CG #33 - 90hp Mercedes racing car

[Craig Gillingham]

For 1 point, tell me the make, year and hp.

[thorax]

how many differences with this team! 

[Craig Gillingham]

how many differences with this team!

Quite a lot! I hadn't noticed this before on the top photo, but they all look like they mean business except the man in the middle.

[Craig Gillingham]

Up to Professional level.

[Allan L]

Is it actually the pre-Great War period it looks like, or is it a modern reconstruction?

[Craig Gillingham]

Yes, the photo was taken before WW1 .

[pnegyesi]

Was it taken at Aspendale?

[Craig Gillingham]

No, not Aspendale. Although, I'm impressed you know of Aspendale.

The photo was taken in Melbourne, Richmond actually.

[Manuel]

The barbed wire is interesting.

Manuel in Oz

[pnegyesi]

Eight men posing beside a Mercedes racing car, numbered 8 on the bonnet. Members of a racing team, wearing goggles and sweaters with logos, in a back yard with a security fence of 5 strands of barbed wire.
Gift of Mr Harold Paynting, 1995
Photo was taken between 1903 and 1918 and was taken by Darge, Algernon

[Craig Gillingham]

Yes, that's all correct. It's a Mercedes, but if you tell me what year it is and the hp, I'll give you a point. LOCKED for you, of course.

[pnegyesi]

Thanks for the lock. I'd say 1911 and for the horsepower, it looks small, so how about 55?

[Craig Gillingham]

Thanks for the lock. I'd say 1911 and for the horsepower, it looks small, so how about 55?

I'll have to get back to you on the year, the hp is much more.

[pnegyesi]

110?

[Craig Gillingham]

110?

Slightly less (<100). I originally thought the car was made in 1913, but that was just when the photo was taken, and now realise that the car could even date back to 1904. If you just tell me the horsepower, I'll award the point.

[pnegyesi]

76 hp?

[Craig Gillingham]

No, closer to 100, and a round figure.

[RayTheRat]

Is this still locked?

RtR

[pnegyesi]

90 hp? Ray you can also have a go at it

[Craig Gillingham]

90 hp?

90hp it is. Another point for you. I do know that Mercedes made a few 90hp racing cars, and that this is one of them. Although I'm not sure of the year it was made.