Following Otto's What-was-that puzzle, here is rather a Who-did-that.
Nine cars, all modified or especially build for advertising, films, TV shows, whatever. The company's names have been blurred or erased. For each car you get one point if you can identify the guilty party, that is the product advertised, the company, film, show, etc. Naturally, there is little chance that you make it unless you stumble upon the same web page where I found them.
Difficult, but not impossible at all: how do you think I found them first?
Once done you can also earn, for all cars but N°9, an extra point if you can tell the make (and sometimes model and year) of the car it is based upon. Guesses about what the car was won't be answered or rewarded if posted before the first question is answered.
#1seems to have originally been a 1951 Chevrolet Styleline Station Wagon. It was modified into a railway track inspection car, and used, as I have just learnt, by the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway.
#4 is a Citroën 2CV with Antem body from 1957; it was advertising Champagne Delamotte on the right side, and ,,PORTO A.J. da SILVA" on the left.
#8 - Moxiemobile, made by Moxie Beverage Company based on a 1928 LaSalle
#5 - The Bevo Boat, made by Anheuser-Busch Company (Budweiser). Pierce-Arrow based
#6 - Top Cat, made by Bill Carter based on a Jaguar XJ 12, promo car for Ordnance Survey and Bosch.
#3 1951 Fiat 500 C modified by Carrozzeria Boneschi, advertising car for Binaca toothpaste.
#1 - Railway track inspection car, used by the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway. Originally a 1951 Chevrolet Styleline Station Wagon. Ehhxekt, 2 pts
#3 - 1951 Fiat 500 C modified by Carrozzeria Boneschi, advertising car for Binaca toothpaste. Allemano, 2pts
#4 - Citroën 2CV with Antem body from 1957; it was advertising Champagne Delamotte on the right side, and ,,PORTO A.J. da SILVA" on the left. Ehhxekt, 2pts
#5 - The Bevo Boat Budweiser III, made by Anheuser-Busch Company, Pierce-Arrow based jotage 21, 2pts (thanks to Allemano).
#6 - Top Cat, made by Bill Carter based on a Jaguar XJ 12, promo car for Ordnance Survey and Bosch. jotage 21, 2pts
#8 - Moxiemobile, made by Moxie Beverage Company based on a 1928 LaSalle. jotage 21, 2pts I have it as a 1930 LaSalle, but certainty is frail in these matters.
You guys are too good! I am adding a wditt #9 (the server wouldn't let me do it last night). Let's see if you find that one (just one point, no make and model required).
Quote from: Ray B. on November 03, 2008, 04:08:31 AM
#5 - The Bevo Boat, made by Anheuser-Busch Company (Budweiser). Pierce-Arrow based:
There were several Bevo Boats, based on different ars. Which one is it?
Budweiser III
Sorry, Allemano, it was obvious but I should have said it, I was asking jotage21 to complete his answer. I'll have to think what I'll do with the points now...
I know, I would never claim any point for this.
Maybe you doing better by writing @...... next time! The point is jotage's of course! (expect he's able to find the correct number!)
Quote from: Allemano on November 03, 2008, 04:34:18 AM
I know, I would never claim any point for this.
... but you couldn't restrain yourself... I know that feeling.
Only 2 left. Is that all you experts can do?
Well, so it seems. Goin' up, then!
The rescue car has some clues for you, puzzlers!
#1 - Railway track inspection car, used by the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway. Originally a 1951 Chevrolet Styleline Station Wagon. Ehhxekt, 2 pts
#2 Father Christmas on his way to Selfridge's riding on a 1934 Humber Snipe Ehhxekt, 2 pts
#3 - 1951 Fiat 500 C modified by Carrozzeria Boneschi, advertising car for Binaca toothpaste. Allemano, 2pts
#4 - Citroën 2CV with Antem body from 1957; it was advertising Champagne Delamotte on the right side, and ,,PORTO A.J. da SILVA" on the left. Ehhxekt, 2pts
#5 - The Bevo Boat Budweiser III, made by Anheuser-Busch Company, Pierce-Arrow based jotage 21, 2pts (thanks to Allemano).
#6 - Top Cat, made by Bill Carter based on a Jaguar XJ 12, promo car for Ordnance Survey and Bosch. jotage 21, 2pts
#7 ::)
#8 - Moxiemobile, made by Moxie Beverage Company based on a 1928 LaSalle. jotage 21, 2pts. I have it as a 1930 LaSalle, but certainty is frail in these matters.
