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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #25 on: February 02, 2016, 02:04:01 PM »
The chassis make is not existant any more.

The engine came from a company that is still active.


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The chassis came from a company that is still active.

The engine make is not existant any more.


Sorry, I have mixed that one up...  :bag:

To help: there is a direct connection between chassis and engine.
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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #26 on: February 02, 2016, 08:11:37 PM »
Does that thing have a hemi?

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #27 on: February 03, 2016, 12:14:09 PM »
GM engine and chassis ?

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #28 on: February 03, 2016, 12:45:37 PM »
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Does that thing have a hemi?

No.

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GM engine and chassis ?

No.

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #29 on: February 03, 2016, 12:47:38 PM »
Chrysler group chassis and engine ?

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #30 on: February 03, 2016, 01:17:23 PM »
Chrysler group
GM group


Well... ;)

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #31 on: February 03, 2016, 01:26:26 PM »
Ford engine ?

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #32 on: February 03, 2016, 05:15:34 PM »
No  ;D

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #33 on: February 03, 2016, 08:59:37 PM »
Six cylinder engine?

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #34 on: February 04, 2016, 04:28:15 AM »
American chassis and engine ?

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #35 on: February 04, 2016, 11:13:09 AM »
I did not deny Ford group completely guys ;)

Well- I guess I will help a bit:

The chassis is Ford

The engine is a product of the Ford group...

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American chassis and engine ?

This seems to be a true US-American special.

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Six cylinder engine?

I think it must have been equipped with an eight cylinder engine when I see in which road races it did compete back then...
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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #36 on: February 04, 2016, 11:57:22 AM »
Kenneth Hill's Mercury Special?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #37 on: February 04, 2016, 12:11:46 PM »
Not that one...

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #38 on: February 04, 2016, 12:27:26 PM »
The chassis make is not existant any more.

And now you say the chassis is Ford. I'm fairly confused !

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #39 on: February 04, 2016, 12:38:13 PM »
The chassis came from a company that is still active.

The engine make is not existant any more.


Sorry, I have mixed that one up...  :bag:

I have edited my earlier post.

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #40 on: February 04, 2016, 12:40:55 PM »
I'm not confused anymore, thanks.

Edsel engine ? Mercury and Lincoln still exist, and I can't think of another US Ford group defunct brand.
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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #41 on: February 04, 2016, 12:52:12 PM »
I'm not confused anymore, thanks.

Edsel engine ? Mercury and Lincoln still exist, and I can't think of another US Ford group defunct brand.

The Mercury brand was dropped in 2011.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #42 on: February 04, 2016, 01:03:12 PM »
I probably spend too much time dealing with obscure cars and not enough with the mainstream ones  :bag:

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #43 on: February 04, 2016, 01:09:41 PM »
Don't feel embarrassed - I had to look it up! I hadn't realised either.

Is this the car of Howard Raftery ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #44 on: February 04, 2016, 02:15:20 PM »
Kenneth Hill
Howard Raftery


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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #45 on: February 04, 2016, 04:40:09 PM »
It's Dick Seifried's Mercury Special - here's a photo of the car at Torrey Pines in 1952.

(This too me a long time, because I was convinced it had raced at Watkins Glen that year, and I wasted a lot of time trying to identify a car at the Glen carrying #46, when there was no car with that number entered in the race!)
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Re: grob 2016.01.09 (02)
« Reply #46 on: February 04, 2016, 05:22:55 PM »
Very good!

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Re: Dick Seifried's Mercury Special, 1951 photo
« Reply #47 on: February 05, 2016, 04:07:48 AM »

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Re: PFW Puzzle #1642 - Dick Seifried Merc Special
« Reply #48 on: February 05, 2016, 04:08:46 AM »
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Re: PFW Puzzle #1642 - Dick Seifried Merc Special
« Reply #49 on: February 05, 2016, 04:22:11 AM »
The older puzzle has a less than helpful title - in the UK "Merc" can only mean one thing, and it has a three-pointed star.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia