In this puzzle, there are pictures of 13 hot rod and/or custom cars, derived from everyday automotive transportation. Some are mild customs, some are pretty wild. The rules for this puzzle are a little different. You must guess all 13 puzzles in your response - a baker's dozen of kool kustoms - partial answers will not be replied to. Once a 13-guess answer is posted, I'll let you know how you did.
Each AutoPuzzler is allowed one slate of guesses per day.
Them's the rules.
Enjoy! ;D
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WWT1
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WWT2
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WWT3
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WWT4
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WWT5
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WWT6
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WWT7
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WWT8
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WWT9
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WWT10
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WWT11
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WWT12
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WWT13
What do we have to do: guess who made them or what car they are based on (as the question seems to imply)?
Also, you already used the car in WWT8: this is the unsolved Rookie Puzzle #843.
I'm looking for what they were, before they were customized.
Re: 8 - you are correct. I've switched it now.
I'm going to bump this one upstairs, so that everyone can play.
#9 = Austin Allegro
I've got six solved (well, not quite solved... for some I only know the car and who built it). Maybe next year I'll have them all...
Number 7 looks rather like an FJ Holden, so I'm guessing it's a 1949 Chevrolet Styleline.
So, if I got the rules alright, I'll be allowed to make later guesses. So why not try my luck now?
I am only sure of 6 so I'll make random guesses for the others.
WWT1 was (and still looks very much like) a 1953 Mercury
WWT2 is Darryl Starbird's Trik Truk and was before... let's say a Sherman tank.
WWT3 was maybe a DeDion-Bouton 16 cylinders.
WWT4 is Rod and Custom Magazine's Dream Truck, and started its life as a 1950 Chevrolet 1/2 truck.
WWT5 is... and was... a Ferrari 370 GTB
WWT6 is the Roamer, that is a former Brubaker Box an a VW bus chassis.
I don't know what WWT7 is, but I didn't need to notice a ressemblance to a Holden to see that is was a 1949-52 Chevrolet two-door before.
WWT8 is the Eclipse pickup and started as a 1932 Ford roadster.
WWT9 is an Austin Allegro customized by Andy Saunders alright, but I din't find that it's Quiller.
WWT10 was probably a 1977-1979 Lincoln Continental and now a lowrider's nightmare.
WWT11 is Elden Titus' Vampyre based on a 1987 Chevrolet S-10 pickup.
WWT12 is a modern interpretation of "la 403 des records" based on an Audi TT
Very well done!
WWT1 was (and still looks very much like) a 1953 Mercury Yes! :)
WWT2 is Darryl Starbird's Trik Truk and was before... let's say a Sherman tank. No :(
WWT3 was maybe a DeDion-Bouton 16 cylinders. No. :(
WWT4 is Rod and Custom Magazine's Dream Truck, and started its life as a 1950 Chevrolet 1/2 truck. Yes! :)
WWT5 is... and was... a Ferrari 370 GTB No :(
WWT6 is the Roamer, that is a former Brubaker Box an a VW bus chassis. Yes! :)
I don't know what WWT7 is, but I didn't need to notice a ressemblance to a Holden to see that is was a 1949-52 Chevrolet two-door before. Yes! (1950) :)
WWT8 is the Eclipse pickup and started as a 1932 Ford roadster.Yes! :)
WWT9 is an Austin Allegro customized by Andy Saunders alright, but I din't find that it's Quiller. Yes! :)
WWT10 was probably a 1977-1979 Lincoln Continental and now a lowrider's nightmare. No. :(
WWT11 is Elden Titus' Vampyre based on a 1987 Chevrolet S-10 pickup. Yes! :)
WWT12 is a modern interpretation of "la 403 des records" based on an Audi TT No. :(
Thanks. Your Yes and No are no surpise to me, as you can guess.
When you will grant the points for this one, remeber that I don't deserve one for WWT9. I would never have found it by myself.
Does this mean that we can have a go at those that are not correct?
If so, I'll say that the Trik Truk is probably based on a Chevy - at least it's got a Chevy V8 engine.
And I'll guess Chevrolet Caprice on number 10, but then again I'm not very good with American cars, so it's probably wrong.
Number 13 is GM's own Pontiac Solstice SD-290 from 2007.
@re just made me notice that I couldn't count more than twelve.
So: my guess for N°13 was in fact this one "... a modern interpretation of "la 403 des records" based on an Audi TT" (but of course @re is right and I'm wrong). And my guess for N°12 would be, let's say... a VW Scirocco.
QuoteYou must guess all 13 puzzles in your response - a baker's dozen of kool kustoms - partial answers will not be replied to.
