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RayTheRat

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Re: Wendax 606
« Reply #25 on: December 10, 2012, 10:24:20 AM »
I'd forgotten about this one.  How about this:

"Ralph DePalma drove a strictly stock 1924 Chrysler a full thousand miles while averaging 68.33 MPH in an elapsed time of 1,007 minutes and 54 seconds - actual underway time was 878 minutes, 10.8 seconds - done at Fresno, California on 17 September 1924 under American Automobile Association official supervision."
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Re: Wendax 606
« Reply #26 on: December 10, 2012, 10:33:18 AM »
Quote from: RayTheRat on December 10, 2012, 10:24:20 AM
I'd forgotten about this one.  How about this:

"Ralph DePalma drove a strictly stock 1924 Chrysler a full thousand miles while averaging 68.33 MPH in an elapsed time of 1,007 minutes and 54 seconds - actual underway time was 878 minutes, 10.8 seconds - done at Fresno, California on 17 September 1924 under American Automobile Association official supervision."

Wrong continent!
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Re: Wendax 606
« Reply #27 on: December 10, 2012, 11:05:04 AM »
LeMans 1928 - finished 3rd and 4th?
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Re: Wendax 606
« Reply #28 on: December 10, 2012, 05:45:33 PM »
Wrong country, and the covered distance was much more than 1000 miles and took more than 24 hours.
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Re: Wendax 606
« Reply #29 on: March 27, 2016, 06:08:50 AM »
Did this Chrysler (70) drive from the USA, down into South America, beijg the first ever car to travel on some roads in the process?
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Re: Wendax 606
« Reply #30 on: March 27, 2016, 02:02:44 PM »
No, its fame didn't come from the Americas.
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Re: Wendax 606
« Reply #31 on: April 02, 2016, 04:52:39 AM »
Was this the Chrysler 65 that drove 86000 nonstop an the Avus racetrack in Berlin in 1930?
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Re: Wendax 606
« Reply #32 on: April 02, 2016, 05:13:20 AM »
To be precise, it was driven 86,439.1 km from September 25th to December 3rd, 1929 without turning the engine off, but I'll accept your answer.  ;D
So, after almost four years, I'm happy to call this solved and to award you two points.  :applause:
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Re: Solved: Wendax 606 - Chrysler 65 Avus record car
« Reply #33 on: April 02, 2016, 12:23:46 PM »
I wonder.  Did they use the same oil for all 86000 km?  Did they change the oil while running?  Perhaps they used a dry-sump oiling system.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 606 - Chrysler 65 Avus record car
« Reply #34 on: April 03, 2016, 03:21:00 AM »
Unfortunately the source doesn't tell. It only says that they used Gargoyle Mobiloil.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 606 - Chrysler 65 Avus record car
« Reply #35 on: April 04, 2016, 03:45:34 PM »
Possibly they just kept topping the oil up as it blew past the rings and burned away.
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