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The Focus Ford must be the Focus-Ford Mk IV 1962 formula junior. When FJ was replaced by F2/F3 in 1964, the Swedish FJ championship was continued as a F2 championship allowing cars under the previous FJ regulations to run unaltered. The Focus Mk IV was originally built for and raced by Örjan Atterberg, but he had a fatal accident with the car in Helsinki in 1963. The car was then raced by P-O Zetterström in the Swedish "F2" championship from 1964 onwards.
The car now resides in Norway and we will hopefully see it back in historic racing this season.
Focus did build another single seater after that for Formula 3, but to my knowledge it was never completed in period although it has now got FIA papers and appear now and then equipped with a body looking somewhat like a BT21. Actually AB Sportscars in Stockholm, who manufactured the Focus cars, used the frame of the new car as a storage shelf.
L-G
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