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SOLVED: WTH # 162 - 1911 FWD Battleship named Nancy Hank
« on: January 05, 2013, 01:32:26 PM »
For one point, specify the year, manufacturer, model, and nick-name of this old car
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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2013, 12:47:35 PM »
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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2013, 11:32:54 AM »
Up again!

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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2013, 07:36:00 PM »
RHD...is it from the UK?
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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2013, 09:16:45 PM »
Not from the UK
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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2013, 10:19:52 PM »
US Cadillacs were RHD until 1916.  Could this be a Caddy chassis, circa 1910?
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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2013, 11:57:05 PM »
No Cadillac involvement.  You are one year off.

(Early American car puzzles can be difficult.  There were a Lot of car companies in business at that time, and Normal Standards were not widely agreed upon.)
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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2013, 03:47:25 AM »
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on January 22, 2013, 11:57:05 PM
No Cadillac involvement.  You are one year off.

(Early American car puzzles can be difficult.  There were a Lot of car companies in business at that time, and Normal Standards were not widely agreed upon.)

I agree about the early auto industry in general.  It's a curse and a thing of wonder at the same time.  No standards meant a whole lot of creativity and a whole lotta people with creative ideas could build a car and see if it was the "better mousetrap" that would bring people pounding a path to his door.  A few did, most didn't. 

So before I ride off in all directions looking for this critter, is the year I'm looking for 1911?

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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2013, 04:48:32 AM »
I'd say that, whatever it's based on, we have a modern special! That seat and its legs in particular have nothing pre-Great War about it, nor has the jury-rigged fuel tank.
Perhaps most of it was once a 1909 Packard?
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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2013, 08:05:32 AM »
1911 is the correct year.

This is not a modern special, and has nothing to do with Packard
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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2013, 11:02:28 AM »
Is this representative of the way a chassis was delivered to a coachbuilder for them to work their magic on?
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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2013, 12:24:25 PM »
The best way I can answer Ray's question:

This car was originally used as a factory demonstrator.  From the information I have, coachbuilders were not involved.
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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2013, 07:54:08 PM »
The front axle is the key to solving this one, it's a 1911 FWD Battleship, and this particular car is known as Nancy Hank.
« Last Edit: January 24, 2013, 08:27:15 PM by Craig Gillingham »
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Re: WTH # 162
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2013, 10:42:00 PM »
And the point goes to Craig G for the correct answer.

What front axle?  The angle of the image almost completely hides the 4wd mechanism.  ;)
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Re: SOLVED: WTH # 162 - 1911 FWD Battleship named Nancy Hank
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2013, 01:22:50 AM »
I spent a lot of time looking at this puzzle, and couldn't figure out what it was. In the end I just Googled "1911 factory demonstrator", and it appeared on the first page. Now I know it's a 4wd, I can kind of see a slight bit of the front axle, but I didn't notice it before. And, surprisingly, it looks basically the same as it did in 1911. This was a very good puzzle car.
« Last Edit: January 25, 2013, 01:25:30 AM by Craig Gillingham »
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