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Title: Puzzle #1963 - Andre Siames' 3-Wheel Electric Car
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 29, 2011, 04:57:00 AM
Know the story? For 1 point, please respond below to identify the car pictured below, and who is that guy in the car?

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Title: Re: Puzzle #1963
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 06, 2011, 03:10:24 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1963
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 13, 2011, 05:14:02 AM
Pro's know...
Title: Re: Puzzle #1963
Post by: Allemano on April 13, 2011, 05:18:08 AM
Where does it come from? ;D
Title: Re: Puzzle #1963
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 13, 2011, 05:20:47 AM
You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone.
Title: Re: Puzzle #1963
Post by: Allemano on April 13, 2011, 05:24:43 AM
Has this huge spot in the midle a certain kind of purpose?
Title: Re: Puzzle #1963
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 13, 2011, 05:26:13 AM
I can only assume it's for forward illumination
Title: Re: Puzzle #1963
Post by: Oguerrerob on April 13, 2011, 07:04:09 AM
Andre Siames three wheeled car.
Photo date: 11 de noviembre de 1954
Belongs to Bettmann Collection

"Even though at first glance it doesn't seem so, two can ride in comfort in this tiny three-wheeled auto. It's a homemade buggy, fashioned in his back yard during his soare time by electrician Andre Siames, who hails from Boulogne Sur Seine Near Paris. Powered by a one horsepower motor and capable of reaching speeds up to 50 miles an hour, it was hit of the third Gadget Exhibit at Paris recently"
Title: Re: Puzzle #1963
Post by: Wendax on April 13, 2011, 01:50:41 PM
Oui, bien sûr, c'est francais!

I should have looked at the license plate! I thought it looked so American.  :(
Title: Re: Puzzle #1963
Post by: Oguerrerob on April 13, 2011, 10:02:20 PM
here it's with the license plate
Title: Re: Puzzle #1963
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 14, 2011, 05:01:29 AM
And the source of the photo. >:(

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