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Solved NIC#1178 - 1904 Buffum Greyhound 100hp
« on: January 18, 2020, 05:10:17 AM »
What's this, built in what year?
« Last Edit: February 02, 2020, 06:12:13 AM by nicanary »
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Re: NIC#1178
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2020, 05:33:37 AM »
I don't see well on the picture, is it electric or petrol powered?

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Re: NIC#1178
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2020, 05:37:09 AM »
I don't see well on the picture, is it electric or petrol powered?

Sorry about the poor quality of the photo - it's petrol-powered.
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Re: NIC#1178
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2020, 05:43:34 AM »
So one single big engine as they used to do at that time, right?

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Re: NIC#1178
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2020, 06:01:06 AM »
So one single big engine as they used to do at that time, right?

Yes.More or less. This was actually 2 engines which had been joined together.
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Re: NIC#1178
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2020, 05:22:53 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#1178
« Reply #6 on: February 01, 2020, 08:01:56 AM »
A Weigel?
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Re: NIC#1178
« Reply #7 on: February 01, 2020, 08:16:24 AM »
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Re: NIC#1178
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2020, 03:14:58 PM »
Winton?

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Re: NIC#1178
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2020, 03:27:54 PM »
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Re: NIC#1178
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2020, 01:44:42 AM »
1904 Buffum Model G Greyhound.
The engine was a flat eight, 2 flat-four Buffum engines joined together.

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Re: NIC#1178
« Reply #11 on: February 02, 2020, 06:11:23 AM »
1904 Buffum Model G Greyhound.
The engine was a flat eight, 2 flat-four Buffum engines joined together.

That's the car. It was referred to as the Central Greyhound in deference to sponsors.

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