Game - What's this car?

[confusis]

 

[SFFMunkee]

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The shape sings of Jaguar but the double grille is far too BMW-esque... 1930-40s 327/328 ?

Hmmm the colour looks like British Racing Green though, which also points towards Jaguar or similar...

::EDIT:: Maybe not BRG after all, image searching with "british racing green" shows a lot brighter colours hmm Stumped for the moment!

Hint time, maybe @confusis ?

 

[SFFMunkee]

I was picturing an older XK like this



but having seen it again it's clearly wrong!

If I could combine the XK and a 1940 BMW 328

it would be CLOSER but still NQR

 

[SFFMunkee]

@confusis does the brand still exist? Or is it something obscure like a Wolseley or something...?

 

[confusis]

Wow, some activity!

Brand no longer exists, but went under (for the last time) in 2020.
Car has a BMW engine and chassis, if that helps any.

 

[SFFMunkee]

Wow, some activity!

Brand no longer exists, but went under (for the last time) in 2020.
Car has a BMW engine and chassis, if that helps any.

Only brands I can find close are maybe Austin, Morris, Sunbeam, Rover... but none really seem to have any recent resparks.. a few others like MG live on in other guises and definitely don't look right.

...maybe Allard?? Seems there was some revival around late 2010s but haven't seen anything since and all of their cars of the 40s-50s era look like fever-dream drawings of a psychopath.

 

[steelfractal]

Wow, some activity!

Brand no longer exists, but went under (for the last time) in 2020.
Car has a BMW engine and chassis, if that helps any.

found it bristol 401 but if @SFFMunkee didn't do all prework i would have never gotten it so passing it on to him

 

[confusis]

Yep, Bristol 401. The above example is for sale for nz$120k!

 

[SFFMunkee]

found it bristol 401 but if @SFFMunkee didn't do all prework i would have never gotten it so passing it on to him

I still didn't get it! This is yours haha

 

[steelfractal]

lol it forgot the picture

 

[steelfractal]

 

[SFFMunkee]

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What the hell is that?! 6 wheels and aero wings but no cabin...?? Is this one of those land speed record machines or something?

 

[steelfractal]

What the hell is that?! 6 wheels and aero wings but no cabin...?? Is this one of those land speed record machines or something?

yes

 

[SFFMunkee]

yes

Only one I can think of with dual front axles is the Thunderbolt...?

August 27, 1938

Bonneville Salt Flats, United States

George Eyston

Thunderbolt

Internal combustion: 2 × 36.7 L (2,240 cu in) V12 Rolls-Royce R supercharged aero engines

345.49 [38]

556.012

 

[SFFMunkee]

Doesn't have the side wing though - so maybe it's the equally bonkers-ass Mercedes Benz T80 from around the same era



::EDIT:: "This would also be the first attempt at the absolute land speed record on German soil, Hitler envisioned the T80 as another propaganda triumph of German technological superiority to be witnessed by all the world, courtesy of German television."

 

[steelfractal]

Doesn't have the side wing though - so maybe it's the equally bonkers-ass Mercedes Benz T80 from around the same era

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::EDIT:: "This would also be the first attempt at the absolute land speed record on German soil, Hitler envisioned the T80 as another propaganda triumph of German technological superiority to be witnessed by all the world, courtesy of German television."

yes spot on

 

[steelfractal]

almost 3500 hp from a "car" in the late 30s is wild

 

[steelfractal]

Doesn't have the side wing though - so maybe it's the equally bonkers-ass Mercedes Benz T80 from around the same era

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::EDIT:: "This would also be the first attempt at the absolute land speed record on German soil, Hitler envisioned the T80 as another propaganda triumph of German technological superiority to be witnessed by all the world, courtesy of German television."

also love that you can have a sneak peak of the Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen in the back

 

[SFFMunkee]

In keeping with the land speed records spirit

 

[confusis]