The I'm Bored Guess The Car Quiz (No Googling allowed)
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moffspeed said:
Horch ?
A-ha! Honourable mention for the Trabant comment, as the factory ended up making them.It’s a Sachsenring P240, built in Zwickau, capital of Saxony in the former East Germany.
Basically a reinvention of an old East German brand, Horch, this was an attempt by the East Germans to produce a car to rival the Czech Tatras that Communist party officials favoured. The Tatra 603 won over, and because Sachsenring were banned from exporting their wares production ceased in 1959 after 1382 were built.
Never heard of Horch? Founder August Horch made cars from around 1901 but in 1909 he fell out with his finance officer and had to found a new company. Eventually his company was bought out by Auto Union. “Horch” in German means listen, or hark. The Latin translation of “hark!” is “Audi!”. They went on to do rather well, as many PHers know.
Turbobanana said:
Never heard of Horch? Founder August Horch made cars from around 1901 but in 1909 he fell out with his finance officer and had to found a new company. Eventually his company was bought out by Auto Union. “Horch” in German means listen, or hark. The Latin translation of “hark!” is “Audi!”. They went on to do rather well, as many PHers know.
. . . to the point that modern youth thinks the A-U four rings logo is the Audi badge - and of course it's the fourth ring that's Audi but one can say that the modern company has nothing to do with either A-U or the old Audi.Oh and the A-U was founded as an amalgamation of the four companies so "bought out by A-U" isn't quite right.
Allan L said:
Turbobanana said:
Never heard of Horch? Founder August Horch made cars from around 1901 but in 1909 he fell out with his finance officer and had to found a new company. Eventually his company was bought out by Auto Union. “Horch” in German means listen, or hark. The Latin translation of “hark!” is “Audi!”. They went on to do rather well, as many PHers know.
. . . to the point that modern youth thinks the A-U four rings logo is the Audi badge - and of course it's the fourth ring that's Audi but one can say that the modern company has nothing to do with either A-U or the old Audi.Oh and the A-U was founded as an amalgamation of the four companies so "bought out by A-U" isn't quite right.
That illustrated the beauty of this fantastic thread though: the regulars on here have all learnt so much from each other in lockdown. Silver linings, eh?
How about this one?
It is not something I have ever seen but it popped up in an unrelated search and I thought it would be a good candidate. Given that my last few efforts have taken all on ten minutes to tax the automotive brains following this thread I doubt it is going to be a long runner!
It is not something I have ever seen but it popped up in an unrelated search and I thought it would be a good candidate. Given that my last few efforts have taken all on ten minutes to tax the automotive brains following this thread I doubt it is going to be a long runner!
So this car started off as one of F5000's most successful cars. It was rebodied and renamed for use in Speed Events in the UK - mainly in straight line Sprints. It was up against plenty of serious opposition with other ex F5000 cars as well as some DFV powered contenders.
To keep competitive the engine grew from 5 Litres to an eventual 8 Litres. A supercharger seemed a good idea so one was bolted on. Of course methanol might also enhance the power output so that was the next step.
I watched it run several times, there would be one of 3 outcomes :
1) Surrounded by earnest looking mechanics it would arrive popping and banging at the startline, promptly stall and die and would be wheeled back into the paddock in disgrace.
2) It would lurch forward at the green light and splutter down the course on a handful of cylinders, the explosion of the misfires sending every seagull in Brighton into the sky. It would set a time that would have been moderately competitive in the under 1 Litre production car class.
3) It would light up its tyres, pick up its skirt and howl down the course on all 8 force-inducted cylinders. It would then set ftd usually with a couple of seconds to spare.
Happily as time went on 3) became the norm and very impressive it was - but what was it ??
To keep competitive the engine grew from 5 Litres to an eventual 8 Litres. A supercharger seemed a good idea so one was bolted on. Of course methanol might also enhance the power output so that was the next step.
I watched it run several times, there would be one of 3 outcomes :
1) Surrounded by earnest looking mechanics it would arrive popping and banging at the startline, promptly stall and die and would be wheeled back into the paddock in disgrace.
2) It would lurch forward at the green light and splutter down the course on a handful of cylinders, the explosion of the misfires sending every seagull in Brighton into the sky. It would set a time that would have been moderately competitive in the under 1 Litre production car class.
3) It would light up its tyres, pick up its skirt and howl down the course on all 8 force-inducted cylinders. It would then set ftd usually with a couple of seconds to spare.
Happily as time went on 3) became the norm and very impressive it was - but what was it ??
moffspeed said:
Turbobanana said:
Clive Bracey in the Vebra Mk1 (McLaren M10B).
Spot on. Somewhere I have a photo of it at Brighton in much modified guise, I'll post it once unearthed.
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