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WWW #462 - George Bailey / Weil-Duray-Firestone Barbasol Special / '38 Indy 500
« on: May 04, 2013, 04:51:31 AM »
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2013, 03:38:52 AM »
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2013, 04:11:09 AM »
Miller ? Indianapolis ?
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2013, 04:22:52 AM »
Not a Miller...
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2013, 05:06:26 AM »
It looks like one of the cars raced under the early-30s "Junk formula". Is it based on a production car ?
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2013, 05:40:37 AM »
Not based on a production car.
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2013, 08:58:03 AM »
Obviously USA.  "Balloon" tyres suggests twenties or thirties.  Smooth tread means paved track which means Indianapolis.  Not a Miller, not a 'junk formula' car.  Larger than a Miller-era car.

Is it a Duesenberg at Indianapolis in 1930?
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2013, 09:23:29 AM »
Indy, yes. Not a Duesenberg; not 1930.

There is hint about another part of this puzzle in my initial post.   
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2013, 04:36:14 AM »
A fast Pro point, I suspect
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2013, 11:54:58 AM »
Miller engine?
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2013, 12:35:20 PM »
 :)

Any connection to Louisiana?
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2013, 03:00:57 PM »
Thorne?
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2013, 03:36:00 PM »
By saying "yes" to Indy, were you saying the photo was taken at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway?

If so, image is from the 1938 Indianapolis 500

The car is the Leon Duray Barbasol Special.  Uses a Weil (or Weill) chassis and a supercharged Duray engine.

Driven by George Bailey.
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2013, 07:13:41 PM »
George Bailey ? Not THE George Bailey, of Bedford Falls, proprietor of the Bailey Building & Loan ?  ;D
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2013, 12:37:23 AM »
Not that George.  This one died in 1940.  But his name did produce lots of wrong answers when I looked him up.
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Re: WWW #462
« Reply #15 on: May 19, 2013, 03:18:10 AM »
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on May 18, 2013, 03:36:00 PM
By saying "yes" to Indy, were you saying the photo was taken at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway?

If so, image is from the 1938 Indianapolis 500

The car is the Leon Duray Barbasol Special.  Uses a Weil (or Weill) chassis and a supercharged Duray engine.

Driven by George Bailey.

That's the ticket
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