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Monty388 - Solved: 1916 Briscoe Touring car
« on: October 30, 2018, 06:14:08 AM »
Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please tell me the make and year.

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2018, 05:32:31 AM »
Up to the Experts.
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Re: Monty388
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2018, 12:30:12 PM »
American

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2018, 03:56:32 AM »
Yes, it's from the U.S.
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Re: Monty388
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2018, 05:59:25 AM »
Chalmers perhaps?
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Re: Monty388
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2018, 06:35:53 AM »
Not Chalmers. There is a very tangential connection.
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Re: Monty388
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2018, 07:13:06 AM »
Nash?

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2018, 08:02:58 AM »
Not Nash. Following enough dots it would be possible to draw a connection too, but it is even more distant and convoluted.
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Re: Monty388
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2018, 07:55:32 PM »
Willys-Overland?

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2018, 08:04:06 PM »
from about 1920

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2018, 09:20:04 PM »
Maxwell?

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2018, 02:52:34 AM »
Willys-Overland?
No.

from about 1920
Earlier

Maxwell?
It's not a Maxwell, but this is the closest anyone has come so far.
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Re: Monty388
« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2018, 03:27:50 AM »
JEFFERY?

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2018, 03:40:40 AM »
Not Jeffery.
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Re: Monty388
« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2018, 09:36:46 AM »
Chandler 1919?

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #15 on: November 23, 2018, 09:41:55 AM »
Not Chandler. While all other marques mentioned so far had some connection to the puzzle car in more or less intricate ways, I can't find any connection to Chandler. Maxwell is still the closest anyone has gotten. Earlier than 1919.
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Re: Monty388
« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2018, 10:31:14 AM »
THOMAS FLYER?

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2018, 11:20:42 AM »
Not Thomas Flyer. The connection is through a different route.
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Re: Monty388
« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2018, 11:42:39 AM »
Owen Magnetic?

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2018, 02:38:26 PM »

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #20 on: November 24, 2018, 09:43:35 AM »
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Re: Monty388
« Reply #21 on: November 24, 2018, 10:14:13 AM »
was it a well known brand?

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #22 on: November 24, 2018, 10:54:50 AM »

 Oakland

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #23 on: November 24, 2018, 12:54:56 PM »
Studebaker?

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Re: Monty388
« Reply #24 on: November 24, 2018, 01:53:11 PM »
MAXWELL?