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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2011 => Topic started by: Ray B. on March 14, 2011, 04:54:12 PM

Title: Whaddyacallit #518 - Gordon Watney Special body over a 135 hp deDietrich
Post by: Ray B. on March 14, 2011, 04:54:12 PM


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Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Ray B. on March 26, 2011, 11:18:11 AM
Rookies not interested?
No problemo...
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Tackitt on March 27, 2011, 12:56:42 PM
Man!  What an incredible looking automobile!  American?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: D-type on March 27, 2011, 02:53:13 PM
Aero-engined?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Ray B. on March 28, 2011, 08:46:43 AM
Not American, and not an aero-engine AFAIK, although there is a distant connection with aviation.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Tackitt on March 28, 2011, 11:10:39 AM
Italian?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Ray B. on March 28, 2011, 12:22:15 PM
Not Italian.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: D-type on March 28, 2011, 04:01:51 PM
Farman?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Ray B. on March 28, 2011, 04:14:20 PM
Not a Farman
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Ray B. on April 04, 2011, 09:09:13 AM
So, to the pros.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Wendax on April 04, 2011, 09:44:02 AM
Pre-WW I?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Ray B. on April 04, 2011, 10:05:45 AM
Partly...
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Wendax on April 04, 2011, 12:49:26 PM
Thought so  ;)
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: pnegyesi on April 04, 2011, 02:06:46 PM
Anything to do with Szawe?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Ray B. on April 04, 2011, 04:21:14 PM
Not AFAIK
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Wendax on April 04, 2011, 04:32:04 PM
Quote from: Ray B. on April 04, 2011, 10:05:45 AM
Partly...

That makes it a pre-WW I chassis and a body of around 1922.
Is it a racing car chassis?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Ray B. on April 04, 2011, 05:26:44 PM
Sort of, yes.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: grobmotorix on April 04, 2011, 06:15:42 PM
Is it a rebodied Benz?
This Detail looks quite familiar:
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Paul Jaray on April 05, 2011, 05:41:32 AM
Can It be a Mercedes by Gordon Watney?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Paul Jaray on April 05, 2011, 05:45:26 AM
This a Gordon Watney Special, he was a very well know dealer - racer in England. He built and raced mostly large chain drive specials some of which were aero engined and built on double chain drive Mercedes chassis. Many of these creations were raced on the famous Brooklands track before 'its' demise during WWII.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Ray B. on April 05, 2011, 10:13:54 AM
If Pal is the boss (see http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=15858.125;topicseen ), Paul is the man!

A Gordon Watney Special body over a 135 hp deDietrich (1907 or 1908, logically, given the reference to the St Petersburg-Moscow race).
Here is how their Mercedes looked like. Much less impressive.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #518
Post by: Ray B. on April 08, 2011, 04:36:03 PM
Point added, puzzle moved
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