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Not built for the city.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2020, 05:04:05 AM »
Sunbeam 1000hp Mystery "The Slug"?
The more I consider the nature of speed, the more mysterious I find it.

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2020, 05:14:38 AM »
It certainly looks like it, but it isn't.

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2020, 06:45:54 AM »
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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2020, 02:42:53 PM »
French ?

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2020, 05:05:51 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2020, 03:26:38 PM »
German?
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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2020, 03:32:37 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2020, 09:11:12 AM »
Is it European at all?
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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2020, 12:12:42 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2020, 03:36:42 AM »
up again

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2020, 04:42:56 AM »
Eccentric American builds street-legal replica of Sunbeam Slug?

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2020, 05:56:06 AM »
Yes, more or less. It was built by his company.

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2020, 05:57:41 PM »
Yes, more or less. It was built by his company.
Pre-war creation?

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2020, 06:35:16 PM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2020, 09:32:53 PM »
Based on a modified Ford Motor Company chassis?
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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #16 on: March 14, 2020, 03:07:19 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2020, 12:33:17 AM »
V-12?

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2020, 03:30:45 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2020, 03:37:33 AM »
6-cylinder?

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #20 on: March 15, 2020, 04:16:04 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #21 on: March 18, 2020, 01:42:07 AM »
GM-powered?

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #22 on: March 18, 2020, 02:04:17 AM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #23 on: March 18, 2020, 02:34:30 AM »
Built before 1930?

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Re: Wendax 3133
« Reply #24 on: March 18, 2020, 03:05:49 AM »
Yes