Solved - NEH 4690: Deurmekaar built in South Africa on 1937 Austin 7 base

Started by Carnut, May 31, 2016, 07:39:20 AM

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Carnut

May 31, 2016, 07:39:20 AM
What's this, from when, based on what - for 1 point?:

Remember - solving puzzles using 'Google Search by Image' is BANNED on AutoPuzzles!
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Carnut

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June 14, 2016, 04:58:15 AM
Experts?
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shamrock

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June 18, 2016, 03:32:28 PM
Ritecar

Carnut

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June 21, 2016, 10:17:50 AM
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gilescooperuk

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June 23, 2016, 02:05:52 AM
Looking at the wheels is it a full size car or a child's vehicle?
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Carnut

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June 27, 2016, 06:41:03 AM
Quote from: gilescooperuk on June 23, 2016, 02:05:52 AM
Looking at the wheels is it a full size car or a child's vehicle?

It's not a child's car.
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Carnut

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July 12, 2016, 04:08:57 AM
Pro's?
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oko94

#7
July 12, 2016, 07:54:42 AM
Is it a modern creation with a retro style, or a genuine classic car ?

Carnut

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July 12, 2016, 08:07:33 AM
Quote from: oko94 on July 12, 2016, 07:54:42 AM
Is it a modern creation with a retro style, or a genuine classic car ?

It's not as old as the car on which it is based, but I believe it's not recently built either.
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oko94

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July 12, 2016, 08:09:27 AM
Based on a British car ?

Wendax

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July 12, 2016, 08:14:49 AM
Based on a Berkeley?

nicanary

#11
July 12, 2016, 08:47:07 AM Last Edit: July 12, 2016, 08:51:29 AM by nicanary
1937 Deurmekaar based on an Austin 7hp. Built in South Africa.

(Your replies gave me the clue. Thanks. I thought that was the Bourton-on-the-Water museum and I was right, but my Google Images search didn't find the car there when I tried earleir today).
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Carnut

#12
July 12, 2016, 08:55:59 AM
Quote from: oko94 on July 12, 2016, 08:09:27 AM
Based on a British car ?
Quote from: Wendax on July 12, 2016, 08:14:49 AM
Based on a Berkeley?

Yes and No, but...

Quote from: nicanary on July 12, 2016, 08:47:07 AM
1937 Deurmekaar based on an Austin 7hp. Built in South Africa.

(Your replies gave me the clue. Thanks. I thought that was the Bourton-on-the-Water museum and I was right, but my Google Images search didn't find the car there when I tried earleir today).

..the puzzle is now solved because this is the right answer!
I would imagine the car was probably built in the 1950s on a 1937 Austin 7 but maybe the blurb at the museum will say..

Well done!
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nicanary

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July 12, 2016, 09:01:54 AM
The wheels are very small. I wonder what gearing they used.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Wendax

#14
July 12, 2016, 09:02:58 AM
An Italian caption of the Wikimedia picture says: Miniature car with a combustion engine, replication of the model Riley Brooklands. Built in a single original, in the second half of the '30s, by Gustave Maclure, designer of the Rolls Royce and Riley, and his brother Percy, pilot of Riley, for his son Peter. With this small car, the ten-year-old Peter Maclure established the record for miniature cars, at the Donington circuit in 1937.

nicanary

#15
July 12, 2016, 09:14:43 AM
Wikimedia are wrong. This is the Peter Maclure miniature Riley, which actually looks like a Riley!
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia
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