#9 - Made for movie car, base unknown, built for "La Rue Sans Loi", based on Albert Dubout's cartoons pnegyesi 2 points
Still unsolved are numbers 2, 7 and 9. Preferably before next week, I am going to add 3 pictures.
Between each unsolved car and one of the pictures, there is a connection.
I am getting desperate. So here is a little more help.
Wditt #2: here is another clue. Do you want me to spell it out?
Wditt #7 and Clue 7: find the name of that jumping girl and maybe you'll find Wditt #7
Wditt #9: if you have an idea of where the picture of Clue 9 comes from -which shouldn't be too hard- and know where to search, Wditt #9 shouldn't be too far away.
Wditt #2: "Selfridges publicity car travelling through Central London publicising the store's Christmas Bazaar" in 1938. It appears to be a Humber Snipe 80 from about 1934.
Fine! Did you recognized the Selfridge's building, the grotto, or did you stumble upon the same web page?
As for the car, I'm no specialist of british cars but I checked your ID and it seems spot on.
2 points.
Quote from: Ray B. on February 20, 2009, 08:08:49 AM
Fine! Did you recognized the Selfridge's building, the grotto, or did you stumble upon the same web page?
Luckily for me, I didn't recognize the building, I only thought for some reason that it was in London and typed, still rather clueless, something like
santa car london in Google image search. To my surprise, the picture came up among the first results. If I had been more specific and added "Selfridges" to the query I probably would never have found that photograph because the name of the store happens to be mistyped on the page :)
Wasn't #7 built as some kind of rodeo or wild west show promotion? I have no idea who or what...I just seem to remember seeing it on TV
This particular one: no. But I've seen lots of similar things on the internet that may have. And they usually have the same nickname.
Would another view of car N°9 help?
Is there more light here?
Let's see - the clue car for #9, was the made-up (VW floorpan?)car for the movie Follow That Bird. In that movie, the Bird returns to his home in Oceanview, Illinois. Then he runs away, persued by the rest of the Sesame Street cast, and the movie plot takes place in a whole host of places.
In other words, I got nothin'.
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on May 23, 2009, 05:01:44 AM
Let's see - the clue car for #9, was the made-up (VW floorpan?)car for the movie Follow That Bird.
The relation between this clue and car#9 had nothing to do with VW or Oceanview for sure.
But the Follow That Bird car was also part of my "Who did that... N°2 puzzle. In my last post to this one I did tell more about it.
:)
There is a very tight relation between #9 and this man.
And a much more farfetched (and semantic) relation between #7 and this woman.
:popcorn:
I don't know who she is... :-\
Actress, singer. Very famous in her time.
If I were to tally the points now, we'd have:
Ehhxekt, jotage 21: 6 pts
Allemano: 2 pts
Unfortunately there's still two cars unidentified, despite the clues given, and they'll all have to wait.
;D
The loneliness of the forgotten puzzles...
This (see reply #25) is a SELF-portrait. As for the nationality of the artist, it should made obvious by one look at picture #9 in the first page of this puzzle.
... as for the girl who was a clue for #7 (see replies 26 and 29), she passed away last Sunday...
that's Lena Horne...
Fine. Now you've got another clue in reply 13, and guess what the name of this girl is...
I assume No9 is a French film and the clue self-portrait shows the director. Right?
A french film, yes. Not the director, but even more concerned by the film, which is totally inspired by his work.
Was this clue-guy to No9 an artist, like a painter?
I said it was a self portrait, right? Not exactly a painter. But very well known (in France at least) in his time.
"his time" - was that pre-war?
Before and after WWII
Was he active in cartoons or caricatures?
The word cartoon is too vague. Let's say yes, cartoonist, illustrators. I don't believe he made many caricatures (no political drawings as far as I know). He illustrated several books, made a few famous movie posters.
Roger Soubie?
No.
This guy's style is very consistent, whatever the medium, cartoon or movie poster. Here's another example.
The movie is La Rue sans Loi, the guy is Albert Dubout, the car, well, I don't know yet
Very well done, as this movie isn't mentioned on the Albert Dubout page (only on a "Dubout" page) on imdb!
