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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2009 => Topic started by: Ray B. on January 13, 2009, 08:35:47 AM

Title: Whaddyacallit #247 - Solved! Nelson Beck's 76.68 $ car
Post by: Ray B. on January 13, 2009, 08:35:47 AM
Ever seen this ?

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Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #247
Post by: Ray B. on January 22, 2009, 05:18:37 AM
Too much rookie puzzles, too few experts puzzles!
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #247
Post by: Joao Gois on January 22, 2009, 05:29:00 AM
That's the Nelson Beck Special!
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #247
Post by: Ray B. on January 22, 2009, 06:49:39 AM
Correct. I'd better give up using that source, don't you think?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #247
Post by: Joao Gois on January 22, 2009, 07:28:20 AM
Well, I don't mind...  ::)
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #247
Post by: Ray B. on January 22, 2009, 08:29:37 AM
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?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #247 - Solved! Nelson Beck's 76.68 $ car
Post by: Joao Gois on January 22, 2009, 09:49:25 AM
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
Title: Solved - NEH 111: Low-cost homemade car 1950 based on 1934 Ford
Post by: Carnut on November 28, 2009, 01:04:52 PM
What's this for 1 point?
Title: Re: NEH 111
Post by: Ultra on November 30, 2009, 11:27:28 PM
Butt ugly is what that is. :nod:

Where's my point?   :yeah:
Title: Re: NEH 111
Post by: pnegyesi on December 01, 2009, 03:14:10 AM
Uh, as Ultra replied I forgot for a second, that this is still a rookie puzzle. Sorry, I deleted my answer immediately.
Title: Re: NEH 111
Post by: Carnut on December 01, 2009, 06:35:53 AM
Quote from: Ultra on November 30, 2009, 11:27:28 PM
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!
Title: Re: NEH 111
Post by: Ultra on December 01, 2009, 10:53:16 AM
Ultra is still a rookie. :o
Title: Re: NEH 111
Post by: Carnut on December 07, 2009, 08:22:47 AM
Have a go, Experts!
Title: Re: NEH 111
Post by: pnegyesi on December 07, 2009, 08:44:37 AM
    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
Title: Re: NEH 111
Post by: Carnut on December 07, 2009, 09:19:06 AM
All of which might explain why it's so butt-ugly!
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