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Title: WWW #462 - George Bailey / Weil-Duray-Firestone Barbasol Special / '38 Indy 500
Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 04, 2013, 04:51:31 AM
Don't ya know me? ;)

For one point: Identify the car, driver, and venue.

Only a correct, complete and specific answer will earn a point; tag-on's to other guesses will not. So, be specific and complete!
 
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 11, 2013, 03:38:52 AM
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Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: mekubb on May 14, 2013, 04:11:09 AM
Miller ? Indianapolis ?
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 14, 2013, 04:22:52 AM
Not a Miller...
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: nicanary on May 14, 2013, 05:06:26 AM
It looks like one of the cars raced under the early-30s "Junk formula". Is it based on a production car ?
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 14, 2013, 05:40:37 AM
Not based on a production car.
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: D-type on May 14, 2013, 08:58:03 AM
Obviously USA.  "Balloon" tyres suggests twenties or thirties.  Smooth tread means paved track which means Indianapolis.  Not a Miller, not a 'junk formula' car.  Larger than a Miller-era car.

Is it a Duesenberg at Indianapolis in 1930?
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 14, 2013, 09:23:29 AM
Indy, yes. Not a Duesenberg; not 1930.

There is hint about another part of this puzzle in my initial post.   
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 18, 2013, 04:36:14 AM
A fast Pro point, I suspect
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: sixtee5cuda on May 18, 2013, 11:54:58 AM
Miller engine?
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: sixtee5cuda on May 18, 2013, 12:35:20 PM
 :)

Any connection to Louisiana?
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: Paul Jaray on May 18, 2013, 03:00:57 PM
Thorne?
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: sixtee5cuda on May 18, 2013, 03:36:00 PM
By saying "yes" to Indy, were you saying the photo was taken at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway?

If so, image is from the 1938 Indianapolis 500

The car is the Leon Duray Barbasol Special.  Uses a Weil (or Weill) chassis and a supercharged Duray engine.

Driven by George Bailey.
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: nicanary on May 18, 2013, 07:13:41 PM
George Bailey ? Not THE George Bailey, of Bedford Falls, proprietor of the Bailey Building & Loan ?  ;D
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: sixtee5cuda on May 19, 2013, 12:37:23 AM
Not that George.  This one died in 1940.  But his name did produce lots of wrong answers when I looked him up.
Title: Re: WWW #462
Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 19, 2013, 03:18:10 AM
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on May 18, 2013, 03:36:00 PM
By saying "yes" to Indy, were you saying the photo was taken at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway?

If so, image is from the 1938 Indianapolis 500

The car is the Leon Duray Barbasol Special.  Uses a Weil (or Weill) chassis and a supercharged Duray engine.

Driven by George Bailey.

That's the ticket