Well, I'll reserve my right to think that's a strange rule, as most of the puzzles have already been guessed - and Ray made 12 and not 13 guesses, so technically, his answer was also a partial one - but here we go:
WWT1: 1953 Mercury. As Ray B just said.
WWT2: Darryl Starbird's Trik Truk. I'll repeat my guess that it's based on a Chevy, because I know it has a Chevy V8 engine.
WWT3: A 1930 Buick. Just to prove that I'm crap at American cars.
WWT4: 1950 Chevrolet 1/2 truck (Ray B)
WWT5: How about a VW-Porsche 914? Probably not...
WWT6: I saw that it was a Brubaker Box, but I'd never heard of the Roamer. Ray B's point, anyway.
WWT7: 1950 Chevrolet (Ray B again)
WWT8: 1932 Ford roadster (Ray B again)
WWT9: Austin Allegro by Andy Saunders (Ray B again)
WWT10: The infamous wannabe-Rolls on such rims was based on a Caprice, so I'll stick with that guess for now.
WWT11: 1987 Chevrolet S-10 pickup (Ray B again)
WWT12: A Scirocco is a very good guess, but it would be boring to guess the same, so let's say a Corrado instead. It appears to be Czech, anyway.
WWT13: 2007 Pontiac Solstice SD-290, based on... a Pontiac Solstice!
I only made 12 guesses in good faith, @re, I made it clear above (I thought that N°12 went with the picture below). Of course, some of my guesses were just jokes, but Otto never said we had to make only serious ones.
True, I didn't. ;)
Yep, I figured out that you'd just counted wrong. You can consider the 1930 Buick guess a joke as well...
But this rule means that we will have to guess all the remaining puzzles in order to be judged, right?
WWT1: 1953 Mercury. As Ray B just said.
WWT2: Darryl Starbird's Trik Truk. I'll repeat my guess that it's based on a Chevy, because I know it has a Chevy V8 engine. To be fair, I'll need the vehicle type, not just the engine...
WWT3: A 1930 Buick. Just to prove that I'm crap at American cars. Not a Buick
WWT4: 1950 Chevrolet 1/2 truck (Ray B)
WWT5: How about a VW-Porsche 914? Probably not... Nope
WWT6: I saw that it was a Brubaker Box, but I'd never heard of the Roamer. Ray B's point, anyway. (You were spared what was, perhaps, one of the worst kid's TV shows ever. Google "Ark II" if you'd like to see more. ;)
WWT7: 1950 Chevrolet (Ray B again)
WWT8: 1932 Ford roadster (Ray B again)
WWT9: Austin Allegro by Andy Saunders (Ray B again)
WWT10: The infamous wannabe-Rolls on such rims was based on a Caprice, so I'll stick with that guess for now. Yes! :)
WWT11: 1987 Chevrolet S-10 pickup (Ray B again)
WWT12: A Scirocco is a very good guess, but it would be boring to guess the same, so let's say a Corrado instead. It appears to be Czech, anyway. Not a VW, but you are close to the answer
WWT13: 2007 Pontiac Solstice SD-290, based on... a Pontiac Solstice! Yes! :)
WWT1: 1953 Mercury (Ray B)
WWT2: Darryl Starbird's Trik Truk. Built 1979, mid engine: 350 Chevy V8, blown and injected. Interior: Pivoting steering wheel, dual controls, electric lifting top for entry. Body: Handmade metal. Four front steering wheels. Base: '80 Chevy Van. Finally found a picture (of Cecil the Diesel, actually) that was big enough for me to read the poster on the wall next to it :)
WWT3: Wait a minute. It's right-hand-drive! It couldn't be a Bentley, could it?
WWT4: 1950 Chevrolet 1/2 truck (Ray B)
WWT5: Not a clue, really. I could say Fiat X1/9 or Lancia Scorpion/Montecarlo, but I suspect I'm still a long way off. The annoying thing is that there's something familiar about it, like I've seen it before somewhere – but I can't make the connection.
WWT6: Roamer (Ray B)
WWT7: 1950 Chevrolet (Ray B)
WWT8: 1932 Ford roadster (Ray B)
WWT9: Austin Allegro by Andy Saunders (Ray B)
WWT10: Chevrolet Caprice (@re)
WWT11: 1987 Chevrolet S-10 pickup (Ray B)
WWT12: Could it be based on a Skoda, perhaps? Maybe a Favorit or a Felicia?
