Fun #147 - Home-made car built by William Braley of Clifton, Ohio, 1900.

[pnegyesi]

Built before 1910?

[Otto Puzzell]

Yep

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Built in 1905?

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Older

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1902?

[Otto Puzzell]

Older

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1899?

[Otto Puzzell]

Newer

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powered by gasoline engine?

[Otto Puzzell]

powered by gasoline engine?

Yes

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self-developed engine or proprietary?

[Otto Puzzell]

As pictured, the engine was unique to this car. Originally, it had an engine from another early automobile

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originally winton powered?

[Otto Puzzell]

No

[pnegyesi]

is this car still around?

[Otto Puzzell]

As pictured, the engine was unique to this car. Originally, it had an engine from another early automobile

I got that backwards. As pictured, the car had a non-proprietary engine from another car.

I don't know if the car still exists.

[Otto Puzzell]

It did still exist in early 1950's. A picture from that year shows this car in a much-modified state, with a different radiator, wheels, and with 2 headlights

[Otto Puzzell]

With all of the info sprinkled throughout this puzzle, this is not so hard to solve.

[Otto Puzzell]

From a well-know source of many previously-solved puzzles.

[RayTheRat]

Is this a car manufactured by the "Ohio Automobile Company" that later became Packard?

[Otto Puzzell]

No, the car is a one-ff. I was referring to the source of the puzzle pictures

[pnegyesi]

I will be damned. I spent hours and hours with this puzzle, while the solution was right in front of my nose all the time. AAaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhh

[Otto Puzzell]

Yay - 2 points!