Here they are. One half-dozen turf-tending implements, built and/or sold by companies that also built (or builds) and/or sold (or sells) automobiles. To score points, you have to identify the mower's maker, and post a pic of one of their automobiles.
Easy, no?
Enjoy!
You must be kidding! :lmao:
Nope.
Apologize, first I didn't read that those producers also made cars.
Nice puzzle!
#3 looks like something from British Anzani?
Not familiar with that one, and that's not the name I have for it.
Is #5 an AMF?
No
Interesting puzzle Mr P.
I think mower No.6 is a Sears, if that is correct here is a picture of a Sears Motor Buggy from 1909.
Is #3 an ATCO, who also built the Safety Training Car from the late 1930s onwards?
No. 2 is a REO Royale which shared its name with this 1931 REO Royale.
Quote from: neilshouse on November 22, 2010, 10:29:05 AM
I think mower No.6 is a Sears, if that is correct here is a picture of a Sears Motor Buggy from 1909.
Correct you are!
Quote from: Djetset on November 22, 2010, 02:11:57 PM
Is #3 an ATCO, who also built the Safety Training Car from the late 1930s onwards?
Correct you are!
Quote from: neilshouse on November 25, 2010, 07:54:00 PM
No. 2 is a REO Royale which shared its name with this 1931 REO Royale.
Correct you are!
Outta gas, so, open to all.
1. Cub Cadet 149 Lawn and Garden Tractor W/ Mower by International Harvester
5. John Deere Lawn Tractor by John Deere
4. Briggs and Stratton
Quote1. Cub Cadet 149 Lawn and Garden Tractor W/ Mower by International Harvester
No
Quote5. John Deere Lawn Tractor by John Deere
No
Quote4. Briggs and Stratton
No
No4: is that a Honda? I'll post a pic later
No, it's not a Honda
#6, is that a Lamborghini? The grille looks similar to a larger one I saw a couple years ago.
I say "no" to Lambo
The remaining makes are (or should be) well-known to AutoPuzzles Pros
We've mowed this far - more grass to be cut, all!
#1 Ford YT16 & Ford Mustang / Tom_I
#2 Reo Royale Deluxe Model 211 & 1931 Reo Royale Victoria Eight / neilshouse
#3 Light Atco Mower & Atco Training Car / Djetset
#4 ? & ? / ?
#5 Case 444 & Case Six from 1918 / Tom_I
#6 Sears SS16 Twin & Sears Motor Buggy / neilshouse
Green grass to Black Hole? :-\
The black and white photo removes a major clue, but #1 is a Ford YT16, current 1984-87.
Ford have made quite a few different cars in their time, but here's one that's contemporary with the mower - an '84 Mustang. Mmmmm!
Or should that be "Hmmmm"? :-\
I'll try again, though mostly just guessing.
4- Sunbeam
5- Lamborghini
Quote from: Tom_I on February 15, 2011, 12:21:42 PM
The black and white photo removes a major clue, but #1 is a Ford YT16, current 1984-87.
Ford have made quite a few different cars in their time, but here's one that's contemporary with the mower - an '84 Mustang.
Right!
Quote from: hugo90 on February 15, 2011, 07:30:57 PM
I'll try again, though mostly just guessing.
4- Sunbeam
5- Lamborghini
No Sunbeam nor Lamborghini here
I reckon #5 was made by J.I. Case of Wisconsin, an agricultural machinery company founded in the 1840s. I think it's a Case 442 garden tractor, but I'm not certain. There are lots of different models, and they all look quite similar. If that's what it is, it was introduced in 1969 and made through until the late 1980s.
The J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company Inc., as it was then called, made cars from about 1910 to 1927, though I don't think it was ever a large part of their business. Below is an advert for a Case Six from 1918.
Quote from: Tom_I on February 17, 2011, 08:10:05 AM
I reckon #5 was made by J.I. Case of Wisconsin, an agricultural machinery company founded in the 1840s. I think it's a Case 442 garden tractor, but I'm not certain. There are lots of different models, and they all look quite similar. If that's what it is, it was introduced in 1969 and made through until the late 1980s.
The J.I. Case Threshing Machine Company Inc., as it was then called, made cars from about 1910 to 1927, though I don't think it was ever a large part of their business. Below is an advert for a Case Six from 1918.
It's a 444, but I'm not looking for precise mower model numbers - nicely done!
Only #4 remains....
Still not making any progress on this.
Is #4 American?
No
Australian?
I'm thinking of writing a book. I've got the title - "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Autopuzzler".
So mower #4 is not American and not Australian. I got nowhere with Japanese manufacturers, and I was sure that it wasn't British.
So turning to mainland Europe, I looked for manufacturers of domestic lawnmowers using search terms in French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese (I thought I'd leave Eastern Europe and Scandinavia for another time). I sorted the names into alphabetical order, and started at the beginning. And the last one on the list was.....
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, mower #4 is a Zündapp MM20.
For a car to go with it, here's one of my favourite microcars of all time, the symmetrical Zündapp Janus, named after the Roman god of gates and doors, who is depicted as having a head with two faces pointing in opposite directions.
Thank you, and goodnight! ;D
Quote from: Tom_I on March 08, 2011, 06:31:04 AM
I'm thinking of writing a book. I've got the title - "The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Autopuzzler".
Or you could call it "The Loneliness of the Professional AutoPuzzler" - as you're about to find out!
The book has already been written, but we're pleased to add another chapter!
Nice job on the Zündapp Rasenmäher MM20 - I really expected that would be one of the first to be solved, not the toughest of the lot.
That's three hard-won points for Tom_I, two for neilshouse, and one for Djetset!
#1 Ford YT16 & Ford Mustang / Tom_I
#2 Reo Royale Deluxe Model 211 & 1931 Reo Royale Victoria Eight / neilshouse
#3 Light Atco Mower & Atco Training Car / Djetset
#4 Zündapp Rasenmäher MM20 & Zündapp Janus / Tom_I
#5 Case 444 & Case Six from 1918 / Tom_I
#6 Sears SS16 Twin & Sears Motor Buggy / neilshouse