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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2015 => Topic started by: Wendax on June 29, 2015, 02:37:31 AM

Title: Solved: Wendax 1638 - Premier Cycle Car 12 hp
Post by: Wendax on June 29, 2015, 02:37:31 AM

A pleasant face.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: Wendax on July 06, 2015, 02:56:44 AM

up

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: AlexFrance on July 06, 2015, 05:03:27 AM

Is it a British car?

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: Wendax on July 06, 2015, 05:53:17 AM

Yes

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: AlexFrance on July 06, 2015, 08:37:54 AM

It looks like the chassis was made much more earlier than the body, correct?

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: Wendax on July 06, 2015, 09:39:29 AM

No

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: Wendax on July 13, 2015, 02:48:41 AM

up again

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: 4popoid on July 13, 2015, 02:53:35 AM

Is this a modern vehicle masquerading as an ancient?

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: Wendax on July 13, 2015, 03:11:41 AM

No

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: 4popoid on July 13, 2015, 04:39:08 AM

Was the manufacturer of this vehicle active after 1918?

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: nicanary on July 13, 2015, 05:17:29 AM

It looks a lot like a Rover 8hp, so I suppose it's not.........

Obscure maker?

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: Wendax on July 13, 2015, 06:05:27 AM

Quote from: 4popoid on July 13, 2015, 04:39:08 AM

Was the manufacturer of this vehicle active after 1918?

Yes

Quote from: nicanary on July 13, 2015, 05:17:29 AM

It looks a lot like a Rover 8hp, so I suppose it's not.........

Obscure maker?

Not a Rover. I would not call the manufacturer obscure, at least not in the AP sense.  :D

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: nicanary on July 13, 2015, 08:35:25 AM

It's a 1912 Premier Cyclecar - there's another small photo on the net showing a driver in this car on the same street, but this is a period advert.

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: nicanary on July 13, 2015, 08:40:52 AM

The image of the car with driver.

Title: Re: Wendax 1638
Post by: Wendax on July 13, 2015, 09:35:47 AM

Well found! The car is currently for sale in Germany:

Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 1638 - Premier Cycle Car 12 hp
Post by: nicanary on July 13, 2015, 10:10:03 AM

Thanks for the point. Although there are not many members active today, I'm surprised there were no early "takers" for what was a fairly straightforward investigation. AP is an international site, and we all get different offers from our ISPs when asking questions, but anyone in the UK simply had to look for images of 1912 British Cyclecar, and up it pops. The site with the photo was an image library which had misspelt the car as a Premire, but a quick check in Georgano for a car of that name, followed by a Google for the correctly named Premier gave many results.

Easy pickings, but maybe not for an inhabitant of another country.