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Title: Solved - MJW #366 - Pope 900cc Coupe 1934
Post by: woodinsight on April 23, 2011, 04:05:51 AM
For one point what is the make, year and nationality of this low-slung coupe?
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: woodinsight on April 26, 2011, 11:34:59 PM
Experts?
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: woodinsight on May 03, 2011, 02:53:59 AM
Easy for a Pro?
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: pnegyesi on May 08, 2011, 03:01:30 AM
Spanish?
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: woodinsight on May 08, 2011, 03:08:15 AM
Not Spanish
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Post by: Wendax on May 08, 2011, 08:32:32 AM
Austrian?
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Post by: woodinsight on May 08, 2011, 09:59:11 AM
Not Austrian either
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Post by: Wendax on May 08, 2011, 11:36:36 AM
But it is from a minor European car producing country?
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: woodinsight on May 08, 2011, 12:49:45 PM
European yes but major rather than minor.
As a clue, this car was designed by a non-European living in Europe........
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: Wendax on May 08, 2011, 12:54:05 PM
The looks are rather German than French or Italian or British. Although I can't think of a suiting name, I ask: German?
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: woodinsight on May 08, 2011, 02:01:04 PM
Not German despite it's appearance......
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: Wendax on May 08, 2011, 04:00:15 PM
British?
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: woodinsight on May 08, 2011, 05:37:32 PM
Not British either.....
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Post by: Allemano on May 09, 2011, 12:54:17 AM
Eastern Europe?
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: woodinsight on May 09, 2011, 02:33:49 AM
Not Eastern Europe.......from the opposite end.

Here's a clue - the person who designed this car may have been related to a US car manufacturer although this has not been proved.
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: Wendax on May 09, 2011, 02:38:19 AM
French?
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: woodinsight on May 09, 2011, 02:45:38 AM
Quote from: Wendax on May 09, 2011, 02:38:19 AM
French?
Yes!
Designed by an American resident in Paris
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: Wendax on May 09, 2011, 12:27:31 PM
1938 Bertrand?
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Post by: woodinsight on May 09, 2011, 01:25:44 PM
Not Bertrand and several years before 1938
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: Paul Jaray on May 10, 2011, 04:59:19 PM
Pope 900cc Coupe from 1934
Title: Re: MJW #366
Post by: woodinsight on May 10, 2011, 11:51:35 PM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on May 10, 2011, 04:59:19 PM
Pope 900cc Coupe from 1934
Exactly!

The Pope was as I mentioned earlier designed by an American living in Paris - a Mr. L.A. Pope.
There may have been a connection to the Midland-Pope cars in the USA but that's another story.

Turning back to the car itself, it was unusual in that it was powered by a 900cc ohv narrow-angle V4 engine driving the front wheels via a 4-speed gearbox. Independent front suspension was by transverse spring and a central backbone frame was used.
The complete engine, gearbox and drive unit, including the wheels, could be easily detached.
Mr. Pope was said to be seeking a British firm to take up manufacture but no one did and the car remained a 'one-off' prototype.