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Monty267 - Solved: 1913 Merlin with 2013 body by Richard Beazley
« on: November 26, 2017, 01:11:46 PM »
Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please identify the base car, and who made its current body and when.

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Re: Monty267
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2017, 08:17:49 AM »
Up to the Experts
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2017, 09:39:35 AM »
A few years ago I saw a Chater-Lea with a wicker body just like that, but it's not quite what I remember, so probably not that one.
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2017, 09:53:08 AM »
You're right I'm afraid, it's not that Chater-Lea.
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2017, 11:45:06 PM »

 Humber
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2017, 03:16:08 AM »
Not Humber. This is from a smaller, short-lived company.
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2017, 03:37:47 AM »
Built between 1920-25?
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2017, 06:22:46 AM »
Quote from: luisps on December 13, 2017, 03:37:47 AM
Built between 1920-25?
The base is earlier than that.
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2017, 12:31:33 PM »
L.M.
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2017, 02:18:15 PM »
Not L.M. (I can't say I know this marque... Trying to google it only produces a lot of Le Mans prototypes)

Edit: Found it now, it's on Wikipedia.. D'oh!  :P
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2017, 06:36:53 PM »
V2 JAP engine?
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2017, 02:54:29 AM »
V-twin yes, but not by JAP.
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2017, 03:37:55 AM »
JBS?
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2017, 03:47:54 AM »
Not a JBS (JBS reportedly used JAP engines).
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2017, 05:56:35 AM »
Precision engine?
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2017, 06:02:00 AM »
Not Precision either.
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2017, 08:52:03 AM »
1913 Merlin, body built by Richard Beazley of Lonsdale, South Australia in 2013.
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Re: Monty267
« Reply #17 on: December 15, 2017, 09:06:08 AM »
Well done jimjarron! :applause:
This is reportedly one of only two surviving cars of the New Merlin Cycle Co. of Birmingham UK, powered by a Blumfield V2 engine. The other Merlin has also been a puzzle before (https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2009-37/solved-jj-52-1913-merlin), posted by... jimjarron himself!
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