Author Topic: Whaddyacallit #518 - Gordon Watney Special body over a 135 hp deDietrich (Read 1324 times)

Ray B. · « **on:** March 14, 2011, 04:54:12 PM »

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Ray B. · « **Reply #1 on:** March 26, 2011, 11:18:11 AM »

Rookies not interested?
No problemo...

Tackitt · « **Reply #2 on:** March 27, 2011, 12:56:42 PM »

Man! What an incredible looking automobile! American?

D-type · « **Reply #3 on:** March 27, 2011, 02:53:13 PM »

Aero-engined?

Ray B. · « **Reply #4 on:** March 28, 2011, 08:46:43 AM »

Not American, and not an aero-engine AFAIK, although there is a distant connection with aviation.

Tackitt · « **Reply #5 on:** March 28, 2011, 11:10:39 AM »

Italian?

Ray B. · « **Reply #6 on:** March 28, 2011, 12:22:15 PM »

Not Italian.

D-type · « **Reply #7 on:** March 28, 2011, 04:01:51 PM »

Farman?

Ray B. · « **Reply #8 on:** March 28, 2011, 04:14:20 PM »

Not a Farman

Ray B. · « **Reply #9 on:** April 04, 2011, 09:09:13 AM »

So, to the pros.

Wendax · « **Reply #10 on:** April 04, 2011, 09:44:02 AM »

Pre-WW I?

Ray B. · « **Reply #11 on:** April 04, 2011, 10:05:45 AM »

Partly...

Wendax · « **Reply #12 on:** April 04, 2011, 12:49:26 PM »

Thought so

pnegyesi · « **Reply #13 on:** April 04, 2011, 02:06:46 PM »

Anything to do with Szawe?

Ray B. · « **Reply #14 on:** April 04, 2011, 04:21:14 PM »

Not AFAIK

Wendax · « **Reply #15 on:** April 04, 2011, 04:32:04 PM »

Quote from: Ray B. on April 04, 2011, 10:05:45 AM

Partly...

That makes it a pre-WW I chassis and a body of around 1922.
Is it a racing car chassis?

Ray B. · « **Reply #16 on:** April 04, 2011, 05:26:44 PM »

Sort of, yes.

grobmotorix · « **Reply #17 on:** April 04, 2011, 06:15:42 PM »

Is it a rebodied Benz?
This Detail looks quite familiar:

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #18 on:** April 05, 2011, 05:41:32 AM »

Can It be a Mercedes by Gordon Watney?

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #19 on:** April 05, 2011, 05:45:26 AM »

This a Gordon Watney Special, he was a very well know dealer - racer in England. He built and raced mostly large chain drive specials some of which were aero engined and built on double chain drive Mercedes chassis. Many of these creations were raced on the famous Brooklands track before 'its' demise during WWII.

Ray B. · « **Reply #20 on:** April 05, 2011, 10:13:54 AM »

If Pal is the boss (see http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=15858.125;topicseen ), Paul is the man!

A Gordon Watney Special body over a 135 hp deDietrich (1907 or 1908, logically, given the reference to the St Petersburg-Moscow race).
Here is how their Mercedes looked like. Much less impressive.

Ray B. · « **Reply #21 on:** April 08, 2011, 04:36:03 PM »

Point added, puzzle moved

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