We Were Promised Jetpacks: The best-named band of the last decade.
What has better conveyed the disaffection of youth than this pissy title?
~Dennis MillerHere's a nice, exclusive group puzzle for the Pros and Feature Writers. In this grouping you will find visions of transportation
that range from near-term "what if" styling concepts, to the long-term visionary musings of artists, designers and engineers.
To earn a point for identifying any of these, you'll need to answer with at least two of the following listed pieces of information:
- The name of the person who painted, drew or crafted the future vision.
- The publication name and date in which the future vision was presented.
- The specific attributes ascribed to the future vision (such as "concept for an atomic-powered pogo stick").
- The event or year the future vision either represented or was presented to the public.
So, here they are, in no particular order of type, medium or era.
Enjoy!
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General Motors "Monoline Express", from the May 21, 1961 Chicago Tribune
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Illustration by Alexander Leydenfrost appeared in the fiftieth anniversary issue of Popular Mechanics January 1952
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Buick Century 60 by Art-Ross 1939
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The Bonanza Leisure-Mobile by Richard Arbib 1972
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1968: Buckminster Fuller's "Travel Cartridge"
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Colliers Magazine 1901 illustration of the year 2000
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1943 rendering of a personal helicopter, by Alex S Tremulis
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"Highway of the Future" Popular Science May 1938
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GM "Road Extruder in the Amazon" 1964 Worlds Fair
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Boys' Life Oct 1965 The Cars of Tomorrow Illustration by Ted Ludigensky
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Albert Robida's "Going to the Opera in year 2000", from 1882
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Charles Stewart Cadillac from 1966
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November 30, 1958 edition of This Week magazine ran this illustration of the flying family car that was but "2 years away".
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Arthur Radebaugh's "Closer Than We Think" Chicago Tribune 1959 - Tunnel to Siberia
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John Melberg's 1966 entry / Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild
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1957: Oct 22 Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune - flying bus proposed by Charles Zimmerman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
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Syd Mead Illustration for US Steel, 1969
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Carl H Renner's GM Gyroscopic Rocket Car, 1945
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Boys' Life Oct 1981 The Car of the Future – What Will You Drive When You're 21 Illustration by Louis Escobedo
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September 21, 1958 edition of Arthur Radebaugh's "Closer Than We Think" Quick color change car.
Sweet puzzle!!! :thumbsup:
#2:
Alexander LeydenFrost
Popular Mechanics january 1952
"science on the march"
#20: September 21, 1958 edition of Arthur Radebaugh's Closer Than We Think
Quick-change car colors
#13: Flying Family car, November 30, 1958 edition of This Week magazine
#14: Highway to Russia
March 3, 1959 edition of Arthur Radebaugh's Closer Than We Think
as imagined by Senator Warren G. Magnuson
#16: Flying bus
October 22, 1957 Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune
#7: Personal Helicopter 1943, by Alex S. Tremulis appears in the book Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future by Joseph J. Corn and Brian Horrigan.
#5: Buckminster Fullers traveling cartridge
illustration from the 1968 book Transportation in the World of the Future.
#1: Monoline Express
Arthur Radebaugh's Closer Than We Think! strip for the May 21, 1961 Chicago Tribune
#6: Collier's Illustrated Future of 2001 (1901)
appeared in Collier's weekly, january 12, 1901
#11: Going to the Opera in the Year 2000 (1882), by Albert Robida. There is some discussion about the dating of this artwork
#18: Carl H. Renner painted this "Escacar" for General Motors in 1945. The Escacar is described as a "Unicycle Gyroscopic Rocket Car."
#17: from USS (United States Steel International) - a portfolio of probabilities: a look at the future from an early 60s perspective, by artist Syd Mead
#8: From Popular Science, May 1938. Article: Highways of the future, drawing by B.G. Seielstad, article by E.W. Murtfeldt
I see guido66 discovered the primary source of these pictures. Nice of him to leave a few for the rest of you.
Found another one ;)
#9: a road-building machine by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Bill Cotter and others
#3: Bucik Century 60 by Arthur "Art" Ross, 1938
#4: GM Bonanza Leisure-Mobile with Modular Power Unit by Richard H. Arbib, 1972
Quote from: guido66 on September 26, 2010, 05:39:57 AM
Found another one ;)
#9: a road-building machine by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Bill Cotter and others
That's what is does, not what it is. Can you give me either the name given to the device, the company behind, the date, or the venue?
Quote from: Ehhxekt on September 26, 2010, 07:46:43 AM
#3: Bucik Century 60 by Arthur "Art" Ross, 1938
#4: GM Bonanza Leisure-Mobile with Modular Power Unit by Richard H. Arbib, 1972
Both Correct
Three more to go, PAFW's
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on September 29, 2010, 04:00:19 AM
Quote from: guido66 on September 26, 2010, 05:39:57 AM
Found another one ;)
#9: a road-building machine by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Bill Cotter and others
That's what is does, not what it is. Can you give me either the name given to the device, the company behind, the date, or the venue?
I think the venue was the 1964 Futurama in New York
Futurama (II) at the 1964 New York World's Fair is correct.
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on September 29, 2010, 04:04:03 AM
Three more to go, PAFW's
??? I'm counting 4 ::) #10, #12, #15 and #19
Well, there you go. 3 4 more points on offer.
