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Solved: gte4289_64 -- Ed Winfield's Kant-Skore Special
« on: December 04, 2018, 08:41:37 PM »
Identify this car for a point:

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2018, 01:20:17 PM »
Experts?

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2018, 12:49:50 AM »
American

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2018, 12:58:18 AM »

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2018, 01:42:37 PM »
Made in 1915

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2018, 09:54:48 AM »

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2018, 11:55:55 AM »
Is it a Frontenac?
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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2018, 01:17:00 PM »
Made in 1919

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2018, 05:19:40 PM »

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2018, 03:29:51 AM »
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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2018, 05:15:31 AM »

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #11 on: December 18, 2018, 12:23:22 PM »
Duesenberg

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2018, 04:12:29 PM »

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2019, 05:26:52 PM »
Pros?

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2019, 05:54:05 PM »
You say not a Frontenac, but is it based on a Ford Model T ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2019, 05:55:25 PM »
You say not a Frontenac, but is it based on a Ford Model T ?
Yes!

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2019, 03:08:34 AM »
Was it built between 1920 and 1925 ?

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2019, 10:53:18 AM »
Was it built between 1920 and 1925 ?
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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2019, 12:35:01 PM »
Built in 1922 ?

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #19 on: January 22, 2019, 02:31:44 PM »
Built in 1922 ?
Not positive, but I believe 1923-24.

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2019, 03:13:34 AM »
Did it race at Indianapolis ?

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« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2019, 09:03:32 AM »

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2019, 12:58:43 PM »
Was the engine replaced by a non-Ford unit ?

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #23 on: January 23, 2019, 01:37:55 PM »
Was the engine replaced by a non-Ford unit ?
The car was campaigned with a highly-modified version of the original Ford motor.

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Re: gte4289_64
« Reply #24 on: February 02, 2019, 10:15:59 AM »
Ed Winfield's (at the wheel below) 1924 Kant-Skore Piston Special, using a modified flathead Ford Model T engine.
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