1922 Mercedes 1,5 litre Targa Florio, 1937 conversion by Newns

nicanary · January 01, 2016, 03:59:17 PM

This is causing me nightmares. The exhaust arrangement suggests a 4-cylinder engine, but the 28/95 had 6 cylinders.

The Mercedes team for the 1922 Targa Florio comprised 7 cars - 2 X 28/95 models, 2 X new 1.5-litre supercharged cars, and 4 of the pre-WW1 1914 Grand Prix cars. These latter cars had 4 cylinders, and I know that Brooklands regular C G Brocklebank had one which was converted by L C Rawlance into a road-going car. HOWEVER - that was in 1923, and this car is bodied in a style which would have been around 1928-1932.

Sorry. Obviously I don't know the answer. These are just observations.

grobmotorix · January 01, 2016, 04:45:17 PM

Ooooohh, sorry guys.

The car was a 1,5 liter Kompressor 1922 Targa Florio racer in its earlier life, and did NOT have the big 28/95HP engine...

:bag:

However I do not have the names Rawlance and Brocklebank...

Restart!

oko94 · January 01, 2016, 04:53:35 PM

Coachbuilt by Carlton ?

grobmotorix · January 01, 2016, 06:08:37 PM

Abbott
Bertelli
Carlton
Corsica

oko94 · January 02, 2016, 03:09:52 AM

Obscure coachbuilder ?

grobmotorix · January 02, 2016, 05:03:43 AM

To help massively: they were located in Surrey

nicanary · January 02, 2016, 05:09:05 AM

Hoyal?

grobmotorix · January 02, 2016, 05:10:36 AM

Abbott
Bertelli
Carlton
Corsica
Hoyal

nicanary · January 02, 2016, 05:14:47 AM

Compton & Hermon?

grobmotorix · January 02, 2016, 05:47:02 AM

Abbott
Bertelli
Carlton
Compton & Hermon
Corsica
Hoyal

nicanary · January 02, 2016, 06:05:35 AM

Newns?

grobmotorix · January 02, 2016, 06:24:46 AM

BAM!

nicanary · January 02, 2016, 06:32:28 AM

Quote from: grobmotorix on January 02, 2016, 06:24:46 AM
BAM!

I don't know why I didn't think of it before - they specialised in lightweight road bodies for cars like Railton and Lagonda.

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1922 Mercedes 1,5 litre Targa Florio, 1937 conversion by Newns