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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2013 => Topic started by: Wendax on May 20, 2013, 04:04:36 AM
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Cool radiator.
For one point, please respond the car and the year it was built.
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up
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up again
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from Usa?
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Yes
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one-off?
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I think so.
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was the radiator this big on purpose?
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Probably for cooling the engine... ;D
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a race car?
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Yes
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1900 - 1905?
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Yes
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Is there something unusual in this car which my assist our research?
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I hardly know anything about this car despite the year and its builder's name.
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is the driver the builder too?
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Yes
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is the driver the builder too?
He had some sort of paranoia about how much cooling he'd need ! The engine looks pretty small in proportion to the size of the cooling supply - is it a boxer configuration ?
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Sorry, I don't have any information about the engine.
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Do you know the race where the car was photographed?
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Do you know the race where the car was photographed?
To save you some time, I don't think it is any of the Vanderbilt Cup editions - I looked through every participant I could find and none of them looked similar.
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Do you know the race where the car was photographed?
I don't know which race, but I do know a race track where this car was raced.
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At Meadows Race Track?
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No
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were there automobile races hosted on this track after the 1st WW?
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No, the racetrack was demolished in 1910.
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was this a track in Chicago?
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No, you have to go much more to the west.
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California?
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Yes
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The track is the Agricultural Park, I am still looking for the car
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The track is the Agricultural Park
Yes
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1902: Waldemar Grant Hansen at the wheel of his own creation. Hansen raced this vehicle at Agricultural Park.
A machinist by trade, Hansen developed metal machining techniques and provided engine parts for the Tourist Automobile Company, a Los Angeles automaker at the time. He regularly tested his machines on the apricot orchard roads in and around Pasadena and Altadena, eventually leading to the Pasadena/Altadena Hill Climb events of 1906-1909.
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Correct, that's all I have, too. One point for you.