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Ockelbo-Lundgren was the nickname of Erik Lundgren (19 February 1919 – 16 September 1967), a Swedish racing driver that produced replica cars and boats under the name Ockelbo. He first became known during the 1940s as "Trollkarlen från Ockelbo" (The Wizard from

Ockelbo Ockelbo is a locality and the seat of Ockelbo Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 2,724 inhabitants in 2010. The name Ockelbo, spelled ''De oklabo'' in 1314, contains an old marine name ''*Ukle'', referring to modern-day Lake Bysjön. ...

) when he participated in several races in a Ford 38 powered by a V8 engine with eight

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s producing 280 hp – at speeds up to 220 km/h. Lundgren built and sold tuning items and in the mid-1950s he heard about a burned-out

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Sprint and got the idea to make his own bodywork for it. He made a fibreglass mould using Uffe Norinder's

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and then started making his own bodies. They were considered very good (according to some better than the original) and could take many different donors for chassis and drive line, like VW Beetle, Saab, DKW, MG, Simca, Porsche, etc. As of 2014, the Ockelbo-Ferrari was still made (under the Pagano brand). Later Lundgren also made fibreglass boats, from the company Ockelbo-Båtar AB that was in business until 1979.

Formula One World Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Formula One World Championship results

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