Solved -PJ711- Braender Bulldog Special, 1914

Paul Jaray · January 30, 2016, 03:34:05 PM

What is this?
1 point for you.
I need a precise answer: builder and name (or nickname) of this vehicle.
(Puzzlers with more than 400 points, consider the opportunity to leave this puzzle for a few days, if you want ;) )

nicanary · January 30, 2016, 03:53:34 PM

Drivers wearing an advertisement for washing detergent and rear-wheel brakes only - I wonder what country this could be?

Production (stock) engine?

Paul Jaray · January 30, 2016, 04:03:05 PM

The engine was not built by an obscure name.

nicanary · January 30, 2016, 04:58:53 PM

Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 30, 2016, 04:03:05 PM
The engine was not built by an obscure name.

Aero engine?

Paul Jaray · January 30, 2016, 05:03:26 PM

Nope.

nicanary · January 30, 2016, 05:07:13 PM

:o. Interesting "stroke" size of that engine!

Carnut · February 01, 2016, 07:20:07 AM

Is it a whopping Fiat engine?

Paul Jaray · February 01, 2016, 07:37:06 AM

Not Fiat.

D-type · February 01, 2016, 11:00:26 AM

Benz engine

Paul Jaray · February 01, 2016, 03:45:37 PM

Not Benz.

grobmotorix · February 01, 2016, 04:44:20 PM

1909-1911?

Paul Jaray · February 02, 2016, 02:13:07 AM

slightly after.

nicanary · February 02, 2016, 06:41:15 AM

American engine?

Paul Jaray · February 02, 2016, 12:40:42 PM

Yes.

nicanary · February 02, 2016, 01:18:29 PM

This car does not look like anything that would race at Indy or boardtracks. Did it race at Pikes Peak?

Paul Jaray · February 02, 2016, 04:57:27 PM

twice wrong ;)

nicanary · February 03, 2016, 05:35:46 AM

The process of deduction begins. 1913?

Paul Jaray · February 03, 2016, 05:55:59 AM

Nearly there...

nicanary · February 03, 2016, 06:00:01 AM

Quote from: Paul Jaray on February 03, 2016, 05:55:59 AM
Nearly there...

Did it take part in the Indy 500?

Paul Jaray · February 03, 2016, 09:26:56 AM

Yes...

nicanary · February 03, 2016, 12:12:42 PM

I can't find any images of some of the competing cars, so I'm going to guess.

Charlie Keene's Beaver Bullet?

Paul Jaray · February 03, 2016, 02:45:54 PM

not that...

nicanary · February 03, 2016, 02:53:50 PM

It's Billy Chandler in the Braender Bulldog which was a Mulford/Duesenberg combo at the running of the 1914 Indy 500.

Paul Jaray · February 04, 2016, 03:34:35 AM

And it's 400!
Well done, point for you!

nicanary · February 04, 2016, 04:11:01 AM

Quote from: Paul Jaray on February 04, 2016, 03:34:35 AM
And it's 400!
Well done, point for you!

Thank you. If the editors decide to implement the Super-Pro category, this sum will remain static for some time!

I still haven't worked out why the builder of this car decided they needed such a tall bonnet line. It's got a Duesy engine, like so many of its contemporaries, but the design suggests something like an aero engine or one of those long stroke Peugeot motors.

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Solved -PJ711- Braender Bulldog Special, 1914