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Solved: Wendax 1520 - Franay Bentley by Nate Seifert based on Daimler DS 420
« on: March 01, 2015, 02:48:32 AM »
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For one point, please respond and identify this car and its builder.
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Re: Wendax 1520
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2015, 08:36:32 AM »
Hooper Daimler? Looks loke a dk400 base, but I've never seen front wheel spats like that before!
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Re: Wendax 1520
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2015, 08:48:35 AM »
There is a Daimler underneath, but not a DK400. Hooper did some horrible things to cars like the Bentley Turbo R Empress II, but they weren't responsible for this one.
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Re: Wendax 1520
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2015, 03:36:41 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1520
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2015, 10:29:31 AM »
Starting with a 1971 Daimler DS420 base (Why couldn't he leave it alone?), Nate Seifert from Utah, USA created what he called the "Franay Bentley", supposedly inspired by the 1930s work of such coachbuilders as Franay, Figoni et Falaschi and Saoutchik. It also was repowered with a Chevrolet 350, GM automatic transmission, and airbag suspension due to the added weight of the "coachwork". It reportedly took him seven years to complete.

To each their own, I suppose.
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Re: Wendax 1520
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2015, 10:43:54 AM »
Right you are!
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