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Title: Whatsit, and Who Are They? - Solved! Mamie Van Doren's mink wheelcovers
Post by: Ray B. on July 22, 2009, 05:11:53 AM
(http://autopuzzles.com/RayB.stuff/whatsit3.jpg)

What is the unusual accessory this guy is holding?
One point if you find it. Another if you can identify this happy couple.

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Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: jotage21 on July 27, 2009, 12:47:56 PM
Jane Mansfield?
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: Ray B. on July 27, 2009, 01:13:24 PM
Not Jayne Mansfield (I already had a puzzle featuring her), but you're not far. Remember that you must identify the two if you want to score.
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: guido66 on July 27, 2009, 04:46:52 PM
Padded hubcaps, to avoid scratches when parking against the kerb   ???
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 28, 2009, 04:15:51 AM
The way she's rubbing her face on it, I assume its soft - fur, perhaps?
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: Ray B. on July 28, 2009, 05:00:17 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 28, 2009, 04:15:51 AM
The way she's rubbing her face on it, I assume its soft - fur, perhaps?
Yes! Now you have 72 hours to tell us what kind of fur, and who they are.
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: streamliner on August 05, 2009, 11:24:31 AM
Is he George Barris, perhaps?
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: streamliner on August 05, 2009, 11:27:35 AM
...and his beloved wife, Shirley?
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: Ray B. on August 05, 2009, 11:32:14 AM
No. Please read the other posts.
They are husband and wife, true, but not car related. More the kind who would put fur hubcaps (what kind of fur?) on their car.
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: neilshouse on August 05, 2009, 12:06:38 PM
Are they Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin?
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: Ray B. on August 05, 2009, 01:15:28 PM
No. For the girl, jotage21's Jayne Mansfield guess was closer.

Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: Quiller on August 06, 2009, 09:11:54 AM
Could the fur be mink?
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: streamliner on August 09, 2009, 01:35:16 AM
Jean Harlow?

Bunny fur?
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: Ray B. on August 09, 2009, 05:52:45 AM
Mink: YES!

Jean Harlow, no (she was dead since about 20 years when this picture was taken).
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: hugo90 on August 12, 2009, 02:53:37 AM
Is it Mamie Van Doren and Ray Anthony?
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They?
Post by: Ray B. on August 12, 2009, 04:35:51 AM
Yes sir, good thinking. Once you've eliminated Jayne Mansfield, what comes next? Mamie Van Doren.
One point for you, and one for Quiller who steals the point from Otto Puzzell.
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They? - Solved! Mamie Van Doren's mink wheelcovers
Post by: hugo90 on August 12, 2009, 12:12:11 PM
I had to search pinup sites to find her, and discovered that her name came from Mamie Eisenhower and Charles Van Doren, so entirely made up.
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They? - Solved! Mamie Van Doren's mink wheelcovers
Post by: Ray B. on August 22, 2009, 05:54:10 AM
Now Mamie Van Doren was a Jayne Mansfield ersatz. Jayne herself (notwithstanding the intellectual qualities of the lady) was a Marylin Monroe ersatz.
But now we have Sandra Giles who may have been a Mamie Van Doren ersatz. Her first movie was called "Lost, lonely, and vicious"

But she beat Mamie by far when she covered her whole T-Bird with fur!
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They? - Solved! Mamie Van Doren's mink wheelcovers
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 22, 2009, 08:54:19 AM
They don't make 'em like that any more.
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They? - Solved! Mamie Van Doren's mink wheelcovers
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 12, 2012, 04:56:57 AM
Another pic of Sandra and the 'bird
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They? - Solved! Mamie Van Doren's mink wheelcovers
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 24, 2016, 06:24:21 AM
A nice, big pic of Sandra and the 'Bird.
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They? - Solved! Mamie Van Doren's mink wheelcovers
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 28, 2016, 06:37:32 AM
What the heck - one more.
Title: Re: Whatsit, and Who Are They? - Solved! Mamie Van Doren's mink wheelcovers
Post by: Ray B. on August 28, 2016, 08:01:41 AM
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