KU's Puzzle # 1590 - Kline 6-60 Detachable Coupe Roadster

Started by Otto Puzzell, March 31, 2010, 05:37:00 AM

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Otto Puzzell



Know what it is?

Please, respond below and share your knowledge of what this is, and who built it.
As always, detailed answers are greatly appreciated by all. 
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You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Otto Puzzell

You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

ftg3plus4

I could almost swear I've seen this dang thing before, but I'm not positive. American?
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Otto Puzzell

You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

ftg3plus4

"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Otto Puzzell

You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

ftg3plus4

In the G-L part of that range?
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Otto Puzzell

That's the last guess of this type I'm going to answer.

Yes, it's in that range.

How about some guesses about the car, its features, or the company that built it?
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

ftg3plus4

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on April 07, 2010, 10:28:56 AM
That's the last guess of this type I'm going to answer.
I was wondering when someone would get annoyed by questions like that. OK, I'll back off and let the people with actual car knowledge step in.
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Ray B.

Quote from: ftg3plus4 on April 07, 2010, 09:48:14 AM
Name in the A-L range?

I'd say that type of questioning should be banned, it's too stupid (sorry to say it, strangest user name, but you're not the only one to use it).
At the same time, too many laws kills the law.

So why don't you guys try to be a little more clever?
He Touched Me With His Noodly Appendage

ftg3plus4

#10
Quote from: Ray B. on April 07, 2010, 11:57:08 AM
I'd say that type of questioning should be banned

I'm sure there are some puzzlers who are more bothered by it than others. But as long as it's made clear exactly what "type" of questioning is being banned, I won't argue. I'd personally suggest limiting "alphabetic" questions to a minimum range of letters (maybe 7 or so) rather than disallowing them altogether.

As it is, I'll admit I've only managed to solve a few puzzles by such questioning (combined with narrowing down the make's country & timeframe).
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Ray B.

Strangest user name, if you read me well you can see that I didn't eventually propose to BAN it. I said it was a boring, uninventive and silly way to solve puzzles. I would feel ashamed to use it.
So, limiting it to a 7, 5,12 or 15 letter range doesn't make it less stupid.

So, everyone is free to use it, or to be a truly elegant puzzler and make educated guesses. And the puzzle poster is free to answer the 452 posts it will eventually take to narrow it down to the solution, or, like Otto did, to declare that he has better things to do.
He Touched Me With His Noodly Appendage

ftg3plus4

#12
Quote from: Ray B. on April 07, 2010, 04:17:08 PMI said it was a boring, uninventive and silly way to solve puzzles. I would feel ashamed to use it.
I can't argue with that. Once in a while it's led to the solution of a puzzle (usually with a pre-war car) that didn't seem to be going anywhere any other way. But as far as convincing me to not to use it anymore... you've said all you need to.
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Otto Puzzell

You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

pnegyesi


Otto Puzzell

You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Otto Puzzell

Perhaps a peek at what's under the bonnet will help?

You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Paul Jaray

I don't think it's an Hupmobile Model 20-F Coupe...it would be too easy.
Is this a Jonz Model C coupe from 1911?

Otto Puzzell

Neither one of those.

The Hupmobile is from the right country; and the decade of the second guess is correct.
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Paul Jaray

Looks lika an Imperial from Jackson, but can't find a coupe in their 1911 line-up...

Otto Puzzell

Not one of those. And remember - I said correct decade, not year.
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Paul Jaray

D'OH!
Lion Huron King Krit Lozier Gaylord Howard
So far so good?
Jackson?

Otto Puzzell

Through the process of elimination, I believe you will get there soon.

Another clue - this make's name has only one syllable.
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

DynaMike

Wild (and not educated) guess: Knox ?

Otto Puzzell

You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!