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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2012 => Topic started by: Wendax on August 18, 2012, 01:42:57 AM

Title: Solved: Wendax 641 - Sinpar SD12M 4x4
Post by: Wendax on August 18, 2012, 01:42:57 AM: Needs minor paintwork.

For one point, please respond and identify this vehicle and who designed it.
Title: Re: Wendax 641
Post by: Wendax on August 25, 2012, 01:51:17 AM: up
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Post by: Craig Gillingham on August 25, 2012, 01:58:10 AM: Is it an aircraft tug?
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Post by: qwaszx on August 25, 2012, 02:42:24 AM: movie prop?
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Post by: fyreline on August 25, 2012, 07:49:39 AM: Quote
movie prop?

LOL . . . Thunderbirds are GO!!
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Post by: richard cuyler on August 25, 2012, 10:45:20 AM: Could it be USSR? That front section is clearly of very thick steel indeed, so the vehicle must surely have had something heavy to push (or to be fitted to it).
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Post by: RayTheRat on August 25, 2012, 11:48:11 AM: The scary thing is that there appears to be another one of its species behind it. What would happen if they were to mate and produce offspring? Something like this?
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Post by: Wendax on August 25, 2012, 02:37:06 PM: Quote from: Craig Gillingham on August 25, 2012, 01:58:10 AM
Is it an aircraft tug?
Yes
Title: Re: Wendax 641
Post by: Wendax on August 25, 2012, 02:37:55 PM: Quote from: richard cuyler on August 25, 2012, 10:45:20 AM
Could it be USSR?
Not from there
Title: Re: Wendax 641
Post by: Manuel on August 25, 2012, 04:49:21 PM: I was thinking it may be a Powell as well Ray. I think they had Chry family running gear.

Manuel in Oz
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Post by: Wendax on August 25, 2012, 04:53:31 PM: It's not a Powell.
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Post by: RayTheRat on August 25, 2012, 09:20:14 PM: Quote from: Manuel on August 25, 2012, 04:49:21 PM

I was thinking it may be a Powell as well Ray. I think they had Chry family running gear.

Manuel in Oz

I was only trying to make a joke about the Powell. They were mostly based on 1940/41 Plymouth sedans...with a few exceptions that were Chrysler-based. The 201 cid flathead I6 certainly wouldn't have been enough to function as an airport tug...unless it was geared down so far that it was virtually immobile.

I guess it wasn't much of a joke. :huh:

RtR
Title: Re: Wendax 641
Post by: Craig Gillingham on August 26, 2012, 01:34:34 AM: Quote
I guess it wasn't much of a joke.
I thought it was alright.
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Post by: fyreline on August 26, 2012, 09:24:49 AM: Chinese, perhaps?
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Post by: Wendax on August 26, 2012, 09:41:46 AM: Not Chinese
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Post by: Craig Gillingham on August 26, 2012, 09:43:47 AM: Was a famous car designer involved?
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Post by: Wendax on August 26, 2012, 12:58:19 PM: Yes, mentioned several times at AutoPuzzles.
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Post by: fyreline on August 26, 2012, 01:05:37 PM: It has a certain Brooks Stevens look about it, like some of his work for South American countries.

Getting Warmer or Colder?
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Post by: Wendax on August 26, 2012, 01:11:55 PM: Not Brooke Stevens, not South American.
So I think the correct answer to your question should be "Colder".
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Post by: Craig Gillingham on August 26, 2012, 06:07:03 PM: Is it Italian?
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Post by: Wendax on August 27, 2012, 02:31:39 AM: No
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Post by: fyreline on August 27, 2012, 09:45:31 AM: If there's one thing we've learned here on Autopuzzles, it's never to assume anything. This vehicle looks to be from the military. Is it?
Title: Re: Wendax 641
Post by: Wendax on August 27, 2012, 09:52:33 AM: Quote from: fyreline on August 27, 2012, 09:45:31 AM
If there's one thing we've learned here on Autopuzzles, it's never to assume anything. This vehicle looks to be from the military. Is it?
Yes, it was used by the military.
Title: Re: Wendax 641
Post by: Austin on August 27, 2012, 07:14:33 PM: 1964-6 Sinpar SD12M 4x4 Aircraft Tug, ex-French air-force. Designed by Phillipe Charbonneaux.
Title: Re: Wendax 641
Post by: Wendax on August 28, 2012, 02:20:17 AM: Yes, that's the one. One point for you.

It was equipped with a Hispano-Suiza diesel engine.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 641 - Sinpar SD12M 4x4
Post by: richard cuyler on August 28, 2012, 07:19:56 AM: Phillipe: "Sacre bleu! I can't find my French curve anywhere! I will 'av to make use only of my straight edge and some Polo mints for ze circular bits!"

Sinpar: "Phillipe, we don't care what it looks like, just get the design done fast!"

Phillipe: "Very well. You shall 'av the design this evening."
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 641 - Sinpar SD12M 4x4
Post by: Carnut on August 28, 2012, 08:09:13 AM: :joker: