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Puzzle #1947 - Clem Front-Wheel-Drive Midget / Guy “Mac” McHenry
« on: March 19, 2011, 05:18:56 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #1947
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2011, 04:16:51 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #1947
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2011, 05:36:48 AM »
...and Pros.
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Re: Puzzle #1947
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2011, 04:20:51 AM »
The odd configuration of the car could help lead you to the identity of this guy ;)
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Re: Puzzle #1947
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2011, 08:08:38 AM »
Is he a boxer?  :lmao:
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Re: Puzzle #1947
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2011, 11:24:31 AM »
Clever lad
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Re: Puzzle #1947
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2011, 05:19:29 AM »
The car and driver were both taken out of commission by separate accidents that didn't take place on a racetrack. While the engine may appear to be horizontally opposed, it is of the inline type, originally designed for aircraft.
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Re: Puzzle #1947
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2011, 09:03:24 AM »
D.A. Clem # 13 front wheel drive # 13 midget. Driven by 1942 Westside Speedway Champion Guy "Mac" McHenry(pictured in the car). Powered by a Menasco engine.
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Re: Puzzle #1947 - Clem Front-Wheel-Drive Midget / Guy “Mac” McHenry
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2011, 09:59:40 AM »
Correct!
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Solved NIC#644 - 1942 Clem midget racer of Guy McHenry
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2016, 05:09:51 AM »
Who is this and what is the car?
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2016, 01:16:05 PM »
Was it made from aircraft parts in the 1940s?
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #11 on: August 09, 2016, 01:23:17 PM »
Quote from: FrontMan on August 09, 2016, 01:16:05 PM
Was it made from aircraft parts in the 1940s?

It was made in the 1940s, yes. I don't know whether any aircraft parts were used.
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2016, 01:36:26 PM »
............was he in the auto industry?
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2016, 02:23:00 PM »
Quote from: FrontMan on August 15, 2016, 01:36:26 PM
............was he in the auto industry?

The man sitting in the car did not build it. I just checked the internet, and amazingly there is still a company named after the builder which exists in the city where this car originated. I will accept either the driver of this car, or the builder, as the answer.
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2016, 05:44:36 AM »
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2016, 08:08:48 AM »
Looks French to me.  Some kind of Panhard-based device, although the heads don't look right.  There was a device called a Julien which had a similar rear suspension layout I think....
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2016, 08:16:22 AM »
Quote from: Willie McCrum on September 20, 2016, 08:08:48 AM
Looks French to me.  Some kind of Panhard-based device, although the heads don't look right.  There was a device called a Julien which had a similar rear suspension layout I think....

Not French at all, I'm afraid.
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #17 on: September 20, 2016, 09:01:01 AM »
Jim Was Very Proud Of His New Creation And Luckily His Wife Never Did Discover What Happened To Her Vacuum Cleaner.
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2016, 06:25:02 AM »
looks to be a flat 4 engine, with no radiator, driving forwards - is it VW?
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2016, 07:16:34 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on September 30, 2016, 06:25:02 AM
looks to be a flat 4 engine, with no radiator, driving forwards - is it VW?

It's not a VW engine. I don't have any information about the transmission arrangements, only the make of the engine.
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2016, 02:28:02 PM »
Steyr engine?
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2016, 02:44:28 PM »
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #22 on: September 30, 2016, 08:10:26 PM »
is the engine from a known car manufacturer like lancia
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #23 on: October 01, 2016, 04:11:46 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on September 30, 2016, 08:10:26 PM
is the engine from a known car manufacturer like lancia

Not at all well-known. I have heard of the company, but they did not make engines for use in cars.
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Re: NIC#644
« Reply #24 on: October 01, 2016, 04:25:50 AM »
We had a flat-four sidevalve industrial engine in the Thermo. Lab. at college which I think was made by Wisconsin so I'll be a bit more general and ask if the engine is a US-built industrial unit.
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