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Solved - MJW #314 - Marks-Moir prototype 1923
« on: March 01, 2011, 01:43:58 PM »
Okay, I'm busy with the next group puzzle and with a couple of features so I thought I'd post a few more to keep you all busy in the meantime!
First one is pretty ancient now but quite interesting I think.
Make and year please.

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Re: MJW #314
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2011, 02:53:46 AM »
Let's move this one to the Experts

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Re: MJW #314
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2011, 09:06:06 AM »
Marks-Moir from Australia. Don't have the year handy but I think it's 1923.
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Re: MJW #314
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2011, 09:13:47 AM »
"A design by A. Moir of the mid 1920s employed a transverse mid mounted engine (to reduce the polar moment of inertia), a novel, limited slip differential, and an innovative stitched and glued plywood laminate monocoque structure of great torsional stiffness."

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Re: MJW #314
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2011, 11:30:22 AM »
Marks-Moir from Australia. Don't have the year handy but I think it's 1923.
That's the car and the year is 1923.

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Re: Solved - MJW #314 - Marks-Moir prototype 1923
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2021, 08:32:50 AM »
Design sketch of the Marks-Moir automobile:

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Re: Solved - MJW #314 - Marks-Moir prototype 1923
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2021, 08:51:02 AM »
Another view, giving a better idea of the size of this car: