Topic: Stump the Utz

[Tifosi]

It didn't run at Indy in '84; at least, not in the race...those sidepods and aero pieces just in front of the rear tire look like what was commonly used in 87-89, but in the late 80's, the #98 was sponsored by Skoal.  Ed Pimm and John Andretti were the drivers.  Curb was the owner.

Also, it looks like the car has a popoff valve.

Anybody know how to get ahold of Donald Davidson?



Dan

[Otto Puzzell]

Ligier-Curb Indy

[Ultra]

Ligier-Curb Indy

Voila, give that man a cigar, my F1 roots show through.

[Tifosi]

The Ligier-Curb Indycar apparently only ran once, at Long Beach, in 1984. It was an updated JS 21, which is obvious after examining the photo.  Those sidepods and the basic color scheme just scream Ligier.  I just didn't hear it.  It must've been a little ahead of it's time, though...some of the aero pieces didn't show up on later Indycars for a few years.


Nice puzzle!



Dan

[Ultra]

  This one is open to everyone.

[Allan L]

This one is open to everyone.

In that case:

Georges Boillot driving a Lion Peugeot racer setting records at Brooklands 1909. From memory, a single cylinder engine of 80 × 280 mm
A re-creation of this car appeared at a VSCC race meeting in 2005

[porridgehead]

Pity about the blind spot. 

[Ultra]

This one is open to everyone.

In that case:

Georges Boillot driving a Lion Peugeot racer setting records at Brooklands 1909. From memory, a single cylinder engine of 80 × 280 mm
A re-creation of this car appeared at a VSCC race meeting in 2005

Allan L came from where I sourced this one.    Nice work.

[Arthur Dent]

how about this oddity?

[Ultra]

how about this oddity?

Back in the day, I believe he posted this one.

[Allan L]

how about this oddity?

No problem with what it is (I'll leave it to the rest of you for a bit), but do you know the airship connection?

[Otto Puzzell]

Sir Dennistoun Burney, worked on the design of the R100 airship.

What's an R100? You can read all about here.

[Arthur Dent]

how about this oddity?

Back in the day, I believe he posted this one.

Now that you mention it I think you are right. Ok I'll post something else after Christmas.

[Allan L]

Since the search facility thows nothing up for a previous posting, I'll offer this:
The Burney Streamline was made as a prototype at the Airship Guarantee Co.'s Howden where Sir Dennistoun Burney was Managing Director (and Barnes Wallis was Chief Designer - read Nevil Shute (Norway)'s autobiography, "Slide Rule" for more detail) using a front-drive Alvis chassis, turned back to front. "Production" versions had a straight-eight 3 litre Beverley-Barnes engine hanging out of the back. One was fitted with a 6-cylinder Lycoming engine (as in Auburn) for a tour of the USofA and the last were fitted with Armstrong-Siddeley 20 engines.
After 12 cars were produced, the rights were acquired by Crossley and the result is what we see here: it has a proper Crossley radiator at the front (the Burney had a shovel nose or a dummy vee-rad) and a six-cylinder 2 litre Crossley engine where the Beverley-Barnes was.

Unsafe at any speed would, I think, sum it up.

[Otto Puzzell]

Yep, that too.