Whaddyacallit #247 - Solved! Nelson Beck's 76.68 $ car

[Ray B.]

Ever seen this ?

If you did, please respond below and let us know the maker of the one-off posted here.

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[Ray B.]

Too much rookie puzzles, too few experts puzzles!

[Joao Gois]

That's the Nelson Beck Special!

[Ray B.]

Correct. I'd better give up using that source, don't you think?

[Joao Gois]

Well, I don't mind...  ::)

[Ray B.]

Well, maybe I'll go on but I'll leave them all in the rookie section. What do you say about that? ;D
As for Nelson Beck, let us teach something to our fellow puzzlers. You can read below, among other details, the price of this car: $ 76.68. What do you say about that?

[Joao Gois]

Well, first of all, the puzzles are yours, you'll know better what to do with them.

Then, that kind of car would be the best for the current economical crysis we're in. Too bad it'd be a death trap...  ;D

[Carnut]

What's this for 1 point?

[Ultra]

Butt ugly is what that is. :nod:

Where's my point?   :yeah:

[pnegyesi]

Uh, as Ultra replied I forgot for a second, that this is still a rookie puzzle. Sorry, I deleted my answer immediately.

[Carnut]

Butt ugly is what that is. :nod:

Where's my point?   :yeah:

They do say beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
Personally I disagree though!

[Ultra]

Ultra is still a rookie. :o

[Carnut]

Have a go, Experts!

[pnegyesi]

    Low-Cost Homemade Car Runs 40 Miles Per Gallon

    With the frame and wheels of a 1934 Ford, a 12-horsepower four-cylinder water-cooled engine, a clutch, transmission and rear end from a junk yard, a former instructor at Dakota Wesleyan University built a unique automobile. The body of the car was made from scrap lumber, covered with hardboard and held together by two boxes of screws. Headlights, tail-lights, radiator grille and windshield were obtained at minimum prices. The hood ornament was the container for an airplane's loop antenna and a glass dome for the top is from a refrigerator. The builder, Nelson Beck, devoted six weeks' work and $76.68 to his project which has begun to repay him by running 40 miles to the gallon at an average speed of 55 miles per hour.

Popular Mechanics, June, 1950

[Carnut]

All of which might explain why it's so butt-ugly!