Solved -PJ157- Edward Scarisbrick’s Scariscrow 1922

Paul Jaray · June 26, 2009, 04:26:25 PM

It is a 6, but not that six...time for a clue:
Not........Mercedes.

faksta · June 27, 2009, 07:06:05 AM

You said it's not Maybach powered, but could it be Maybach chassis?

Paul Jaray · June 27, 2009, 08:02:34 AM

Not Maybach powered or chassis.

faksta · June 29, 2009, 04:42:53 PM

Rabbit from Denmark? Built on 1911 Benz chassis with a 19 liter engine. Still alive.

Update: I have found an information that Rabbit (aka Rabbit the First) was built in 1922 in England for Lord Scarisbrick and was only raced in Denmark. In 1923 it set a record of 120mph.

Paul Jaray · June 29, 2009, 05:40:58 PM

The point is yours...can you find the name of this car and the place where it raced?
Rabbit is not the one I have...

faksta · June 29, 2009, 05:54:24 PM

It was raced at Fanol Island, Denmark, in 1923 (and 1999!). Apart from Rabbit I've found only 'Rabbit the First'.

Ah...maybe Scarisbrick Northrab is what you were looking for?

Paul Jaray · June 29, 2009, 06:50:39 PM

Fano Island is correct.
This car was called Scarisbrick's Scariscrow!
This is what is written in a site Allan L knows, and that's why He was really close.
'Edward Scarisbrick's copy of Chitty II, his 'Scariscrow' with Benz engine'

Joao Gois · July 07, 2009, 08:23:29 AM

200km/h in a 1923 car... that's simply insane! I always admired the balls those guys back then had to drive such rudimentary cars with skinny tires, big-ass engines, no brakes and mamoth steering!

A bit like the LSR cars from the 1930s, with thousands of horsepower to squeeze into the road with such banana tyres and NO driving aids besides themselves! Huge kudos to those drivers!

woodinsight · August 31, 2011, 05:33:28 AM

Here is another view of the car presumably when owned by Alistair Bradley Martin of Long Island NY and photographed at VMCCA's Easter Parade in New York 1940.
According to my information the car was built in 1921 by C.H. Crowe & Co., London for E.T. Scarisbrick.
Engine size was 18,011cc and had originated from a captured WW1 aeroplane. Weight was 4,000 lbs.

Paul Jaray · August 31, 2011, 05:48:16 AM

Very nice pic, thank you!

pnegyesi · August 31, 2011, 06:27:48 AM

I can imagine a ride down on Andrássy street in one of these. That would be just so awesome (Andrássy street is modelled after Ave. Champs Elysee in Paris)

Wendax · August 31, 2011, 06:36:45 AM

Or at Fanø beach:

Joao Gois · August 31, 2011, 10:10:39 PM

Well, if it's not a Mercedes, it at least has the 3-point star...

Allan L · September 01, 2011, 05:14:00 AM

I think we established that it had a Mercedes chassis (like Chitty I) and a Benz aeroplane engine, so although it's origins are earlier than the Daimler & Benz merger calling it a Mercedes-Benz is just about legitimate!

Wendax · September 01, 2011, 05:30:11 AM

That's why the star at the radiator is a little bit different:

Otto Puzzell · September 01, 2011, 05:47:17 AM

Quote from: Wendax on September 01, 2011, 05:30:11 AM
That's why the star at the radiator is a little bit different:

That reminds me of the upside-down star that got Studebaker in trademark hot water. Of course, all was forgiven when Studebaker began selling Mercedes cars from their showrooms (a year after Packard was killed off) as Mercedes' official US distributor. Soon after that partnership was inked, they copied the Mercedes grill with no fear of retribution.

grobmotorix · August 01, 2014, 09:03:48 AM

A 1922 photo made during the danish Fanö races:

Paul Jaray · June 24, 2016, 07:33:20 AM

another nice pic:

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Solved -PJ157- Edward Scarisbrick’s Scariscrow 1922