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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2014 => Topic started by: sixtee5cuda on October 27, 2014, 11:06:24 PM

Title: SOLVED: WTH # 367 - 1937 DRA (Doherty Racing Automobile) Sports Special w Riley 9HP power
Post by: sixtee5cuda on October 27, 2014, 11:06:24 PM
Please provide the year, make, and model of this old car to earn your point:
Title: Re: WTH # 367
Post by: sixtee5cuda on October 31, 2014, 08:11:17 AM
It seems the Rookies are asleep this week.  Or all my puzzles are too difficult.

Up!
Title: Re: WTH # 367
Post by: 72Must on November 01, 2014, 06:42:19 AM
This Irish racing special ,the DRA was constructed by an Adare ,Limerick garage owner, W T Doherty, who drove it in the 1938 Limerick Grand Prix in Ireland.
DRA stands for 'Doherty Racing Automobile', ,There were parts from 27 different cars used in its construction. These included a Straker Squire (fuel tank) and a Citroën (radiator shell). Most of the car is Riley, the engine being that of a 9hp model. Doherty sold the DRA around 1945 . It was recently auctioned in the UK having been in Ireland since its construction.
Title: Re: WTH # 367
Post by: sixtee5cuda on November 01, 2014, 10:05:21 AM
One point awarded to 72Must for the complete, detailed answer.

I posted this puzzle, because the car looked like a mass-production car, while actually being a one-off.