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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2012 => Topic started by: Otto Puzzell on January 02, 2012, 05:14:44 AM
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For 1 point, ID the gentleman pictured, and his contribution to the world of car nuttiness. Need his name, the name of his employer, and his job.
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I'm guessing he makes sound effects for a radio show...
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I suppose that radio show might be listened to in a car, which might be considered a contibution to the world of car nuttiness.
The puzzle person is not a broadcaster, a foley artist, nor an entertainer of any kind.
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Could he be holding a set of French curves? Clay modeler?
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No, these are not French curves, and he's not a clay modeler.
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Is he holding a grill or vent for a car?
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Is he holding a grill or vent for a car?
Yes!
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And the words he is saying migt be... "Let me show you this new material, light as aluminium, hard as steel blah blah"... or not? :D
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And the words he is saying migt be... "Let me show you this new material, light as aluminium, hard as steel blah blah"... or not? :D
No; he's not a metallurgic or materials engineer.
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Did that grille ever end up on a production car?
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Those are sections of a grill that were intended for a production car. His work uncovered a flaw...
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Is this the guy who designed the BMC Singer made in San Francisco?
I'll look for his name if I'm on the right track; Perry or something like that I think..
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Is this the guy who designer the BMC Singer made in San Francisco?
I'll look for his name if I'm on the right track; Perry or something like that I think..
No, not him
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Did he uncover an overheating problem?
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No, cooling was not the problem
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Was the flaw discovered in a wind tunnel?
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Yes!
Locked for streamliner
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Tough one.
Well, he's probably an aerodynamics test engineer and if his name is known, then it must have been a famous project that was well-documented as history in the making, and if it was in a wind tunnel, it must have been at higher speeds, which means he must have discovered a lift problem with a race car, so it must have become a well-known problem. So here's all I got:
Ford aerodynamicist working on the GT40???
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Wow - that's a lot of work to come up with no points! ;D
The problem was not lift, and the car was not a GT40 (though it was a Ford). I don't think the project was at all famous, though the picture was included in an article about the man in a long-running monthly magazine.
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Okay, just a stab in the dark to see if we can at least head this in the right direction for a solution (GREAT puzzle, by the way!) . . . did the wind tunnel testing reveal that the piece of trim the subject is holding exhibited some unusual sound characteristics, such as a whistle or something along those lines?
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Okay, just a stab in the dark to see if we can at least head this in the right direction for a solution (GREAT puzzle, by the way!) . . . did the wind tunnel testing reveal that the piece of trim the subject is holding exhibited some unusual sound characteristics, such as a whistle or something along those lines?
Yes!
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Around 1968-1972?
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The piece he's holding looks like the center grille section of a 1972 Thunderbird. Did the man in the picture work for Ford?
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It also makes me think of the grille of the 1969-70 Ford Limited.
If it's a Thunderbird, I would have said 1970. The actual grille of the car has more blades. Was this changed for a reason revealed in the wind tunnel?
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Yes, at first I thought that it might be a 1970 Thunderbird grille, too . . . but as you noted, the number of bars is wrong and the '70 T-Bird grille is all one piece, including the short left and right side sections. The 1971 T-Bird grille has mixed wide and narrow bars, which the one he's holding does not. The 1972 T-Bird Grille still looks the closest to me . . . if it's a Thunderbird grille at all!
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Around 1968-1972?
I believe that is correct (will corroborate shortly).
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The piece he's holding looks like the center grille section of a 1972 Thunderbird. Did the man in the picture work for Ford?
Ford was established a few answers ago. :)
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Ford was established a few answers ago.
We were told that the car was a Ford. My question was if the man in the picture worked for Ford. Can we assume, then, that he does (or rather, did)?
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Yes, he worked on Fords, for Ford, at Ford. ^-^
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LOL - That about covers it! ;D
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Around 1968-1972?
I believe that is correct (will corroborate shortly).
Confirmed: the magazine article appeared in 1968. So, it very well could have been a prototype grill piece for the Beak Bird.
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The Black Hole is calling
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I tried not to answer, but it kept calling :(
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Was he better known for his non-Ford work?
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I don't believe so
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It also makes me think of the grille of the 1969-70 Ford Limited.
If it's a Thunderbird, I would have said 1970. The actual grille of the car has more blades. Was this changed for a reason revealed in the wind tunnel?
That's back when Ford was toying with, and then dropping, 4-door sedan T-Birds. However, such a sedan received no specific mention in an SAE paper titled Generalizations on the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Sedan Type Automobile Bodies. Probably because this car did not yet exist when that paper was written. Written by whom, one might ask...?
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Written by whom, one might ask...?
William D. Bowman - Engineering Staff, Ford Motor Co.
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That's it.