According to "Formula Junior Racing Cars Remembered" by Bernard
Cowdrey, this car might be a Ferry. They were built in France,
and campaigned in the 1960 season. They used a 966 cc Renault
motor. There was also a one-off car called the Sirmac, also built
in France, with a Renault motor. Other French Juniors barely
rating a mention were the Dalbot (not Talbot), Julien, Rispal,
and RBS-Simca.
Simon
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> This reminded me of a trip I made to Atlanta about 10 years ago.
>
> Northwest of the city is a guy who has been collecting cars from all over
> the south for years. Just parks them out in his front-less chicken coop or
> in the woods.
>
> I went there with an Atlanta car buddy who has been around and racing since
> I was a kid. We went to look at an Alfa I had spoken to this collector
> about. We counted somewhere around 123 cars in total. Among them was this
> open-wheel Formula Jr.-sized derelict that none of us could identify. As I
> remember, it had a Gordini engine.
>
> Any idea what it might be? For all I know it is still there.
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