Puzzle #1095 - Solved! 1948 Gregory

[Otto Puzzell]

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[neilshouse]

Is this the 1948 Gregory?

[Otto Puzzell]

Yes! This is the rear-engine, front-wheel-drive Gregory!

Nicely done.

[Arunas]

Which country? 

Update: USA, Missouri, right?

[Otto Puzzell]

That's the place!

[Quiller]

Gosh. How many other rear-engined front-drive cars are there? I can only think of one other...

[Allan L]

Gosh. How many other rear-engined front-drive cars are there? I can only think of one other...

The only other one I ever came across was a Mini with a Rover(Buick) engine in the back, driving forwards to the front wheels - it was a one-off raced IIRC by Harry Ratcliffe in the 1970s

[Quiller]

I'd not heard of that one. The one I had in mind was the Arrowhead Teardrop Car of 1936, which had a rear-mounted V8 (over a single rear wheel) driving the front pair of wheels. Can't find a pic of it for now...

[Allan L]

The Mini I thought of is described on this page of this site - scroll half-way down to the heading "Mini-Buick"

http://mountgreen.co.uk/Vita_D_1964.htm

[Quiller]

I've found a pic of the rear-engined V8 three-wheeled (!) Arrowhead:

[Wendax]

A period leaflet about the Gregory:

[Otto Puzzell]

A nice old period pic