Ever seen this?
Sale of all my Rookie puzzles!
One of Steve Moal's creations?
I don't think so!
1954 Ingels Kraft Roadster.
It is!
What's this, by whom, from when - for 1 point?:
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Is it a single-seater?
US made?
Experts?
Kurtis Kraft sprint car?
Quote from: D-type on February 04, 2014, 11:02:47 AM
Kurtis Kraft sprint car?
We might be making progress there!
Locked for you to dig into and come up with the full answer.
I assume that means a Kurtis Kraft sprint car is correct and you are asking for the name of this particular car.
In which case, is it the Sugarripe Prune Special?
Date: 1951 ?
Quote from: D-type on February 05, 2014, 03:18:45 PM
I assume that means a Kurtis Kraft sprint car is correct and you are asking for the name of this particular car.
In which case, is it the Sugarripe Prune Special?
Date: 1951 ?
No, it's not that and it's not actually a Kurtis Kraft either.
I only said that we were making progress, not that we are there yet!
If not a Kurtis is it a Watson chassis?
Did it race at Indianapolis?
If not a Kurtis or a Watson, was it another proprietary chassis or was it a one-off?
Quote from: D-type on February 07, 2014, 04:46:47 PM
If not a Kurtis or a Watson, was it another proprietary chassis or was it a one-off?
It's a pure one-off I believe.
To ask the obvious: Offenhauser powered?
Quote from: Carnut on February 08, 2014, 06:06:59 AM
Quote from: D-type on February 07, 2014, 04:46:47 PM
If not a Kurtis or a Watson, was it another proprietary chassis or was it a one-off?
It's a pure one-off I believe.
Actually I believe 2 were made..
The wire wheels suggest it wasn't an oval racer - was it a hillclimb car?
Quote from: D-type on February 12, 2014, 03:35:41 PM
The wire wheels suggest it wasn't an oval racer - was it a hillclimb car?
No; but it would help you enormously to identify what kind of racing car it was..
Haven't you already said it was a sprintcar?
Quote from: D-type on February 13, 2014, 03:55:02 PM
Haven't you already said it was a sprintcar?
Not really, no - it was the name I was referring to.
I should have been clearer, sorry - it's not a sprint car.
Is the car full sized?
I didn't think it was a Midget because it's the wrong shape - it hasn't got the characteristic high tail, high scuttle and high near vertical screen.
Ford V8 powered?
Quote from: D-type on February 15, 2014, 10:44:23 AM
I didn't think it was a Midget because it's the wrong shape - it hasn't got the characteristic high tail, high scuttle and high near vertical screen.
Ford V8 powered?
Yes - Ford flathead.
Well, as midget racing has more participants than any other form of racing and most cars are/were the product of small speed shops this will be a tough nut to crack.
Leader Card car from 1950?
Quote from: D-type on February 15, 2014, 12:10:40 PM
Well, as midget racing has more participants than any other form of racing and most cars are/were the product of small speed shops this will be a tough nut to crack.
Leader Card car from 1950?
No, not that.
Don't forget the name you gave me in your Reply #6 was partially correct..
Curtis?
Quote from: D-type on February 17, 2014, 09:46:27 AM
Curtis?
The other word!
I'll keep it locked for you as well so that no-one nips in and nicks your point..
I'm puzzled - all the Kurtis race cars were made by Kurtis Kraft and you have said it is not one of them.
Quote from: D-type on February 17, 2014, 11:08:41 AM
I'm puzzled - all the Kurtis race cars were made by Kurtis Kraft and you have said it is not one of them.
Yes, but I said Curtis was the wrong word so it follows the right word is Kraft....
So "We might be making progress there!" simply meant that the answer to the puzzle is a car made by a company named **** Kraft.
Let's try another tack and try to sort out the date. Were the two cars made after World War 2?
Quote from: D-type on February 17, 2014, 03:46:19 PM
So "We might be making progress there!" simply meant that the answer to the puzzle is a car made by a company named **** Kraft.
Let's try another tack and try to sort out the date. Were the two cars made after World War 2?
Yes, you got one of the names right (Kraft) so I thought that was progress; was I wrong?!
But it's really not a company called **** Kraft, just that the name 'Kraft' is in the name somewhere.
The cars were post-war, yes.
I got thrown as I saw "Kurtis Kraft" as a single entity and not as two separate words.
Carrying on the dates question: is it from 1945 to 1950 inclusive?
Quote from: D-type on February 17, 2014, 04:50:48 PM
I got thrown as I saw "Kurtis Kraft" as a single entity and not as two separate words.
Carrying on the dates question: is it from 1945 to 1950 inclusive?
It might not be quite as early as the forties but it's no later than the very early fifties.
Professionals?
Dick Kraft's 1954 Roadster
I'm not sure, but it could be the same as this one: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=6964
Yes, I had it down as the Art Ingels car, but my source says it's powered by a straight-6 Chevy.
Quote from: Wendax on February 20, 2014, 04:53:50 AM
Dick Kraft's 1954 Roadster
I'm not sure, but it could be the same as this one: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=6964
Exactly!
And I do believe you're right, that it's a repost, as Art ingels was also the builder I had down..
Oh dear.
I did have a name for it (Roadster Royal) but have no idea if that's an official name or some nickname dreamt up by someone.
Awarding you a point but merging it.