Peter Whiteheads Ferrari 125
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post# 10 Black Jacks Redex Cooper Bristol..1954???
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Ok.. post #12 Hazard a guess...Roycrofts Alfa Tipo B ..Post #13 Fred Zambucka Maserati 8CLT 1954
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Unknown to me, OK ones not a single seater

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I should have said one is not a front engined.
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Post 16 is the Gee Cee Ess , post 18 a Cooper Bristol Again ..not sure who tho
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