For 1 point, tell us two things about this ancient automobile
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Identify who built it, and the year in which it was constructed.
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I trust you are also shevelled ;D
Dubitably
American?
Quite
One-off?
Yes
Open to all
Established so far:
Home Built
From the US
To the hole
When new, it was equipped with an engine from an established manufacturer. The builder later constructed and installed an engine of his own design.
And it lived in a muddy place, but weren't they all at the time?
:D
These guys might help you to look in the right place...
When the puzzle picture was taken, that car was as old as yours truly will be for a total of 359 days this year.
From the US of A?
Those guys and the car are from the same place. That place is in the US
For some reasons the puzzle picture looks utterly familiar. Anyhow, do you mean the puzzle survived the 2nd WW?
Yes, it did
Clue: Isaac Funk & Woody Hayes. Isaac Hayes? The only thing I think of when I hear of Isaac Hayes is "Shaft." Could the car be called a Shaft?
RtR
Ohio.
It shares a lot of characteristics with a 1903 Peerless, but I cannot find a specific reference to this car.
To be more precise: Clifton, Ohio.
Was this a one-off?
Quote from: RayTheRat on May 28, 2012, 08:08:50 PM
Clue: Isaac Funk & Woody Hayes. Isaac Hayes? The only thing I think of when I hear of Isaac Hayes is "Shaft." Could the car be called a Shaft?
RtR
Those are the guys. But you've otherwise extrapolated too far.
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on May 28, 2012, 09:30:17 PM
Ohio.
It shares a lot of characteristics with a 1903 Peerless, but I cannot find a specific reference to this car.
Not a Peerless; not from 1903.
Built before 1910?
Yep
Built in 1905?
Older
1902?
Older
1899?
Newer :)
powered by gasoline engine?
self-developed engine or proprietary?
As pictured, the engine was unique to this car. Originally, it had an engine from another early automobile
originally winton powered?
No
is this car still around?
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on August 27, 2012, 04:00:42 AM
As pictured, the engine was unique to this car. Originally, it had an engine from another early automobile
I got that backwards. As pictured, the car had a non-proprietary engine from another car.
I don't know if the car still exists.
It did still exist in early 1950's. A picture from that year shows this car in a much-modified state, with a different radiator, wheels, and with 2 headlights
With all of the info sprinkled throughout this puzzle, this is not so hard to solve.
From a well-know source of many previously-solved puzzles.
Is this a car manufactured by the "Ohio Automobile Company" that later became Packard?
No, the car is a one-ff. I was referring to the source of the puzzle pictures
I will be damned. I spent hours and hours with this puzzle, while the solution was right in front of my nose all the time. AAaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhhhhhhhh
Yay - 2 points! :)