GG-251 Erwin Jungfer compressed air car, 1931

guido66 · June 16, 2012, 09:08:27 AM

What have we got here?

guido66 · July 01, 2012, 04:11:25 PM

Experts?

guido66 · July 16, 2012, 02:14:49 PM

Pro time!

RayTheRat · July 16, 2012, 04:35:36 PM

A proposal for dealing with dusty roads?

guido66 · July 17, 2012, 01:10:12 AM

No, not that.

grobmotorix · July 18, 2012, 05:04:47 AM

It seems, that the driver had to reach and leave his place quickly to use this strange thing.

Is that a passengers seat over the rear axle?

Then this would be a RHD car.

Is it from GB or it colonies?

Otto Puzzell · July 18, 2012, 05:09:00 AM

An early attempt at ram-induction, with the large funnel compressing the incoming charge, at speed?

guido66 · July 18, 2012, 05:22:47 PM

Not British, and not from a British colony. The description that I have of the mechanical working of this vehicle are a bit ambiguous. I hadn't looked at it that way yet, but the description can be interpreted as a sort of ram-induction.

My original interpretation of the text made me think that it would only run in reverse....

(I have a year, name of the builder and place for this car)

faksta · September 26, 2012, 02:09:51 PM

Is it an early snow plug or something?

guido66 · September 27, 2012, 02:53:30 PM

No, Otto was closest so far

pnegyesi · October 02, 2012, 04:53:11 AM

Is the year 1927?

Otto Puzzell · October 02, 2012, 05:04:27 AM

Rather than ram-induction to a gasoline engine, was the funnel used to deliver more air to a fire, to generate more heat in a boiler?

RayTheRat · October 02, 2012, 10:21:27 AM

Whether it's right or not, it's a damned good guess. Something I sure hadn't thought of.

Cheers,

RtR

guido66 · October 03, 2012, 05:21:28 PM

Air is the only technical detail I'm certain about. It's a bit newer than 1927.

The maker of this car was also a writer. In the National Library Catalogue one book can be found, and it's from the same year as the car.

Otto Puzzell · October 09, 2012, 05:00:44 AM

Continued searching for Car + Huge + Funnel uncovered only this....

pnegyesi · October 09, 2012, 06:00:03 AM

is the car from pre-1930?

guido66 · October 09, 2012, 07:21:33 AM

No, it's a very little bit more recent

pnegyesi · October 09, 2012, 10:05:50 AM

1931?

guido66 · October 10, 2012, 03:46:24 PM

Spot on!

pnegyesi · October 10, 2012, 03:54:44 PM

Was this published in a daily paper?

guido66 · October 10, 2012, 04:11:14 PM

Yes indeed, but the newspaper I've found it in is from another country as the car.

pnegyesi · October 11, 2012, 04:01:47 AM

was this published in a Dutch-language newspaper?

guido66 · October 11, 2012, 01:46:34 PM

Yes

pnegyesi · October 12, 2012, 01:27:28 PM

does the word "auto" appear in the article?

guido66 · October 12, 2012, 04:18:19 PM

This way you'll find it eventually. And you'll be learning some Dutch in the meantime.

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GG-251 Erwin Jungfer compressed air car, 1931

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