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Tifositeaser 3 <solved>96 h.p. Wolseley
« on: March 28, 2007, 12:14:30 AM »
Can you name the driver and the car he's sitting in?
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Re: Tifositeaser 3
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2007, 09:59:33 PM »
A clue...this man helped found an automobile company that still builds cars today...


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Re: Tifositeaser 3
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2007, 04:43:14 PM »
Clue # 2 :  This man died in an airplane accident not long after the picture was taken...


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Re: Tifositeaser 3
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2007, 05:06:01 PM »
Clue #3...the car our man is sitting in is not one that he manufactured, but the name still exists.

Perhaps this one should be moved to the pro ranks...


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Re: Tifositeaser 3
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2007, 05:09:47 PM »
Quote from: Tifosi on April 01, 2007, 05:06:01 PM

Perhaps this one should be moved to the pro ranks...


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Re: Tifositeaser 3
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2007, 03:20:08 AM »
The car is the 96 h.p. Wolseley for the 1905 Gordon Bennett race in which the Hon C.S. Rolls (who is pictured)  took 8th place
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Re: Tifositeaser 3
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2007, 08:52:24 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on April 02, 2007, 03:20:08 AM
The car is the 96 h.p. Wolseley for the 1905 Gordon Bennett race in which the Hon C.S. Rolls (who is pictured)  took 8th place



Right , you are...


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grob: early muscles
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2010, 02:45:14 AM »
Who knows this car?
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Re: grob: early muscles
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2010, 08:01:12 AM »
I think we had this before (different photo).
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Re: grob: early muscles
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2010, 08:20:08 AM »
A bad weekend - I should´ve checked my new puzzles before posting, really...

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Re: grob: early muscles
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2010, 03:20:12 AM »
Sorry, totally forgot about this one.

May one editor please merge this with the existing puzzle:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=1379.0
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Re: Tifositeaser 3 <solved>96 h.p. Wolseley
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2010, 03:36:34 AM »
Merged.
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