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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #25 on: January 05, 2022, 01:43:06 PM »
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #26 on: January 05, 2022, 06:59:08 PM »
Brough Superior and Hudson straight 8
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #27 on: January 06, 2022, 04:31:22 AM »
Brough Superior and Hudson straight 8

Neither.
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #28 on: January 06, 2022, 04:59:12 AM »
Detroit 'Big Three' manufactured engine?
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #29 on: January 06, 2022, 06:34:41 AM »
Detroit 'Big Three' manufactured engine?

No. Lower volume marque.
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #30 on: January 06, 2022, 07:24:00 AM »
Dusenberg?
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #31 on: January 06, 2022, 07:33:42 AM »
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #32 on: January 06, 2022, 09:51:45 AM »
Guessing now.  Hudson great eight?
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #33 on: January 06, 2022, 10:07:45 AM »
Guessing now.  Hudson great eight?

No. Probably lower volume than Hudson but higher volume than Duesenburg.
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #34 on: January 06, 2022, 10:34:09 AM »
Buick?
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #35 on: January 06, 2022, 11:09:50 AM »
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #36 on: January 06, 2022, 12:07:40 PM »
Still trading?
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #37 on: January 06, 2022, 01:36:20 PM »
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #38 on: January 06, 2022, 02:06:27 PM »
Suvived the Great Depression?
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #39 on: January 06, 2022, 02:29:14 PM »
Suvived the Great Depression?

Yes, just about.
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #40 on: January 06, 2022, 03:55:29 PM »
Auburn?
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #41 on: January 06, 2022, 04:14:38 PM »
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #42 on: January 07, 2022, 01:00:00 PM »
A maker of vehicles other than cars?
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #43 on: January 07, 2022, 01:08:59 PM »
A maker of vehicles other than cars?

The company began with trucks but this line was dropped in the 1920s.
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #44 on: January 07, 2022, 02:55:58 PM »
US Army trucks?
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #45 on: January 07, 2022, 03:16:49 PM »
US Army trucks?

Commercial light trucks.
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #46 on: January 07, 2022, 05:59:27 PM »
Is it Graham?

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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #47 on: January 08, 2022, 04:50:51 AM »
Is it Graham?

YES! LOCKED for Zerk (sorry Richard Fridd). Now could you tell me the name of the car.
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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #48 on: January 08, 2022, 05:34:25 AM »
Sorry, no. I've come up dry. Please unlock.

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Re: NIC#1313
« Reply #49 on: January 08, 2022, 05:46:20 AM »
Unlocked. Should be easy now for UK members.......
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