hektor Posted November 14, 2020 Share #13901 Posted November 14, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) Good morning Wilson. Not a Horch of any type. Correct continent nevertheless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rona!d Posted November 16, 2020 Share #13902 Posted November 16, 2020 I was thinking of an Austro-Daimler or Graef & Stift but no model I know of, had matching details like the split window. What matches to my "photographic" memory would be a Mercedes W142 (320). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim J Posted November 16, 2020 Share #13903 Posted November 16, 2020 A shot in the dark: Delage D8? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 16, 2020 Share #13904 Posted November 16, 2020 Maybe a "baby" Maybach, the W6DSG from around 1936. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted November 17, 2020 Share #13905 Posted November 17, 2020 19 hours ago, Rona!d said: What matches to my "photographic" memory would be a Mercedes W142 (320). Correct Ronald, a right-hand drive Mercedes-Benz 320 (W142). Note Australian Ford Falcon in the distance. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4081796'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 17, 2020 Share #13906 Posted November 17, 2020 My initial thinking of one of the austrian cars was the RHD. Austria had different areas where RHD or LHD was common. With the "Anschluss" to Germany in 1938 LHD got mandated. I like the 320/380 series, not such warships like the 500/540/700 series. I think today it would be the "E-class". Nethertheless a pretty expensive and impressive car in its time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 17, 2020 Share #13907 Posted November 17, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) The steering on the 320 and 380 cars is much nicer than the 500/540/700 battleships. The two folks I know running 700 cars have both had power steering assistance added. One hydraulic and one electric. The ex Gunter Sachs 540K I drove, had such heavy steering that after about 15 minutes on very twisty roads, I was exhausted. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 17, 2020 Share #13908 Posted November 17, 2020 vor 8 Stunden schrieb wlaidlaw: The steering on the 320 and 380 cars is much nicer than the 500/540/700 battleships. The two folks I know running 700 cars have both had power steering assistance added. One hydraulic and one electric. The ex Gunter Sachs 540K I drove, had such heavy steering that after about 15 minutes on very twisty roads, I was exhausted. Wilson Agree. Also my experience with a 320A Cabriolet. Expected much worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted November 17, 2020 Share #13909 Posted November 17, 2020 If anybody wants to jump in, please proceed. I might need a day or two for the next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted November 17, 2020 Share #13910 Posted November 17, 2020 8 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: The steering on the 320 and 380 cars is much nicer than the 500/540/700 battleships. Wilson I have driven only two examples and concur as to the steering, however would fit a super-charger as progress is leisurely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted November 17, 2020 Share #13911 Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) Regarding the Prunkwagen 500/540 battleships, a friend had a 1933 380K (W22) and its steering was pleasant. I assume the later cars had too much weight over the front wheels. Edited November 17, 2020 by hektor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted November 17, 2020 Share #13912 Posted November 17, 2020 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4082250'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 17, 2020 Share #13913 Posted November 17, 2020 To me it feels like the 540 has far too much caster angle, which I am guessing was to make it stable on the then new autobahns but it makes the steering incredibly heavy as you wind on lock. The weight of the bigger engine and the supercharger will obviously not help either. Our Bugatti 57SC was just the same and the steering loaded up horribly on corners taken at any speed. I suspect restorers don't pay enough attention to correct setting up of caster angles. In the Bugatti, this is set by wedges in the rectangular holes in the forged tubular beam front axle, where the quarter elliptic springs attach. The 540K front suspension is weird with a strange double linkage from the chassis to the lower wishbones. Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4082260'>More sharing options...
hektor Posted November 17, 2020 Share #13914 Posted November 17, 2020 Well said Wilson. A friend of mine with a substantial collection of decent cars disregards the opinions of others and has his mechanics restore the cars paying particular attention to all the suspension dimensions. On cars with a beam from axles and sometime others a very small Volkswagen horizontal damper is fitted to the cross-steering linkage. On all the pre-war Rolls-Royces I have owned or driven none needed any assistance added to the steering as it had all been adjusted precisely. IMHO, and I don't want to offend anyone, a lot of people in the old car movement had little idea of what the cars were like originally and furthermore are proud owners as a status symbol while tootling along at 30 miles and hour. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted November 21, 2020 Share #13915 Posted November 21, 2020 Well, let's keep this going. what car is this? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4084451'>More sharing options...
hektor Posted November 21, 2020 Share #13916 Posted November 21, 2020 Stuart, this is a guess, but how about a 1904 de Dion Bouton? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted November 21, 2020 Share #13917 Posted November 21, 2020 Close enough. 1907. Your turn Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4084524'>More sharing options...
hektor Posted November 21, 2020 Share #13918 Posted November 21, 2020 5 hours ago, stuny said: Close enough. 1907. Your turn Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4084681'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 21, 2020 Share #13919 Posted November 21, 2020 Could it be a Witton Tiger? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted November 22, 2020 Share #13920 Posted November 22, 2020 55 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said: Could it be a Witton Tiger? Wilson Good morning Wilson. Not a Witton Tiger, whatever that is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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