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Not one guess?
Can it be an US-amercan Playboy 3-seater with a 2.2-litre Willys engine? Made between 1946-1951.
No sir.
1947 Gadabout?
Dan
No sir.
Hint: The body is made of just what it looks like, and it has a V8
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? ???
looks like a mobile mail box to me
Quote from: MG on December 15, 2006, 07:19:53 AM
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!
Flathead?
Flathead Ford engine?
Dan
Yes. And please stop calling me 'Flathead'.
please stop calling me 'Flathead'.
Well, I dunno. If the shoe fits........ ;D
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? :lmao:
The profile of the trunk lid seems to indicate a decent amount of rear taper...might this be a three-wheeler?
QuoteHow'd I do?
Fair.
A. Yes
B. No
Quote from: Stephen M on December 16, 2006, 09:28:44 AM
The profile of the trunk lid seems to indicate a decent amount of rear taper...might this be a three-wheeler?
Nope.
Is it rear-engined?
Dan
It is.
Quote from: MG on December 16, 2006, 08:09:59 AM
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? :lmao:
Damn...you're as good as me at this stuff, Abingdon!
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?
:bump:
:bump: :bump:
Made by a British company?
No sir.
Airstream Fuginator!
Nope.
A coachbuilder / customizer better known for more conventionally attractive cars constructed this car.
Joe Bailon?
Dan
No
Finally I´ve found it!
1946 Hewson Rocket.
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Rocket? No wonder I couldn't find it. I was looking for Jellybeans, Soapbars and Rollingturds.
Rocket?
Well then.
I do have to admit, in the Orlando Sentinal photo, it does actually look pretty cool
(http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/03/14/hewson.jpg)
Correct!
Well, time to try some puzzles of my own.
I have no idea how tough these will be for you dedicated autopuzzlers, so I'll add them in the Rookie section first.
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I...ahem...should have checked before! This car has been the subject of a former Solved Puzzle, and a tough one. I leave it there for a few days, just for the fun. Then I'll remove it.
Changed my mind. I'll give it to the pros for a little try.
Quote from: grobmotorix on March 18, 2007, 08:12:34 AMFinally I´ve found it!
1946 Hewson Rocket.
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Another point to grobmotrix? ;)
Ugh! Beaten to it! Probably the only Auto Puzzle I've actually seen in person (when it was on display in Stone Mountain, GA in 1995).
Quote from: SeaLion on January 08, 2008, 11:18:46 AM
Quote from: grobmotorix on March 18, 2007, 08:12:34 AMFinally I´ve found it!
1946 Hewson Rocket.
<<< link removed >>>
Another point to grobmotrix? ;)
Uneasy situation. I never should have posted this puzzle in the first place, and I don't know what the rule says here. But since I did I believe you earned one. What do the administrators say of that quite dramatic problem?
Having committed the same error of posting a car already posted and / or solved, I humbly suggest one point be given to the person solving the repost, and one point deducted from the re-poster? That way there is a balance to the point-o-sphere.
Quote from: KarnUtz on January 09, 2008, 04:42:27 AM
Having committed the same error of posting a car already posted and / or solved, I humbly suggest one point be given to the person solving the repost, and one point deducted from the re-poster? That way there is a balance to the point-o-sphere.
... and balance is a precious thing.
I f I get you right, SeaLion would have one point, and I should myself have one deducted. Right ?
I need to shed a few myself. ;D
Anyone else have an opinion?
I only remembered that I proposed that it was a Playboy last time, so I searched for Playboy and found the answer from grobmotorix in the solved section. But many times we find the puzzle-answers by seaching at the internet, so maybe this is a point too, to remember something about the last thread. Whatever the final points will be, I can live with that.
At the beginning I posted many puzzles already showed here but I gave the point and nobody deducted mine...(as far as I know....),I'll give the point to SeaLion...my opinion...
As I´ve solved it the first time - give him the point...
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The point goes to SeaLion: it's true that there's not much difference between finding the answer by googling or going trough the wole list of the solved puzzles. He sure was helped by the fact that he had posted in the first Hewson puzzle, but the mistake is mine, not his.
As for myself, I should have a point substracted, as suggested by Karnutz, and that would help me remind to check my proposed puzzles BEFORE and not AFTER posting.
Trouble is I can't do it myself. Shoot.
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