Solved - NEH 1005: Electra King Rancho - 1967

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Carnut

March 11, 2011, 07:51:57 AM
Identify this little chappie for 1 point:
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Carnut

#1
March 25, 2011, 06:24:43 AM
Experts?
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ftg3plus4

#2
March 25, 2011, 07:43:33 AM
Is that an Electra King?
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Carnut

#3
March 25, 2011, 08:10:04 AM
Quote from: ftg3plus4 on March 25, 2011, 07:43:33 AM
Is that an Electra King?

It is, yes!
Which model?
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#4
March 25, 2011, 08:47:20 AM
I always have trouble finding model names.  :-\

Tonight I'll have to check a book at home where I think there's a pic of this car. I don't know if it'll give the model name you're looking for, though.
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Carnut

#5
March 25, 2011, 08:54:31 AM
Quote from: ftg3plus4 on March 25, 2011, 08:47:20 AM
I always have trouble finding model names.  :-\

Tonight I'll have to check a book at home where I think there's a pic of this car. I don't know if it'll give the model name you're looking for, though.

OK, I'll extend the lock until your next reply..
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

ftg3plus4

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March 25, 2011, 09:37:13 AM Last Edit: March 25, 2011, 09:45:37 AM by ftg3plus4
OK, I did some looking and found two places where the same pic as yours was identified as an Electra King Rancho from 1967. Oddly, though, I also found that same model name attached to a 3-wheeled E.K.
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Carnut

#7
March 25, 2011, 10:25:32 AM
That's the name, yes.

It was actually available as a 3 or 4 wheeler, but haven't seen the name 'Rancho' refer to anything other than the one with 4 wheels..

Bit of publicity material for interest:
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ftg3plus4

#8
March 25, 2011, 10:36:04 AM
The name "Rancho" associated with a 3-wheeler:
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Carnut

#9
March 25, 2011, 11:12:39 AM
It's exactly the same brochure (complete with the crossing out of 'three batteries' replaced by 'four batteries'!) but with a different picture.

Really it's pretty much the same car apart from the 3 or 4 wheels, so suppose it's excusable to have the same name for it.

Actually, I think there has been a 3-wheel Electra King posted as a puzzle before, but not with the name Rancho...
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

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#10
March 25, 2011, 11:29:10 AM
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Carnut

#11
March 25, 2011, 12:53:42 PM
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