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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2011 => Topic started by: barrett on February 11, 2011, 11:56:45 AM

Title: barrett's #129 - Solved - Sverrisson, c.1950s
Post by: barrett on February 11, 2011, 11:56:45 AM
Know what this is? Full details for a point! (Apologies for the poor image quality)
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on February 20, 2011, 04:03:47 PM
Expertise required
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: hugo90 on February 21, 2011, 10:05:16 PM
Is that an Australian number plate?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Wendax on February 22, 2011, 02:10:11 AM
Anyhow related to an Austin Gipsy?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on February 22, 2011, 10:02:34 AM
Not Australian or Gypsy-related
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: D-type on February 22, 2011, 05:26:14 PM
RHD - South African?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on February 22, 2011, 06:18:14 PM
not from Africa
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Post by: Carnut on February 23, 2011, 05:49:27 AM
Japanese?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on February 23, 2011, 09:50:43 AM
Not from Asia
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Carnut on February 23, 2011, 10:07:44 AM
Perhaps it's British then?!
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on February 23, 2011, 11:22:24 AM
Not British either
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Post by: D-type on February 23, 2011, 12:38:36 PM
We're running out of options.  New Zealand?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on February 23, 2011, 12:55:06 PM
No!
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: D-type on February 23, 2011, 03:51:13 PM
RHD.  Not British, Australian, New Zealand, Asia, Africa.  Where's left?

Ireland?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on February 23, 2011, 05:39:51 PM
Not Ireland

I can't remember for certain (it's been a long time since I went there) but I think this country usually has LHD cars.
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: hugo90 on February 23, 2011, 10:06:19 PM
Sweden?  They used to drive on the left.
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on February 23, 2011, 10:27:30 PM
Not Sweden but that's the closest guess so far
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Carnut on February 24, 2011, 05:31:32 AM
Quote from: hugo90 on February 23, 2011, 10:06:19 PM
Sweden?  They used to drive on the left.

They did (until about 1968) but all their cars were always LHD...
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: thorax on February 25, 2011, 06:18:34 AM
Iceland?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on February 25, 2011, 09:16:47 AM
Quote from: thorax on February 25, 2011, 06:18:34 AM
Iceland?

Yep!
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on March 05, 2011, 06:47:03 PM
okay, let's move this one up
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: woodinsight on March 06, 2011, 12:57:22 AM
Built by Haraldur Magnusson? (he built replicas under the Vinland name)
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on March 06, 2011, 09:55:19 AM
Not him, although this car is named after it's creator
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on March 24, 2011, 09:09:17 AM
Okay, before this gets sent to the BH - This is a one-off home made vehicle from Iceland which is named after the man who built it. It's a fairly typical Icelandic name...
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Allemano on March 24, 2011, 09:16:11 AM
Björk? ;D
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 24, 2011, 09:16:43 AM
Thor?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 24, 2011, 09:17:12 AM
Or Magnus...
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Wendax on March 24, 2011, 09:19:19 AM
Sigurdsson?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Allemano on March 24, 2011, 09:20:40 AM
.....sson at all?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Wendax on March 24, 2011, 09:23:15 AM
Quote from: Allemano on March 24, 2011, 09:20:40 AM
.....sson at all?

It won't be ...dottir  ;D
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on March 24, 2011, 09:27:11 AM
A surname, which means you already know the last 4 letters....
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Wendax on March 24, 2011, 09:28:25 AM
Jonsson?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Allemano on March 24, 2011, 09:29:36 AM
Eriksson?
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Post by: João on March 24, 2011, 12:37:52 PM
Andersson?
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Post by: Oguerrerob on March 24, 2011, 12:53:26 PM
Knudsson
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Post by: woodinsight on March 24, 2011, 01:23:23 PM
Gudmundsson?
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Post by: Allemano on March 24, 2011, 01:24:24 PM
Sigurdsson
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 24, 2011, 01:46:56 PM
Seventhsson of a Seventhsson?
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Post by: Allemano on March 24, 2011, 01:55:08 PM
;D
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Post by: Allemano on March 24, 2011, 01:57:06 PM
blackholesson?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Djetset on March 25, 2011, 03:45:17 PM
Clarksson (as it looks like the crazy sort of thing he would build and then distroy on Top Gear!)  :D
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on April 12, 2011, 09:13:27 PM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on March 24, 2011, 01:46:56 PM
Seventhsson of a Seventhsson?

;D That's actually the closest answer so far!

You're on the right track everyone of course, I guess this will be unsolved until someone guesses correctly....
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: woodinsight on April 12, 2011, 11:06:09 PM
Svensson?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on April 21, 2011, 02:25:13 AM
Sorry, forgot about this one!
it's not Svensson...

...but it is Sve----sson (no. of dashes does not match no. of missing letters)
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Wendax on April 21, 2011, 02:28:29 AM
Sveinsson?
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: Allemano on April 21, 2011, 03:04:35 AM
Sverrisson?

Woohoo! It IS the Sverrisson!

QuoteSverrisson (195?)

This is a car that my grandfather Einar Sverrisson (b. 1914 - d. 2004) built in the times when cars were luxury and hard to get in Iceland. The car was registered with the brand name "Sverrisson" and was probably constructed soon after 1950, Material came from various sources e.g. frame from Ford GPW (or Willys MB), Chevrolet engine from a small truck, and the body was custom built from wood.

(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g106/pan1968/4622715556_466999643f.jpg)
Title: Re: barrett's #129
Post by: barrett on April 21, 2011, 03:25:46 AM
 :applause:

Congratulations! Not an easy one by any stretch! Another well-earned point for you
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