WWT13: 2007 Pontiac Solstice SD-290 (@re)
WWT1: 1953 Mercury (Ray B)
WWT2: Darryl Starbird's Trik Truk. Built 1979, mid engine: 350 Chevy V8, blown and injected. Interior: Pivoting steering wheel, dual controls, electric lifting top for entry. Body: Handmade metal. Four front steering wheels. Base: '80 Chevy Van. Finally found a picture (of Cecil the Diesel, actually) that was big enough for me to read the poster on the wall next to it Bingo! :)
WWT3: Wait a minute. It's right-hand-drive! It couldn't be a Bentley, could it? No :(
WWT4: 1950 Chevrolet 1/2 truck (Ray B)
WWT5: Not a clue, really. I could say Fiat X1/9 or Lancia Scorpion/Montecarlo, but I suspect I'm still a long way off. The annoying thing is that there's something familiar about it, like I've seen it before somewhere – but I can't make the connection. Not one of those... :(
WWT6: Roamer (Ray B)
WWT7: 1950 Chevrolet (Ray B)
WWT8: 1932 Ford roadster (Ray B)
WWT9: Austin Allegro by Andy Saunders (Ray B)
WWT10: Chevrolet Caprice (@re)
WWT11: 1987 Chevrolet S-10 pickup (Ray B)
WWT12: Could it be based on a Skoda, perhaps? Maybe a Favorit or a Felicia? Much warmer... 8)
WWT13: 2007 Pontiac Solstice SD-290 (@re)
WWT 12 was a Skoda Rapid, now powered by a VW VR6 engine.
That's the ticket!
WWT1: 1953 Mercury (Ray B)
WWT2: Darryl Starbird's Trik Truk. Base: '80 Chevy Van. (@re)
WWT3: As yet unidentified!
WWT4: 1950 Chevrolet 1/2 truck (Ray B)
WWT5: AC 3000ME (neilshouse)
WWT6: Roamer (Ray B)
WWT7: 1950 Chevrolet (Ray B)
WWT8: 1932 Ford roadster (Ray B)
WWT9: Austin Allegro by Andy Saunders (Ray B)
WWT10: Chevrolet Caprice (@re)
WWT11: 1987 Chevrolet S-10 pickup (Ray B)
WWT12: Skoda Rapid (Ray B)
WWT13: 2007 Pontiac Solstice SD-290 (@re)
Number 5 is, or was, an AC 3000ME
Thanks a lot, neilshouse! I was totally unable to identify this one and you're obviously right. You're getting us close to solving this one.
Could WWT3 be a Mercedes Benz ?
No sir, not an M-B
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on August 24, 2008, 03:11:29 AM
No sir, not an M-B
P'toh! (
french translation of D'oh, if this is as I guess Homer Simpson's favorite exclamation). Un seul être me manque, et tout est dépeuplé!
Huh?
Quote from an XVIIth century play. Roughly, I meant that for one :censored: unsolved question on thirteen, we have to wait until who knows when to get this puzzled moved and our reward.
EDIT: Not a XVIIth century play, a XIXth century poem. The same kind of stuff you eventually hate because you've had to study them too long in highschool.
Babelfish translation: "You miss only one being and all is depopulated"
Yes.......of course. ;)
As expressed in a poetic way just above, there are a couple of these group puzzles that been solved but for ONE car, AND THIS IS BEGINNING TO DRIVE ME MAD.
So (if we have the right to ask that kind of questions now): is #3 a British car?
It is not British.
This car is from the land of bathtub gin and Dynaflow transmissions.
Meaning Michigan, USA, or the town where the Dynaflow plant was (which I haven't found yet)?
Whatever, was Car #3 a Kissel speedster, 1920 or 21? (In what case I don't know why it's a right hand drive, but since it's been modified...). These were built in Wisconsin. There is now a company named Dynaflow in Madison, Wisconsin. I don't know if it's the same that built the transmissions for Buick.
Not a Kissel. The Dynaflows used in Buicks were built in-house, I believe.
Damn! The Kissel speedster was a good candidate: sporty car, same general look, same low position of the headlights, and all of them factory -painted yellow.
It couldn't be based on a 1922 Buick (if I take the Dynaflow answer as a clue, you're right, the plant was in Flint) and built by John Battistini? It doesn't look completely like the two I saw, but enough. Who knows?
Quote from: Ray B. on October 27, 2008, 07:08:28 AM
It couldn't be based on a 1922 Buick (if I take the Dynaflow answer as a clue, you're right, the plant was in Flint) and built by John Battistini? It doesn't look completely like the two I saw, but enough. Who knows?
Bingo! It''s a Buick - I'll tally up and dole out the points in the next day or so.
