PFW Puzzle #1642 - Dick Seifried Merc Special

grobmotorix · February 02, 2016, 02:04:01 PM

The chassis make is not existant any more.

The engine came from a company that is still active.

EDIT:

The chassis came from a company that is still active.

The engine make is not existant any more.

Sorry, I have mixed that one up...

To help: there is a direct connection between chassis and engine.

sixtee5cuda · February 02, 2016, 08:11:37 PM

Does that thing have a hemi?

oko94 · February 03, 2016, 12:14:09 PM

GM engine and chassis ?

grobmotorix · February 03, 2016, 12:45:37 PM

QuoteDoes that thing have a hemi?

No.

QuoteGM engine and chassis ?

No.

oko94 · February 03, 2016, 12:47:38 PM

Chrysler group chassis and engine ?

grobmotorix · February 03, 2016, 01:17:23 PM

Chrysler group
GM group

Well...

oko94 · February 03, 2016, 01:26:26 PM

Ford engine ?

grobmotorix · February 03, 2016, 05:15:34 PM

No

sixtee5cuda · February 03, 2016, 08:59:37 PM

Six cylinder engine?

oko94 · February 04, 2016, 04:28:15 AM

American chassis and engine ?

grobmotorix · February 04, 2016, 11:13:09 AM

I did not deny Ford group completely guys

Well- I guess I will help a bit:

The chassis is Ford

The engine is a product of the Ford group...

QuoteAmerican chassis and engine ?

This seems to be a true US-American special.

QuoteSix cylinder engine?

I think it must have been equipped with an eight cylinder engine when I see in which road races it did compete back then...

nicanary · February 04, 2016, 11:57:22 AM

Kenneth Hill's Mercury Special?

grobmotorix · February 04, 2016, 12:11:46 PM

Not that one...

oko94 · February 04, 2016, 12:27:26 PM

Quote from: grobmotorix on February 02, 2016, 02:04:01 PM
The chassis make is not existant any more.

And now you say the chassis is Ford. I'm fairly confused !

grobmotorix · February 04, 2016, 12:38:13 PM

The chassis came from a company that is still active.

The engine make is not existant any more.

Sorry, I have mixed that one up...

I have edited my earlier post.

oko94 · February 04, 2016, 12:40:55 PM

I'm not confused anymore, thanks.

Edsel engine ? Mercury and Lincoln still exist, and I can't think of another US Ford group defunct brand.

nicanary · February 04, 2016, 12:52:12 PM

Quote from: oko94 on February 04, 2016, 12:40:55 PM
I'm not confused anymore, thanks.

Edsel engine ? Mercury and Lincoln still exist, and I can't think of another US Ford group defunct brand.

The Mercury brand was dropped in 2011.

oko94 · February 04, 2016, 01:03:12 PM

I probably spend too much time dealing with obscure cars and not enough with the mainstream ones

nicanary · February 04, 2016, 01:09:41 PM

Don't feel embarrassed - I had to look it up! I hadn't realised either.

Is this the car of Howard Raftery ?

grobmotorix · February 04, 2016, 02:15:20 PM

Kenneth Hill
Howard Raftery

nicanary · February 04, 2016, 04:40:09 PM

It's Dick Seifried's Mercury Special - here's a photo of the car at Torrey Pines in 1952.

(This too me a long time, because I was convinced it had raced at Watkins Glen that year, and I wasted a lot of time trying to identify a car at the Glen carrying #46, when there was no car with that number entered in the race!)

grobmotorix · February 04, 2016, 05:22:55 PM

Very good!

Paul Jaray · February 05, 2016, 04:07:48 AM

Aaargh....I know I saw it before!
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=12598.msg105163#msg105163

Paul Jaray · February 05, 2016, 04:08:46 AM

merged!

nicanary · February 05, 2016, 04:22:11 AM

The older puzzle has a less than helpful title - in the UK "Merc" can only mean one thing, and it has a three-pointed star.

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PFW Puzzle #1642 - Dick Seifried Merc Special