Monday, March 23, 2020

Monday Mystery, Ray Bronson

This image came from the Antique Automobile July-August 1985 issue, they asked who is race car driver Ray Bronson and can someone identify the race car he is in?
 I didn't find any online evidence that they found answers, but I believe I found out that Ray Bronson was a notable welterweight boxer in the Indianapolis area, check the similarity of signatures...  Although the car he is in has no fenders, it does have headlights, so is it a race car? But what make and model of car? I'd pick one of the local manufacturers, Marmon or possibly a Duesenberg? But remember, Mr Bronson was a small man so maybe the car isn't as large as it appears.

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5 comments:

JP said...

Funny enough, regarding earlier chain drive comments, that looks a lot like an
American-Lafrance speedster.

Mister G said...

Do you think it could be https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2011/12/05/hemmings-find-of-the-day-1911-marmon-model-32-speedster

JP said...

More like this
http://significantcars.com/cars/1922lafrance/fullsize.html,
a race car built on a fire truck chassis.

JP said...

Just noticed the link above seemed dead... how about this one ?
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/24558760454293827/

Mister G said...

Yes, I think you are correct.