Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #322 - 1936 Multi-Union racer (Read 2576 times)

Djetset · « **on:** February 14, 2010, 07:28:28 AM »

Know this one for a point?

mymokke · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2010, 11:40:08 PM »

Is this an Auto Union racer prior to the switch to the rear/mid engine monsters?

Djetset · « **Reply #2 on:** February 18, 2010, 03:56:13 PM »

No I'm afraid it isn't.

biz5300 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2010, 11:54:29 PM »

w 125 mercedes

Djetset · « **Reply #4 on:** March 10, 2010, 06:31:25 PM »

No, not a W125.

DeAutogids.nl · « **Reply #5 on:** March 29, 2010, 04:00:03 PM »

Mercedes-Benz W25 (engine is called W125)

Djetset · « **Reply #6 on:** March 31, 2010, 04:47:49 PM »

No, not that.

DeAutogids.nl · « **Reply #7 on:** April 01, 2010, 12:02:25 PM »

It has a bit of Maserati 4CL in it... no idea, need to look

Djetset · « **Reply #8 on:** April 02, 2010, 08:16:57 AM »

Sorry, not a Maserati either.

DeAutogids.nl · « **Reply #9 on:** April 02, 2010, 08:29:52 AM »

Let's start country then, Germany?

Djetset · « **Reply #10 on:** April 02, 2010, 08:31:14 AM »

DeAutogids.nl · « **Reply #11 on:** April 02, 2010, 08:36:04 AM »

Italy?

Djetset · « **Reply #12 on:** April 02, 2010, 08:40:07 AM »

DeAutogids.nl · « **Reply #13 on:** April 02, 2010, 08:45:17 AM »

Euh France?

Djetset · « **Reply #14 on:** April 02, 2010, 08:46:29 AM »

DeAutogids.nl · « **Reply #15 on:** April 02, 2010, 08:49:02 AM »

British...
(sorry)

Djetset · « **Reply #16 on:** April 02, 2010, 12:17:12 PM »

Yes indeed!

Djetset · « **Reply #17 on:** April 06, 2010, 09:16:36 AM »

Allez Experts?

white12 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 06, 2010, 10:23:06 AM »

It could be a race car named Multi Union Special. It was built up an Alfa Romeo P3 chassis.

Djetset · « **Reply #19 on:** April 06, 2010, 10:40:17 AM »

You got it. I was a little bit mean saying no to the 'Italy' question, but despite the Tipo B Alfa Romeo 2.9-litre engine base, this car was English, being built by the Fairey Aviation test pilot Mr C S Staniland in 1936. It was named Multi-Union as a nod to its Silver Arrows inspiration.

DeAutogids.nl · « **Reply #20 on:** April 06, 2010, 10:55:26 AM »

Did it win anything?

DeAutogids.nl · « **Reply #21 on:** April 06, 2010, 10:57:04 AM »

Not 1938?

Djetset · « **Reply #22 on:** April 06, 2010, 12:57:35 PM »

I'm not aware that it won anything, but I have it 1936 in various sources.

D-type · « **Reply #23 on:** April 06, 2010, 04:50:30 PM »

Multi-Union certainly did win a few races, including the 1938 Phoenix Park Race (Dublin), and wins at Brooklands on the Outer Circuit, Campbell Circuit and Mountain Circuit. and came within a whisker of setting the all-time Brooklands record but piston trouble intervened. Based on a Tipo B Alfa Romeo, the car was rebuilt as the Multi-Union in 1937 and first raced in 1938. The picture shows Multi-Union II, the 1939 incarnation of the car.

Sadly, the unique Multi-Union has now been converted back into the Tipo B Alfa Romeo it started life as.

DeAutogids.nl · « **Reply #24 on:** April 07, 2010, 04:41:52 AM »

Quote from: D-type on April 06, 2010, 04:50:30 PM

Multi-Union certainly did win a few races, including the 1938 Phoenix Park Race (Dublin), and wins at Brooklands on the Outer Circuit, Campbell Circuit and Mountain Circuit. and came within a whisker of setting the all-time Brooklands record but piston trouble intervened. Based on a Tipo B Alfa Romeo, the car was rebuilt as the Multi-Union in 1937 and first raced in 1938. The picture shows Multi-Union II, the 1939 incarnation of the car.

Sadly, the unique Multi-Union has now been converted back into the Tipo B Alfa Romeo it started life as.

Which would mean it is a 1939 Multi Union II.

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