Mercury Dupertius 1940 Special

grobmotorix · January 07, 2012, 12:17:56 PM

Who knows this car?

I lost its trace to be honest...

Allemano · January 07, 2012, 02:28:19 PM

Great picture!

grobmotorix · January 07, 2012, 03:42:04 PM

I´ve got another one, but here it is the same problem. I can´t trace it back

richard cuyler · January 08, 2012, 06:22:02 AM

1946 Dodge grille and wheels, so possibly a 1940s Dodge-based car, (rather nicely) home-built, by the look of it.

grobmotorix · January 08, 2012, 10:17:03 AM

That´s what is the most obvious things to be seen at first sight, yes.

One point for anyone who can tell me who has built it in which year.

And I want some proof, too.

grobmotorix · January 22, 2012, 01:10:18 PM

Experts?

grobmotorix · February 03, 2012, 05:37:50 PM

I hope a pro might know!

Oguerrerob · February 03, 2012, 06:34:42 PM

Howard Dutch Darrin Prototype made for Joe W. Frazer 1951

grobmotorix · February 03, 2012, 07:02:04 PM

Those photos have been made some years earlier for sure. My source claim them to have been shot in 1947.

So I just have to doubt the correctness of your answer.

This is the pro level, so I need some proof...

I even think it is not a Darrin design at all.

Oguerrerob · February 05, 2012, 04:38:17 PM

I've been looking my original source and can't find it, so far, but I agree about doesn't look like Dutch Darrin work. I'll keep searching.

Oguerrerob · March 03, 2012, 05:13:12 PM

I've found another picture tag as Dodge Sports Roadster 1946-48 or Postwar sports roadster wearing another 1946-8 Dodge grille

grobmotorix · March 05, 2012, 02:03:10 PM

Thank you for that picture!

I´m sure it has been no dodge in-house design - we will find out sooner or later...

grobmotorix · May 10, 2012, 03:41:21 PM

Black hole?

Otto Puzzell · May 16, 2012, 05:01:32 AM

Not yet!

http://www.autopuzzles.com/

grobmotorix · May 16, 2012, 05:39:53 AM

Thank you. Maybe this will help $:-\$

grobmotorix · June 01, 2012, 11:44:07 AM

One last try before black hole:

noone knows it?

grobmotorix · August 15, 2012, 02:02:44 PM

Off it goes...

Otto Puzzell · August 17, 2013, 07:45:07 AM

Gene Dupertuis' (Atascadero, CA) homebuilt special. The body was mostly wood. 1940 Mercury frame, De Soto bumpers, Dodge grille.

Otto Puzzell · August 17, 2013, 08:29:46 AM

I don't know when it was built, but it was photographed by Life magazine in 1947.

Otto Puzzell · August 19, 2013, 04:08:37 AM

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on August 17, 2013, 07:45:07 AM
Gene Dupertuis' (Atascadero, CA) homebuilt special. The body was mostly wood. 1940 Mercury frame, De Soto bumpers, Dodge grille.

I have this from a pretty reliable source...

grobmotorix · August 19, 2013, 10:23:01 AM

Congrats! I think you have made it!

Allemano · October 10, 2013, 07:02:21 AM

Should be renamed to Gene Dupertius

Carnut · October 10, 2013, 07:04:59 AM

Quote from: Allemano on October 10, 2013, 07:02:21 AM
Should be renamed to Gene Dupertius

Indeed!
I was about the post the following as 'Dupertius' didn't show up on my search, although I was convinced I'd seen this car on here before...:

Allemano · October 10, 2013, 07:06:54 AM

Any idea what I was doing the last hour?

Carnut · October 10, 2013, 07:15:54 AM

Quote from: Allemano on October 10, 2013, 07:06:54 AM
Any idea what I was doing the last hour?

But you succeeded where I failed; I didn't find the original puzzle!

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