Solved NIC#1178 - 1904 Buffum Greyhound 100hp

[nicanary]

What's this, built in what year?

[Enzo Rhode-Hagen]

I don't see well on the picture, is it electric or petrol powered?

[nicanary]

I don't see well on the picture, is it electric or petrol powered?

Sorry about the poor quality of the photo - it's petrol-powered.

[Enzo Rhode-Hagen]

So one single big engine as they used to do at that time, right?

[nicanary]

So one single big engine as they used to do at that time, right?

Yes.More or less. This was actually 2 engines which had been joined together.

[nicanary]

Experts?

[D-type]

A Weigel?

[nicanary]

A Weigel?

No.

[FrontMan]

Winton?

[nicanary]

Winton?

No.

[neilshouse]

1904 Buffum Model G Greyhound.
The engine was a flat eight, 2 flat-four Buffum engines joined together.

[nicanary]

1904 Buffum Model G Greyhound.
The engine was a flat eight, 2 flat-four Buffum engines joined together.

That's the car. It was referred to as the Central Greyhound in deference to sponsors.

One point nearer the Pros for you laddie.

[D-type]

Name the car and year.  And what was unusual about its motive power?

[D-type]

Experts?

[hermanoto]

Buffum flat-8, 1904, It had four coupled flat 2-cylinder engines.

[D-type]

Nearly there!  My source has "Buffum Something".  The rest is correct.

[hermanoto]

Central Greyhound by H. Buffum


According to
 
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it had two opposed flat 4cilinders ( ?! )

[Wendax]

No links in the puzzle sections, please.
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[D-type]

Yes Hermanoto that is correct.
My source describes the car as "The Buffum Greyhound racer, made in Abingdon, Massachusetts in 1904. The power unit consisted of four, two cylinder engines bolted together, with four carburettors and four water pumps.

[Wendax]

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