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Title: July '06 Puzzle #3 - Solved! Arzens L'Oeuf
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 01, 2006, 04:36:57 AM
Please, respond below and let us know what make and model you think you see here.

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Title: Re: July Puzzle 3
Post by: otto on July 01, 2006, 04:40:26 PM
No idea but it is neat. I would like to drive it around on a cold day. A warm day would make ti very hot. Nice.

otto
Title: Re: July Puzzle 3
Post by: porridgehead on July 01, 2006, 09:59:44 PM
Jeez, that thing looks like an electric egg!

Well... maybe a French Electric Egg. Of course, that would make it a L'oeuf Électricque or some such silliness.
Title: Re: July Puzzle 3
Post by: SeaLion on July 02, 2006, 05:14:32 PM
Created in Paris (France) 1942 the Arzens L'Oeuf (Arzens Egg) is noted as being the world's first true bubble car.  Designed and built by Paul Arzens, the vehicle was constructed from hand-formed aluminium and a windscreen and curved side doors made of Plexiglass. (Plexiglass at the time was a new material.)  Initially the L'Oeuf was electric and power came from five 12 volt 250amp batteries that powered an electric motor on the single rear wheel.  After the second World War this was replaced with a 125cc engine.  The vehicle was used by Arzens up until his death aged 87 in 1990; it is now in the Transportation museum in Mulhouse, France.
Title: Re: July Puzzle 3
Post by: Ultra on July 02, 2006, 05:22:39 PM
Quote from: porridgehead on July 01, 2006, 09:59:44 PM
Of course, that would make it a L'oeuf Électricque or some such silliness.

Talk about getting close!  8)
Title: Re: July Puzzle 3
Post by: porridgehead on July 02, 2006, 09:20:19 PM
Coinkydink?

Could be, but then you never can tell when you're dealing with a porridgehead, now can you?

(http://www.maxmatic.com/threes/images/oeuf_1.jpg)
Title: Re: July Puzzle 3
Post by: Ultra on July 02, 2006, 09:58:26 PM
Quote from: porridgehead on July 02, 2006, 09:20:19 PM
Coinkydink?

Could be, but then you never can tell when you're dealing with a porridgehead, now can you?

(http://www.maxmatic.com/threes/images/oeuf_1.jpg)

 8) ;D
Title: Re: July '06 Puzzle #3 - Solved! Arzens L'Oeuf
Post by: Ray B. on October 17, 2014, 04:42:20 AM
Otto's puzzle picture has disappeared, so here is one, taken in occupied Paris during the war. The lady owner of the car looks around , but there are no nazis in sight.
Title: Re: July '06 Puzzle #3 - Solved! Arzens L'Oeuf
Post by: Carnut on October 17, 2014, 05:09:54 AM
They might have thought they were under attack from Martians if they'd spotted that on the streets back then!
Title: Re: July '06 Puzzle #3 - Solved! Arzens L'Oeuf
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 17, 2015, 04:06:36 AM
Puzzle pic (or an aproximation) restored
Title: Re: July '06 Puzzle #3 - Solved! Arzens L'Oeuf
Post by: Wendax on October 15, 2016, 09:42:04 AM
A nice picture of hen and egg:
Title: Re: July '06 Puzzle #3 - Solved! Arzens L'Oeuf
Post by: Wendax on July 24, 2020, 12:23:05 PM
A classic setting:
Title: Re: July '06 Puzzle #3 - Solved! Arzens L'Oeuf
Post by: grobmotorix on October 07, 2020, 01:40:47 PM
From a brochure of Collection Schlumpf: