Apparantly Quiz #421 of last Saturday was not impossible to solve , we received 16 answers of which most were correct ( unfortunately three came in too late) in identifying the car as a 1907 Thomas Flyer 4-60 4p. runabout/tourabout/gentleman's roadster. Officially Thomas only offered a 3 passenger runabout, but an extra seat is of course easily added. This specific model was indeed also sometimes listed as a Model 35 (see footnote by Politi in the previous Quiz #420!). Moreover we must not forget that the addition Flyer was not a part of the make name, but that it was a model name and in 1907 restricted to the 60hp models. The smaller 40hp model range was called Thomas 'Forty'.
Edwin Hayslip, Michael Longfield, J. Hughes, David Smallacombe, Jason Palmer, Kaream Elhaddadand plus jury members Lars Goran Lindgren and Robbie Marenzi all identified the car fully correct. So at this stage the details given made the difference, making Michael Longfield the winner, who was the most accurate in describing the car and added: “When George Schuster returned home from the around the world race he had his hand in the chassis refinement of the 4-60 and added an extra 1/4” to the bore pushing the 1909 4-60 models to 573 cu inch”.
Congratulations Michael! Please provide us with your shirt size and mail address to send the PreWarCar T-shirt.
( special thanks to Mahmoud 'Turbo' Ezzeldin from Cairo who provided the photo, courtesy Mr. Shehab Hossam )