Thanks. Will you explain who modified it and why it's a RHD?
Quote from: Ray B. on October 27, 2008, 04:57:31 PM
Thanks. Will you explain who modified it and why it's a RHD?
Um - no. Because it's not a Buick. :-[
Working from memory is not my forte. My apologies to you and everyone else who worked on this puzzle. :(
However, it is a run-of-the-mill American brand, that is still in business, though somewhat day-to-day, of late. I have no idea as to why it is RHD, other than it may have been an export.
Because I screwed this up, I'll give you an exclusive opportunity to solve this one until tomorrow (Wednesday).
Thanks, Otto, but I prefer to leave it open to everyone. I'm not too good with cars before 1930, and more anxious to see this solved than to get an extra point. I'll keep searching, though.
OK - open to all!
Thanks, Ray.
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on October 28, 2008, 03:49:20 AM
However, it is a run-of-the-mill American brand, that is still in business, though somewhat day-to-day, of late.
My turn: a brand of the Big Three? A Cadillac with a Schutte body, maybe? (I'm not sure what "somewhat day-to-day" means).
Yes, a big three brand. Not a Cadillac.
A problem of language subtleties: as I said, I am not sure of what you mean by "though somewhat day-to-day, of late". That this company just keeps on building cars by habit, without creating anything new, like a car that is coasting?
I rather ask than to try every Big Three make one after another.
Quote from: Ray B. on November 03, 2008, 04:51:32 AM
A problem of language subtleties: as I said, I am not sure of what you mean by "though somewhat day-to-day, of late". That this company just keeps on building cars by habit, without creating anything new, like a car that is coasting?
I rather ask than to try every Big Three make one after another.
One big three automaker is rather more likely to disappear in the very near future.
That's what I thought, and I was about to say Chrysler.
So I say a Chrysler roadster, but I didn't find the car and cannot be more precise.
From what is now a Chrysler brand, but not at the time this car was built.
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on November 03, 2008, 05:23:58 AM
From what is now a Chrysler brand, but not at the time this car was built.
Maxwell, Chalmers... I expected that a little. Don't tell, don't tell, I stiil may stumble upon it.
I won't tell, but Maxwell and Chalmers are already belly-up 8)
That should leave us Dodge Brothers. They seemed to have 5 bolts wheels, like this one (the Maxwell had 6 bolts). Stillhaven't found the car and can't tell the year, but from what I see the dash matches the 1924 Dodge unit.
And this 1924 Dodge racer has the same wheesls, hood and frame I'd say, although the rear is different.
Ray, that's close enough for me! The yellow car is a 1922 Dodge with a special boat-tail body. Nicely done - you really kept after this one!
I'll tally up the points this weekend.
Thanks! You may haver noticed that this group puzzles, when they get near completion, put me in a frenzy.
I'll try to add clues (but not give-aways) more often. ;)
Nicely done, lads.
1 1953 Mercury / Ray B
2 80 Chevy Van / @re
3 1922 Dodge / Ray B
4 1950 Chevrolet 1/2 truck / Ray B
5 AC 3000ME / neilshouse
6 Brubaker Box / Ray B
7 1950 Chevy / Ray B
8 1932 Ford Roadster / Ray B
9 Austin Allegro / Quiller
10 Chevrolet Caprice / @re
11 Chevrolet S10 / Ray B
12 Skoda Rapid / Ray B
13 Pontiac Solstice / @re
The points are as follows:
@re 3
neilshouse 1
Quiller 1
Ray B 8
And, with that, Ray B has been promoted to the rank of Professional AutoPuzzler, joining @re, Paul Jaray, grobmotorix and Sea Lion in that small but elite group!
All hail Ray! :hail: :applause: :cheer:
Thanks a lot for those sweet words, Otto!
My acceptance speech will be short:
First, I am now forbidden to post in the expert section now. Will it be a relief or an ordeal? Will I gain a little peace of mind? Time will tell. But I seize the occasion to post a comment concerning Allan L's "Cars and Towns again", in the said expert section. You wrote, Allan "The Simca may well be as Dynamike says, but it came off the SIMCA Car Club Australia site so just possibly there is some Australian variation there. However Ray B., who is French, after all, identified it. " Believe me, Dynamike, although a Dutchman, is a much better identifier of french cars than myself.
Second, being a professional now, do I have the right to a little nitpicking once in a while? (for instance, Otto, why do you write that Car#3 is a Buick after having said it was a Dodge).
Third, I don't remember the third...
Otto, I remember that we got our points on this one, but you forgot to move it.
There so much traffic now with all the new guys it's hard to keep track of everything.
Moved.