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Solved - NEH 4175: Denver Cornett in DuPont Model G "Speed Craft Special" at Watkins Glen 1950
« on: July 14, 2015, 08:04:37 AM »
What's this, from when, built by whom - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 4175
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2015, 05:18:32 AM »
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Re: NEH 4175
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2015, 09:29:22 AM »
The Bumerc , 1948 built by Briggs Cunningham
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Re: NEH 4175
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2015, 10:34:49 AM »
Quote from: shamrock on July 28, 2015, 09:29:22 AM
The Bumerc , 1948 built by Briggs Cunningham

Not that...
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Re: NEH 4175
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2015, 06:26:38 PM »
I wonder if his forearm has melted and has stuck to the exhaust? Painful!  :'(
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Re: NEH 4175
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2015, 04:36:41 AM »
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Re: NEH 4175
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2015, 07:46:25 AM »
I thought this was one of the entries from the early Watkins Glen races, but the race number doesn't fit anything.

Is is pictured from a race around 1948/49?
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Re: NEH 4175
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2015, 07:55:27 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on August 25, 2015, 07:46:25 AM
I thought this was one of the entries from the early Watkins Glen races, but the race number doesn't fit anything.

Is is pictured from a race around 1948/49?

Yes, well-spotted, it is pictured at Watkins Glen, although not in the 1940s..
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Re: NEH 4175
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2015, 07:59:09 AM »
Denver Cornett in the Speed Craft Special (DuPont G LeMans) at Watkins Glen 1950
« Last Edit: August 25, 2015, 08:01:38 AM by Wendax »
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Re: NEH 4175
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2015, 08:18:49 AM »
That's it.
Here's the unmodified puzzle picture:
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