Solved -PJ157- Edward Scarisbrick’s Scariscrow 1922

Paul Jaray · June 11, 2009, 05:29:26 PM

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Paul Jaray · June 15, 2009, 02:20:44 PM

Your turn...

faksta · June 15, 2009, 02:46:48 PM

Seems the photo is reversed, could it be?
And is it an aviation 12-cyl. in there?

Paul Jaray · June 15, 2009, 02:57:45 PM

It's not reversed (afaik) and not a12.
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faksta · June 15, 2009, 03:33:07 PM

Quote from: Paul Jaray on June 15, 2009, 02:57:45 PM
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Fixed, thanks

Allan L · June 15, 2009, 03:51:09 PM

It has all the appearance of Count Louis Zborowski's Chitty-Bang-Bang - a special with 23 litres of Maybach airship motor in a pre-Great War Mercedes chassis.
However I cannot account for the photo which is of the type taken by manufacturers outside their premises, before sending the chassis to the coachbuilder.

Paul Jaray · June 15, 2009, 04:04:50 PM

You are really close...however, this is not the Chitty-Bang-Bang.

faksta · June 15, 2009, 04:09:12 PM

Quote from: Paul Jaray on June 15, 2009, 02:57:45 PM
It's not reversed (afaik) and not a12.
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You mean it's just a six?

Paul Jaray · June 15, 2009, 04:11:29 PM

Yep, but each one is like this:

Allan L · June 15, 2009, 04:58:21 PM

Well, if it's not Chitty I'm quite surprised.
It certainly looks like a Maybach engine, but with better carburettors than the areo engine shown below has.

Below is a photo of Chitty I which has a lot of the same detailing as your puzzle - brake and gear levers, steering wheel angle, chain drive size and sprocket form, oil tank look the same.

Paul Jaray · June 15, 2009, 05:12:39 PM

I don't know how to reply without giving you too many clues...
This one is not a Chitty and not Maybach powered, but you are on the right path....

jimjarron · June 15, 2009, 10:04:03 PM

Or is it the Itala chassis that Zborowski had fitted with a 250hp Hall Scott aero-engine by Giulio Foresti?

(around about 1914 I think, but I'm not sure about the date)

Paul Jaray · June 16, 2009, 03:16:13 PM

Not that...

João · June 16, 2009, 03:47:40 PM

Kind of an Aero engined Napier

Paul Jaray · June 16, 2009, 04:24:43 PM

not a Napier...

D-type · June 21, 2009, 06:52:28 PM

Mercedes chassis though?

Paul Jaray · June 22, 2009, 05:50:55 AM

Yes!

metalshapes · June 22, 2009, 01:09:45 PM

Babs?

Paul Jaray · June 23, 2009, 02:37:06 AM

Allan L was closer...not a Babs

Paul Jaray · June 25, 2009, 04:00:59 PM

Your idea?

Joao Gois · June 25, 2009, 08:47:08 PM

Mercedes aero-engined?

Paul Jaray · June 26, 2009, 03:22:40 AM

Not...Mercedes.....

guido66 · June 26, 2009, 04:04:57 PM

Junkers?

Paul Jaray · June 26, 2009, 04:07:41 PM

Not Junkers..

guido66 · June 26, 2009, 04:16:33 PM

Austro Daimler 6 engine ?

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Solved -PJ157- Edward Scarisbrick’s Scariscrow 1922