The car is to be a "made for movie" car. The specialized website doesn't know more. I doubt that you could, and it's not what we're after.
Only one left!
Lena Horne is phonetically similar to the name of the clue girl, right?
Yes. Not her whole name, only half of it.
Add that and the action that you see the clue girl doing, and you're halfway home!
It's like finding a needle in haystack. In the first clue, that girl is jumping over a haystack. Is that from a movie?
Not a needle in a haystack at all.
Quote from: Ray B. on May 14, 2010, 08:51:22 AM
Yes. Not her whole name, only half of it.
Add that and the action that you see the clue girl doing, and you're halfway home!
It's all about words. Two words. And you'll get right there, if you watch your spelling.
one of the two words is haystack, right?
??? Take off your sunglasses, man.
The nature of the two words can be read in bold in my last reply.
hurdle jumping?
Grammatically, "jumping" is closer to one of the words, and has about the same meaning.
If the other, the name was "hurdle", what would be the connection with Lena Horne?
Quote from: Ray B. on May 14, 2010, 08:51:22 AM
Yes. Not her whole name, only half of it.
Add that and the action that you see the clue girl doing, and you're halfway home!
A suggestion: if you believe that you have the right word combination, a quick search in Google image brings up the same images.
If not, try again.
flying ....? ... equals to a name, right?
Not a name. Grammatically it equals to a verbal form, so an action
Not flying, not jumping, but you're on your way.
I am feeling slighlty lost, but determined. Was this lady, Lenya Lotte?
You are indeed determined, but lost too, I don't see why.
Why Lotte Lenya. We don't care who this girl is, but is Lena Horne spelled Lenya Horne?
I see where you got misled, though. But it's the verbal form, once found, which can be spelled two ways.
One will confirm your guess, the other will bring up the right answer.
Quote from: Ray B. on May 15, 2010, 04:11:22 AM
Grammatically, "jumping" is closer to one of the words, and has about the same meaning.
Leapin' Lena, a special vehicle built to imitate the ride on a wild horse. Originally a 1939 Ford, modified by students of the University of Houston in 1951.
Quote from: Ehhxekt on July 01, 2010, 02:21:29 AM
Leapin' Lena, a special vehicle built to imitate the ride on a wild horse. Originally a 1939 Ford, modified by students of the University of Houston in 1951.
:applause:
And our man Ehhxekt does it!
When one googles Leaping( or Leapin') Lena, he gets different pictures, including that of an Amish girl ( and not a German singer) named Lena, leaping over hayrolls, that I used as a clue. And others who prove that this kind of amusement is more common than one might think, particularly in New England.
I'll tally the points later.
#1 - Railway track inspection car, used by the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway. Originally a 1951 Chevrolet Styleline Station Wagon. Ehhxekt, 2 pts
#2 Father Christmas on his way to Selfridge's riding on a 1934 Humber Snipe. Ehhxekt, 2 pts
#3 - 1951 Fiat 500 C modified by Carrozzeria Boneschi, advertising car for Binaca toothpaste. Allemano, 2pts
#4 - Citroën 2CV with Antem body from 1957; it was advertising Champagne Delamotte on the right side, and ,,PORTO A.J. da SILVA" on the left. Ehhxekt, 2pts
#5 - The Bevo Boat Budweiser III, made by Anheuser-Busch Company, Pierce-Arrow based jotage 21, 2pts (thanks to Allemano).
#6 - Top Cat, made by Bill Carter based on a Jaguar XJ 12, promo car for Ordnance Survey and Bosch. jotage 21, 2pts
#7 - Leapin' Lena, a special vehicle built to imitate the ride on a wild horse. Originally a 1939 Ford, modified by students of the University of Houston in 1951. Ehhxekt, 2 pts
#8 - Moxiemobile, made by Moxie Beverage Company based on a 1928 LaSalle. jotage 21, 2pts. I have it as a 1930 LaSalle, but certainty is frail in these matters.
#9 - Made for movie car, base unknown, built for "La Rue Sans Loi", based on Albert Dubout's cartoons. pnegyesi 2 points
And the count goes:
Ehhxekt 10 points
jotage 21 6 points
Allemano, pnrgyesi 2 points
Ehhxekt: 322 points at 241 posts – an impossibly high standard
Sure. Since he's around us, I kept wondering how he did it!