Author Topic: I'm in Pieces - Solved by many! (Read 7853 times)

Otto Puzzell · « **on:** August 04, 2007, 07:19:02 AM »

...Bits and Pieces...

Here's something a little different. A puzzle with a potential payoff, and a potential risk. These pictures - either heavily cropped shots of the parts you see every day or some of the parts that help them go - range from mundane to exotic automobiles, from a wide chronological range.

Name them all correctly to get 10 points.

~~Name less than all of them correctly, and loose a point from your current points rating for each misidentified picture.~~

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

F.

G.

H.

I.

J.

K.

L.

M.

N.

O.

P.

Q.

R.

S.

T.

A   Volvo P1900 Sport 1956   SeaLion
B   1932 Aston Martin Le Mans   ecurie
C   1939 Delage D8 120   Aaron65
D   1940 Tatra Zenith Carbs   guido66
E   Chaparral-PL4   Aaron65
F   1969 Ford GT 40 Bonnet Clasps   Aaron66
G   Rolls Limo Comm Device   Stephen M
H   ULF Sensor GTR   SeaLion
I   1966 Mustang   Ray B
J   Ferrari 166 Inter Stablimenti Farina Berlinetta   Ehhxekt
K   Kaiser Darrin 1954   SeaLion
L   1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass   Aaron65
M   AMC Javelin AMX (1973)   Ehhxekt
N   61 Dodge Dart Phoenix   Paul Jaray
O   Fiat Ritmo/Strada   SeaLion
P   Chevrolet Nomad   SeaLion
Q   Pontiac Bonneville Special   Ray B
R   Pontiac Solstice   SeaLion
S   Triumph TR3   Paul Jaray
T   Saab 9X   SeaLion

Stephen M · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2007, 02:16:45 PM »

Item G was from a previous puzzle at a previous place. I remember it well...

That having been said, I'm keeping my guesses to myself until I know I have positive net points. That could be a while.

Then again, a quick demotion to rookie status might actually be invigorating

porridgehead · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2007, 04:03:13 PM »

I ain't goin' there. No way, no how. I mean, just look at J. I don't even know what the hell I'm looking at, let alone what car it's from. Is it a semaphore? A door opener? A bonnet latch? A tissue dispenser? Somebody may know, but it sure ain't me. As for N, I can't even come up with a single reasonable guesses for what it might be. So, I'm looking at a guarantee of -eleventybillion points here. I'll be sub-rookie.

Now, if the rules were modified just a tad, I'd be more inclined to get involved. Say, you get a provisional one for every correct answer and you get minus one for every incorrect. Get half and you net zero. Get less than half and you go in the toilet. The provisional points don't get permanently added to your total unless you get them all correct, at which point grobmotorix gets all ten points. Of course, you won't tell which ones are correct, nor even how many are right. Unless somebody guessed less than half.

I may be able to achieve half of them so I don't get penalized. Maybe.

But it's a helluva great puzzle, other than the fact that I'm a complete weenie when it comes to gambling with my points. The vig is just too high for my skills.

Stephen M · « **Reply #3 on:** August 06, 2007, 06:30:49 PM »

Serious question:

Is it within the spirit of the thing to think out loud, and share my thoughts with anyone else so bold as to make an official set of guesses? Basically donate my limited knowledge to someone more courageous than I.

There's a lot of good digging to be done here, and I think it'd make for interesting discourse, but I don't want to water down the spirit of the thing....high risk, high reward.

BTW, Great puzzle submission, even if it scares the hell out of me

D-type · « **Reply #4 on:** August 06, 2007, 08:01:03 PM »

Do I understand the rules right?

I just have to make 14 wrong guesses and I can answer rookie puzzles again. And if I make 20 dumb guesses I can have a score of -7 so I then have to get 12 questions correct to be reinstated as a pro?

Tempting

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2007, 06:12:19 AM »

Quote from: porridgehead on August 06, 2007, 04:03:13 PM

I ain't goin' there. No way, no how. I mean, just look at J. I don't even know what the hell I'm looking at, let alone what car it's from.
But it's a helluva great puzzle, other than the fact that I'm a complete weenie when it comes to gambling with my points. The vig is just too high for my skills.

The eblem beneath the whatzit should give you a place to begin looking...

I may employ your suggested rules in a future puzzle.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2007, 06:16:09 AM »

Quote from: Stephen M on August 06, 2007, 06:30:49 PM

Serious question:

Is it within the spirit of the thing to think out loud, and share my thoughts with anyone else so bold as to make an official set of guesses? Basically donate my limited knowledge to someone more courageous than I.

