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Solved: Wendax 907 - Waldemar Grant Hansen's 1902 racecar
« on: May 20, 2013, 04:04:36 AM »
Cool radiator.

For one point, please respond the car and the year it was built.
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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2013, 02:30:52 AM »
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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2013, 03:39:09 AM »
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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2013, 09:26:23 AM »
from Usa?
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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2013, 03:34:33 PM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2013, 04:31:35 AM »
one-off?
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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2013, 08:07:04 AM »
I think so.

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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2013, 01:31:44 PM »
was the radiator this big on purpose?
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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2013, 01:55:49 PM »
Probably for cooling the engine... ;D

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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2013, 02:05:30 PM »
a race car?
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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2013, 03:50:35 PM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2013, 06:04:19 PM »
1900 - 1905?
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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2013, 03:02:10 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2013, 05:02:01 AM »
Is there something unusual in this car which my assist our research?
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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2013, 06:28:44 AM »
I hardly know anything about this car despite the year and its builder's name.

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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #15 on: June 18, 2013, 05:15:52 PM »
is the driver the builder too?
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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #16 on: June 19, 2013, 02:13:43 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #17 on: June 19, 2013, 10:20:38 AM »
is the driver the builder too?

He had some sort of paranoia about how much cooling he'd need ! The engine looks pretty small in proportion to the size of the cooling supply - is it a boxer configuration ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #18 on: June 19, 2013, 10:24:25 AM »
Sorry, I don't have any information about the engine.

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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #19 on: June 24, 2013, 04:23:56 AM »
Do you know the race where the car was photographed?
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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #20 on: June 24, 2013, 06:58:19 AM »
Do you know the race where the car was photographed?

To save you some time, I don't think it is any of the Vanderbilt Cup editions - I looked through every participant I could find and none of them looked similar.

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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #21 on: July 06, 2013, 03:55:57 PM »
Do you know the race where the car was photographed?
I don't know which race, but I do know a race track where this car was raced.

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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #22 on: July 07, 2013, 02:56:36 AM »
At Meadows Race Track?
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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #23 on: July 07, 2013, 03:22:23 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 907
« Reply #24 on: July 08, 2013, 04:26:53 AM »
were there automobile races hosted on this track after the 1st WW?
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