Author Topic: Solved -PJ504- Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM Spider H.J. Mulliner 1934  (Read 1128 times)

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I won't lock for incomplete answers!
(I will for almost correct ones, e.g. slightly wrong year)
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Re: PJ - 504
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2013, 01:09:54 PM »
Make: Maserati
Model: 8 CM
Coachbuilder: H.J. Mulliner
Customer: Whitney Straight
Chassis #: probably 3016
Year: 1934

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Re: PJ - 504
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2013, 01:14:45 PM »
Perfect!   :applause: :applause:
You are really a master-quiz-solver...and I took this pic from an old magazine!
I start to feel the pressure.... :D
Here you a front view:

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Re: PJ - 504
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2013, 01:26:16 PM »
I have that (?) magazine, too. I remembered that it was in a very old issue. And then something absolutely improbable happened: it was in the first magazine I looked into.  :o

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Re: PJ - 504
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2013, 01:28:24 PM »
Just to add some additional information -

Chassis #3016 was possibly built up from the first #3007 crashed by Nuvolari with the remains being sold to Minozzi and/or Soffietti.
Then modified/rebodied by Mulliner in 1935.
Owners were possibly Whitney Straight, Minozzi/Soffietti, Madame Braillard and later Lippai Fanos of Hungary.

The information may not be 100% correct but is worth adding if anyone discusses it further.

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Re: PJ - 504
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2013, 02:44:27 PM »
Janos Lippai owned Maserati #3015, not #3016.
See the book which is titled Maserati3015 (links are not allowed here)
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
http://automuseums.info - motoring museums' guide

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Re: PJ - 504
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2013, 03:21:42 PM »
Janos Lippai owned Maserati #3015, not #3016.
See the book which is titled Maserati3015 (links are not allowed here)
I did say that additional information may not be correct and you just proved that - thanks Pal

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Re: Solved -PJ504- Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM Spider H.J. Mulliner 1934
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2013, 07:15:17 AM »
Time to go... ;)

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Re: Solved -PJ504- Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM Spider H.J. Mulliner 1934
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2013, 09:34:04 AM »
May be, there will be a day when I will have a part of your unlimited knownledge about cars...It will be great!   

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Re: Solved -PJ504- Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM Spider H.J. Mulliner 1934
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2016, 12:45:58 PM »
No more visible puzzle photo...

Below the car before its conversion:
« Last Edit: October 06, 2016, 12:54:16 PM by grobmotorix »