Speed.
For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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From USA ?
No
Modern designers, take note: There's nothing new about rubber-band tyres on huge shiny wheels. Probably the same ride quality too. >:(
Is it European? French, for example?
European, but not French
Italian ?
No
It was built in Sicily to Al Capone's rough drawing on a piece of parchment (don't ask), then exported to the USA, where this photo was taken of the car and Mr Capone standing proudly alongside it. The car consisted of a strong chassis, powerful engine, racing tyres and lots of hidden compartments. These were to be packed with illegal booze. He would have entered it in long distance races, where the plan was for his driver to make a few 'drops' along the way. Of course there was no chance of winning, but Mr Capone had thought of that too. The judges were to have been bribed to pronounce the car the winner, even if it failed to finish. Sadly for Mr Capone, his syphilitic brain hadn't allowed for the fact that there were no long distance races in the USA, so the car was instead turned into the final resting place of several of Mr Capone's enemies, these unfortunates being suitably sectioned and parceled for convenience by Mr Capone's friends in the meat packing trade. It was then pushed into the foundations of the under-construction Chicago Temple Building, as the concrete was being poured. It is alleged that two of the construction team who were unwilling to allow the car to be incorporated into the structure of the building disappeared at this time. Few know that the Temple Building is a few millimetres off perpendicular. This whole story may not be true.
:lmao:
A very good one!
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Made in Germany ?
Yes
Land speed record car ?
No
Was it built for formula racing on circuits ?
Rocket-powered?
Quote from: nicanary on November 02, 2017, 12:33:05 PM
Rocket-powered?
Now we are getting somewhere.
Locked for you.
I'm pretty sure it's not an Opel project. There were others at that time, but I can't find one which looks like this!
Is it the work of Max Valier ?
Not Opel and not Max Valier, still locked.
Quote from: Wendax on November 02, 2017, 03:38:56 PM
Not Opel and not Max Valier, still locked.
Can't find it. Please unlock.
Unlocked and open to all
Heylandt ?
No
Volkhart ?
No
Is the builder known for other cars ?
Yes, the guesses so far are all in the right area, but one name is missing.
Arthur Rudolph?
No
Most of the names I have found worked on rocket motors but there is no record of them building cars, so these are just guesses.
Friedrich Sander?
Yes, locked for you to find out which chassis he used.
Quote from: Wendax on November 05, 2017, 07:58:04 AM
Yes, locked for you to find out which chassis he used.
I cannot find any reference to this car. Was it built on an old chassis from a German maker?
Not from a German maker, but built on a used car's chassis.
Austro-Daimler?
No, but it was an Austrian chassis.
Graf und Stift?
No
Puch?
No
Steyr?
Yes, it is a 1930 Sander-Raketenauto built on a Steyr chassis (probably Typ IV). The car followed the lines of the Opel Rak 2.
The driver was Rudolf Schlüter and the photo was taken on 1 May 1930 at Wedderwarden airfield.