#1 was really built and already featured here: 1961 McLouth Stainless Steel XV (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=14857a550895a982507090d21a76d6f2&topic=8883.0) ;)
That is quite a resemblance. :o
15 was John Melberg's 1966 entrance for the Fisher Body Craftman's Guild. It won 2nd National Sr. Award.
Quote from: Ray B. on October 07, 2010, 04:43:47 PM
15 was John Melberg's 1966 entrance for the Fisher Body Cratman's Guild. It won 2nd National Sr. Award.
Quite right!
Still some points on offer here...
#12 sure looks like a GM concept to me, though I'm not sure whether it is Buick Riviera, Cadillac El Dorado or Olds Toronado....lol I'm thinking its the Cadillac version, though.....
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You're on the right path. The way to score points here is to tell me:
The name of the person who painted, drew or crafted the future vision, or,
The publication name and date in which the future vision was presented, or,
The specific attributes ascribed to the future vision (such as "concept for an atomic-powered pogo stick"), or,
The event or year the future vision either represented or was presented to the public.
Open for all
When I was a child I thought as a child I spoke as a child I didn't know better :)
10 Future Cruiser
Behold the family cruiser of tomorrow. You think caravans and minibuses take up a lot of the road? Be glad you're not stuck behind this vision from Boy's Life circa 1965.
This behemoth of the highway has everything that the family on holiday could possibly want. Top speed: 200 MPH, air conditioning, positive road traction, stereo, loads of leg room, and the mileage of a Challenger II tank.
Hence the built-in garage for carrying its own little compact to go fetch a jerry can when the cruiser runs out of petrol.
Quote from: Oguerrerob on December 02, 2010, 05:25:25 PM
10 Future Cruiser
Behold the family cruiser of tomorrow. You think caravans and minibuses take up a lot of the road? Be glad you're not stuck behind this vision from Boy's Life circa 1965.
This behemoth of the highway has everything that the family on holiday could possibly want. Top speed: 200 MPH, air conditioning, positive road traction, stereo, loads of leg room, and the mileage of a Challenger II tank.
Hence the built-in garage for carrying its own little compact to go fetch a jerry can when the cruiser runs out of petrol.
An interesting blending and enhancement of some of the predictions of the article - nicely done!
Thanks heavens 'visions of the future' never ever to turn out to be anywhere near the mark..
#12 sure looks familiar. I might have even seen it in a traveling exhibit of 60s/70s designs at a local art museum recently. It sure looks like a mix between a '68 Grand Prix and a '70 Electra 225. The first name to pop into my mind on that one is Bill Porter, but I have another guy in mind if it's not him. Unfortunately, considering my luck with the Buick sketch in the black hole, I'm probably not even close!
Not Mr. Porter.
I feel like I'm going down a path of just naming possible designers like in the Buick puzzle, but is it Wayne Kady for number 12?
Guessing the designer is not the only solution - see the rules at the beginning of this puzzle.
#12 seems like a GM Design work. My hunch would be that it is a proposal for the 1970 Buick Wildcat, putting the drawing in the 1966 range or so.
Well, it's not a Buick, but you satisfied criteria #4, as it was indeed from 1966
Otto, it would be a good idea to wait until someone has found it before you write this caption Charles Stewart Cadillac from 1966 under the picture
Aaron65 correctly identified the year, which got him the (eventual) point. The rest was gravy.
That's interesting. So many GM styling cues in that thing. I guess the fender corner markers and fender skirts give it away as a Cadillac. Must've been an Eldorado sketch for the late '60s, early 70s.
One remains. I'll award two points to the person who cracks it, so long as you do so before Boxing Day. .
I'm going to assume the Boxing Day reference means it's Canadian...I'm going to guess it was shown in MacLean's magazine...
Boxing Day means "December 26" in this case, and nothing more. It was not presented as a clue.
The illustration was not from MacLean's Magazine
Ending with a whimper, in the black hole.
No19: is it about a future city, like New York?
It could be. The caption with the picture doesn't mention what skyline that is.
It does refer to a time in the future, which is different for most everyone who saw it.
So it is not a precise year, isn't it?
Correct - no calendar year is mentioned.
Was this published in a magazine which is available online?
That's where I found it.
Does this magazine has "popular" in its title?
Alas, no.
Was this published in the 1970s?
No
Don't let this guy be an orphan, please.
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I'm going to try to end this one by solving the year for #19...1970?
No sir.
Where you found it, was the caption in English or another language?
In English
Older than 1970?
Newer
We'll go with my year of birth--1977?
Even newer than you, whippersnapper ;D
1982? (It's like a game of higher or lower!)
Lower
1979???
Higher...
1980???
Newer
1981!!!???
Bingo! :D
Anything left to solve on this one?
QuoteTo earn a point for identifying any of these, you'll need to answer with at least two of the following listed pieces of information:
The name of the person who painted, drew or crafted the future vision.
The publication name and date in which the future vision was presented.
The specific attributes ascribed to the future vision (such as "concept for an atomic-powered pogo stick").
The event or year the future vision either represented or was presented to the public.
Hee hee...literacy! :D Was it in The Futurist?
A good guess, but not there.
How about Future Life?
How about Future Life?
Life?
That would be too easy
Boys' Life Magazine?
That's it!
I'll tally points shortly
Being shipped out of town again. I will get to these later in the week.
And the points:
guido66 14
Ehhxekt 2
Ray B. 1
Oguerrerob 1
Aaron65 2
Well done, lads. Mk II coming soon to an AutoPuzzles near you 8)
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