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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2013 => Topic started by: Quiller on July 10, 2012, 02:12:07 PM
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Name this car and a point be yours
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Haha, that's what I call a typical Quiller puzzle. ;D
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Haha, that's what I call a typical Quiller puzzle. ;D
Quite. He could write a book on the bizarre and weird!
Oh, just a minute - he already has!
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Expert attention required
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To the masters of the bizarre and weird...
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Is it Russian?
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Purely on the strength of the wheels I'd say it was British....?
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Purely on the strength of the wheels I'd say it was British....?
And the fact that it's RHD! Yes, it's from the UK ;)
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:bag:
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self-built by some dotty backyard 'specialist' or is there any 'company' behind? :D
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As far as I know, it's a pure one-off. If a company were involved, it surely didn't last that long with workmanship that 'special' :)
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Is the answer available online?
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Is the answer available online?
Not that I've seen...
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Not something to do with the Adams brothers before they learned how to do it properly is it?
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Not something to do with the Adams brothers before they learned how to do it properly is it?
No! I think Dennis Adams always knew his onions
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Skodec-Diva Martin Valkyrie? (I hope not!)
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Skodec-Diva Martin Valkyrie? (I hope not!)
!! (no)
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Skodec-Diva Martin Valkyrie? (I hope not!)
!! (no)
As a Diva aficionado I heave a sigh of relief!
I'm still trying to find a photo of the Skodec-Diva if anyone knows of a source....... :)
Did the puzzle car appear in a kitcar magazine or in one such as Autosport?
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It looks like the Marcos Mantis XP when I take my glasses off and squint a bit...........
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As a Diva aficionado I heave a sigh of relief!
I'm still trying to find a photo of the Skodec-Diva if anyone knows of a source....... :)
Did the puzzle car appear in a kitcar magazine or in one such as Autosport?
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I have the original photo in my collection - and I can't say I've seen it anywhere else. This is the very definition of obscure!
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Wilde?
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Wilde?
Not that...
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Anything to do with Les Redmond?
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I only have the name of the car, not the builder
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Is the name an original one or was it used before?
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Is the name an original one or was it used before?
Not used on any other car before or since (as far as I know)...
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Is it named after something (or someone?)
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I thought it was an invented name, but I did a search online for it and the name appears in the works of JRR Tolkein, no less...
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Legolas?
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Sindar?
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Neither Legolas nor Sindar...
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Perhaps it's called the Hobbit?
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The way it looks Gollum would be more appropriate. :D
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Mordor?
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Just to warn you, it's quite a obscure Tolkein reference
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Shadowfax?
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Is the Tolkein reference, the name of a place?
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It's the name of a not-particularly-well-known female character in The Silmarillion...
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Elwing?
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Haleth?
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Neither of those...
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Nienna?
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Shelob?
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Lalaith?
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Shelob would be a good name for the spider version.
But alas, none of those names matches...
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Rìan?
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It must be Varda, because "she is said to be too beautiful for words". ;D
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Neither of those...
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Luthien?
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Melian?
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Nor those...
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Aredhel?
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Aredhel?
Nope...
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Idril?
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Nienor (also known as Niniel)?
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Andreth?
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None of these, by my liege
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Morwen?
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Bump!
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Not Morwen, and I don't recall a character called Bump in Tolkein's oeuvre ;)
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Not Morwen, and I don't recall a character called Bump in Tolkein's oeuvre ;)
Ah - you must gen up on your Hobbitology!
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Thuringwethil
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Thuringwethil
Oh that any car should be called this! Sadly not...
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Plenty more to go..
How about Indis?
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Plenty more to go..
How about Indis?
Indis regard... No
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Sauron then?
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Aerin?
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Aerin?
No... But that's the closest guess so far
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Morwen?
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Thalion?
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Aerin?
No... But that's the closest guess so far
Earwen then?
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Arien?
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Arien?
That's the one! :applause:
The full list of characters from Tolkein's oeuvre makes daunting reading, so I'm glad we didn't have to go through the lot!
The Arien was a 1974 one-off with a plywood chassis, Ford Prefect mechanicals, glassfibre body and a Morris Marina rear screen as the windscreen
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Phew...there were dozens of names left!
That was fun...I really would like to know a place were those rarities are featured...book or magazine.
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Phew...there were dozens of names left!
And 'Arien' was earmarked for my very next guess!
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Phew...there were dozens of names left!
That was fun...I really would like to know a place were those rarities are featured...book or magazine.
I don't believe the Arien has ever been seen before in any publication - print or internet.
The idea of a book about specials and one-offs is a great one, but it might be a hard sell to the public. There was once a magazine called Specials in the 1980s devoted to one-offs but, er, it turned out to be a one-off too!
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Phew...there were dozens of names left!
That was fun...I really would like to know a place were those rarities are featured...book or magazine.
I don't believe the Arien has ever been seen before in any publication - print or internet.
The idea of a book about specials and one-offs is a great one, but it might be a hard sell to the public. There was once a magazine called Specials in the 1980s devoted to one-offs but, er, it turned out to be a one-off too!
It wasn't by Chris Rees was it?! Or maybe Peter Filby..?
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Ah yes a Peter Fibly publication it was indeed
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Ah yes a Peter Fibly publication it was indeed
I love all his publications - they are always witty and entertaining.
Even his titling is entertaining, such as producing a volume 2 when there is no such thing as a volume 1...!
I know you know him well having co-written with him, as indeed I do as he's featured my car in his latest TVR tomes..