Puzzle #71 - Solved! 1946 Hewson Rocket

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and let us know what make and model you think you see here.


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[Otto Puzzell]

Not one guess?

[SeaLion]

Can it be an US-amercan Playboy 3-seater with a 2.2-litre Willys engine? Made between 1946-1951.

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

[Tifosi]

1947 Gadabout?


Dan

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

[Otto Puzzell]

Hint: The body is made of just what it looks like, and it has a V8

[MG]

That would be what our British cousins call "aluminium." Though why anyone would bother with this ugly duckling is a mystery to me.

Lessee.....is it an American V-8 lurking beneath that beautiful bonnet?   

[lynxd67]

looks like a mobile mail box to me

[Otto Puzzell]

That would be what our British cousins call "aluminium." Though why anyone would bother with this ugly duckling is a mystery to me.

Lessee.....is it an American V-8 lurking beneath that beautiful bonnet?   

Yes!

[Tifosi]

Flathead?


Flathead Ford engine?



Dan

[Otto Puzzell]

Yes. And please stop calling me 'Flathead'.

[MG]

 please stop calling me 'Flathead'.

Well, I dunno. If the shoe fits........

My guess is the folks at Alcoa had a big hand in this project. Unfortunately, their styling department quit en masse and their replacements had yet to be hired.

Ford motor but NOT a Ford product, I'm guessing.

Here's what I think:

A. Not a Ford

B. From the 50's

How'd I do?
























Flathead?   

[Stephen M]

The profile of the trunk lid seems to indicate a decent amount of rear taper...might this be a three-wheeler?

[Otto Puzzell]

How'd I do?

Fair.

A. Yes

B. No

[Otto Puzzell]

The profile of the trunk lid seems to indicate a decent amount of rear taper...might this be a three-wheeler?

Nope.

[Tifosi]

Is it rear-engined?


Dan

[Otto Puzzell]

It is.

[Rich]

please stop calling me 'Flathead'.

Ford motor but NOT a Ford product, I'm guessing.

Here's what I think:

A. Not a Ford

B. From the 50's

How'd I do?
























Flathead?   

Damn...you're as good as me at this stuff, Abingdon!

[Otto Puzzell]

OK, it's got aluminum body panels, a rear mounted flathead V8 by Ford, and more than three wheels. That should narrow it down quite a bit, no?

[Otto Puzzell]

[Otto Puzzell]

[BCV6SVT]

Made by a British company?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

[GRAYWOLF]

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