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Solved: Wendax 3556 - Sig Haugdahl record car, claimed to be built by Murray Cribb
« on: May 31, 2021, 01:35:06 AM »
I don't know whether it had an official name.

For one point, please respond and identify this car by naming its builder.
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2021, 06:22:36 AM »
Sig Haugdahl Daytona Beach speed record car 1922 180 mph
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2021, 06:59:40 AM »
Daytona Beach is the right location, but year and driver are wrong
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2021, 07:25:20 AM »
Hello again. The puzzle asks for the cars builder.
I saw this puzzle earlier this week, and today I got a car magazine with a reprint of an article from 1922 refering to Sig Haugdahl and his Speed record car. I recognized the puzzle and posted a reply.
The name Wisconsin is mentioned, maybe name of the car or the engine?
Also referred is a list over speed records, Haugdahls car competing aganst Milton in Dusenberg and De Palma in Packard. Also a picture of Haugdahl in the car. No other drivers are mentioned. Maybe the builder did other record attempts later, and also hired others to drive the car?
This all I have for now.
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2021, 07:31:21 AM »
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2021, 07:52:40 AM »
 The picture in the article is obviusly the same as the puzzle car. Maybe a wrong car
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2021, 09:43:03 AM »
The puzzle car is a bit younger than Haugdahl's car and apart from the bodywork it differs in details as far as I can see, e.g. the rear springs.
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2021, 05:45:59 AM »
For the sake of order: Here are the pictures from the reprinted article in 1922. I can send you the complete article if you want. It is in norwegian.
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2021, 03:18:31 PM »
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2021, 07:53:47 AM »
Oh boy, this is confusing!

Facts are:
1) The puzzle car already existed in 1922, see olavr's picture from a 1922 Norwegian magazine.
2) The Norwegian magazine claims the car to be Haugdahl's Wisconsin Special record car which we know looked different: https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2007-35/name-this-speedy-car-ltltsolved-1922-wisconsin-speed-specialgtgt/msg521777/#msg521777
3) The puzzle picture appeared some years later in several magazines and came with the name of a different driver.
4) The puzzle picture is too similar to olavr's picture to have been made some years afterwards, so it has to be a photomontage showing a new driver in an old car.

My conclusions:
The car might have been the Wisconsin Special at an earlier stage of development or an earlier attempt by Haugdahl to build a record car. Our mystery driver fooled the press by launching the modified picture and claiming to be the car's builder.

So I'll award one point to olavr for pointing out the connection to Sig Haugdahl, but I'll keep the puzzle open to find our mystery driver.
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2021, 11:15:58 AM »
Thanks for the point, I hope you will find out of this
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2021, 01:43:47 AM »
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2021, 02:09:11 AM »
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2021, 11:09:49 AM »
So I think you are searching for 'Murray Cribb'?
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Re: Wendax 3556
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2021, 12:46:14 PM »
Yes
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Re: Solved: Wendax 3556 - Sig Haugdahl record car, claimed to be built by Murray Cribb
« Reply #15 on: July 09, 2021, 02:28:55 AM »
I'm curious to know if you can tell the connection between Sig Haugdahl and Murray Cribb? What is the story?
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