There's a lot of good digging to be done here, and I think it'd make for interesting discourse, but I don't want to water down the spirit of the thing....high risk, high reward.

Such thinking out loud and discussion is what the forum's all about, IMO. Have at it!

As to the risk involved, I was hoping the experts who rack up points solving scads of expired rookie puzzles, might have a go at something a bit more challenging...

porridgehead · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2007, 07:55:54 AM »

Quote from: KarnUtz on August 07, 2007, 06:12:19 AM

The eblem beneath the whatzit should give you a place to begin looking...

I may employ your suggested rules in a future puzzle.

So that's what it is! That makes sense, or at least better sense than what I thought it might be.

It's your game, so it's your rules. Maybe if I whine hard enough, I'll get you to divulge other key hints about what I'm looking at., like that threshing combine in E, for instance.

SeaLion · « **Reply #8 on:** August 07, 2007, 07:59:56 AM »

OK, let me start:

A: Volvo P1900 (forerunner for the P1800)
B:
C:
D:
E:
F:
G:
H: Ulf Sensor (swedish sportscar)
I:
J:
K: Kaiser-Darrin
L:
M:
N:
O: Fiat Ritmo/Strada mk.1
P: Chevrolet Nomad
Q:
R: Pontiac Soltice
S:
T: Saab 9X (concept from 2001)

Stephen M · « **Reply #9 on:** August 07, 2007, 11:21:07 PM »

I've added usernames to the community effort, so that anyone who submits official guesses knows who to credit (or blame, in my case

)

A: Volvo P1900 (forerunner for the P1800) - SeaLion
B:
C:
D:
E:
F:
G: "Chauffeur notification system" from a Rolls Royce Phantom II - Stephen M
H: Ulf Sensor (swedish sportscar) - SeaLion
I:
J:
K: Kaiser-Darrin - SeaLion
L:
M:
N:
O: Fiat Ritmo/Strada mk.1 - SeaLion
P: Chevrolet Nomad - SeaLion
Q:
R: Pontiac Soltice - SeaLion
S:
T: Saab 9X (concept from 2001) - SeaLion

ecurie · « **Reply #10 on:** August 08, 2007, 04:51:17 AM »

B : Aston Martin Le Mans

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #11 on:** August 08, 2007, 06:02:57 AM »

Wow!

You guys a burning through these more quickly than I thought. Nobody has set a foot wrong yet...

Bravo!

SeaLion · « **Reply #12 on:** August 09, 2007, 04:46:50 PM »

A: Volvo P1900 (forerunner for the P1800) - SeaLion
B: Aston Martin Le Mans - ecurie
C:
D:
E:
F:
G: "Chauffeur notification system" from a Rolls Royce Phantom II - Stephen M
H: Ulf Sensor (swedish sportscar) - SeaLion
I:
J: Cisitalia 202 Gran Sport - SeaLion
K: Kaiser-Darrin - SeaLion
L:
M:
N: Dodge Polara 1961 - SeaLion
O: Fiat Ritmo/Strada mk.1 - SeaLion
P: Chevrolet Nomad - SeaLion
Q:
R: Pontiac Solstice - SeaLion
S:
T: Saab 9X (concept from 2001) - SeaLion

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #13 on:** August 16, 2007, 06:06:21 AM »

N is incorrect.

Stephen M · « **Reply #14 on:** September 05, 2007, 03:39:53 PM »

The bottom left corner of E shows a lot more tubes than I'm accustomed to seeing on an underbody. I don't think it's a birdcage, but I do think there's a clue in there somehow.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2007, 05:35:32 AM »

Quote from: Stephen M on September 05, 2007, 03:39:53 PM

The bottom left corner of E shows a lot more tubes than I'm accustomed to seeing on an underbody. I don't think it's a birdcage, but I do think there's a clue in there somehow.

The underbody of this car was likely more carefully crafted than that of many of its contemporaries'.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #16 on:** September 29, 2007, 05:24:48 AM »

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #17 on:** November 10, 2007, 05:30:52 AM »

rebump

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #18 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:11:30 AM »

And a one more

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #19 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:16:54 AM »

~~S - Kurtiss 500m~~

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #20 on:** January 25, 2008, 06:20:29 AM »

Yep - not a Kurtis.

max · « **Reply #21 on:** January 26, 2008, 09:28:14 AM »

1961 / 2 Vauxhall Velox PA SX ?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #22 on:** January 26, 2008, 11:18:30 AM »

No Vauxhalls...

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #23 on:** February 03, 2008, 08:49:41 AM »

D is two views of the same object.

Would larger photos help?

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #24 on:** February 09, 2008, 11:02:50 AM »

S - Triumph TR3-A
(I think it's not but it's too similar!)

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