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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2011 => Topic started by: Paul Jaray on March 23, 2011, 12:25:15 PM
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Tell me all you know about this car and 1 point will be yours.
(this is not that hard ;))
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I've never seen this before, is it Italian-based car from the USA?
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Not Italian-based.
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Chevy V8 inside?
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Not Chevy...
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Malen Mk1, by any chance?
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Not that...
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This car is featured in a book covering this kind of cars.
It is not an obscure racer of his kind...
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I'm a bit stumped with this one at the moment.
Can I ask if it has an American chassis and engine?
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This picture shows a later development of a sport car.
It had different engines (Ford and Cadillac) but this one has got another one.
The body comes from another known name.
The engine and the body originally fitted (later modified) are both American.
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This car is featured in a book covering this kind of cars.
It is not an obscure racer of his kind...
... but not pictured I guess? Or do you talk about another book? ;)
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That book and for who is wonder which one, the one about Vintage American Road Racing Cars...
No pictures and a different engine.
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okay, will check it later... ;)
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Eave Special?
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Eave Special?
Not Meteor-body or Chevrolet\Oldsmobile engine...and not Eave. ;)
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It wasn't Crosley engined, was it?
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Not Crosley...nearly ten times Crosley's capacity ;D
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X-Ray Special?
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Not a Chrysler engine and not an X-Ray Special..
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El Toro (3) later Goldenrod?
Jack Baker's Black Jack Special of 1961?
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They have both the same engine (Pontiac) but you won't find this car with that engine in that book and the body is not by Byers.
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Apologies - I amended my post to Jack Baker's Black Jack Special at the last moment..
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I saw it but not that either (and not Ford\Cobra-Jaguar engine).
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Was there a Mercury engine involved in this project?
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This car have a Pontiac engine.
In that book you can find a different sport with a different engine.
Not my source (or the book) reports a Mercury engine.
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A different view of this Pontiac Special:
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Is it mentioned as Pontiac-engined in the aforementioned book?
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Driven by Robert Sohus?
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Nope.
The builder is mentioned there with a special with a different engine.
My source, a couple of magazines, shows 2 pics with detailed technical specs and there is reported that the car had different engines (Ford and Cadillac) but in this form is equipped with a Pontiac engine. The body was not by Devin or Meteor...but not an obscure name.
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Any connection with Frank Townsend?
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Driven by Robert Sohus?
Noot by him.
The car is named after his (winning) driver.
The builder of the body is not American, sorry!
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D'oh! ;D
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Any connection with Frank Townsend?
Engine apart, I don't know.
I forgot to tell you that is was street legal!
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Sorry about that but if I tell you where the body comes from it'll be too easy.
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Last clue.
This car had many different configurations.
One should be quite known and you can find 5 pages of results googling these names (body builder and driver) and the another was already featured here.
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Sadler-Meyer Special?
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We have a Winner!
This car is called (in my source) the Meyer's Pontiac Special.
Well done!
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Moved to "Solved"
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Opps..
Thank you Otto, I did not award the point, did you?
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Gentle reminder - you didn't award the point.......
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Sorry about that...fixed! ;)
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No problemo.....
Here are a few more photos
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Opps..
Thank you Otto, I did not award the point, did you?
No, I didn't. All is well :)