solved: ig_45 - Custoca Hurrycane

[dzima1985]

Easy for Rookies.
Identify this car for 1 point!  

[dzima1985]

Experts!

[moltogatto]

Marcos?

[dzima1985]

Marcos?

Not, no Marcos.

[ValkyrieGT]

Custoca Hurrycane, from Austria.
Introduced in 1971 by Gerhard Holler, about 100 produced.

[dzima1985]

Custoca Hurrycane, from Austria.
Introduced in 1971 by Gerhard Holler, about 100 produced.

Good answer, Valkyrie, but right name - Hurricane.
1 point for you. Well done!

[RayTheRat]

Would it be possible to post the original photo (without the color alteration)?

Thanks,

RtR

[dzima1985]

Would it be possible to post the original photo (without the color alteration)?

Thanks,

RtR

Original photo for you, RTR.
Hurricane et Strato:

[RayTheRat]

Thank you!

RtR

[sixtee5cuda]

Strangely enough, a lot of the english-language literature about this car, does call it a "Hurrycane".

[Wendax]

... because Custoca themselves called it that:

[dzima1985]

Strangely enough, a lot of the english-language literature about this car, does call it a "Hurrycane".

and

... because Custoca themselves called it that:

Apparently, I have the wrong source...
Sorry, Valkyrie, you are right.

[D-type]

Why did you mirror the puzzle picture?

[dzima1985]

Why did you mirror the puzzle picture?

It's simple - Google Search Image not find my images.

[Wendax]

From the puzzles rulebook:

The following picture modifications are not OK, and are considered by consensus to be unacceptable and unsportsmanlike.

(...)
4.   Reversing a picture to make an LHD vehicle appear RHD, or vice-versa.

I can understand why you did it, but it rather fools the puzzlers than it does prevent cheating. I think anyone who is willing to cheat by using GSI won't hesitate to try it with a mirrored picture too.

[RayTheRat]

I wondered about this, so I did the least obvious thing, I read the rules:

Rules, Part 1: Modification of posted pictures:

The following picture modifications are A-OK, and are considered by consensus to be acceptable.

1.   Change color, or change to black-and-white or sepia tone.
2.   Obscure or delete telltale background elements.
3.   Obscure or delete badges, logos and number plates.

The following picture modifications are not OK, and are considered by consensus to be unacceptable and unsportsmanlike.

1.   Replace design elements from one vehicle with those of another (wheels, grille, etc.)
2.   Photoshop modifications that change the basic configuration of a car (change a coupe to a roadster; make a Tyrelll  P34 a four-wheeled car, etc).
3.   Photoshop modifications that place a vehicle in an incorrect time or place.
4.   Reversing a picture to make an LHD vehicle appear RHD, or vice-versa.

It seems that Rule 4 suggests that it's not ok to reverse or mirror an image.  There are better ways to eliminate Google SBI that are within the scope of the rules.  Since I don't post many puzzles, I'll "spill the beans" on a method that seems to work pretty well.  That's to rotate and crop the image slightly.  It may not be fool-proof (believe me, after a career as a software developer, I can tell you that all "fool-proofing" does is find more creative fools) but it's worked for me in the puzzles I've posted cuz I use SBI to test before posting.

While I'm on the soapbox, I (and this is just personal opinion) don't care for the color alteration.  I can understand its use for foiling attempts to solve by SBI, but I'd like to see the original image in the solution because I collect the puzzle images for my own personal reference library.  I suppose other computer geeks do the same.  Since I have over 11 terabytes of disk on my "mainframe" computer, I can store lotsa stuff...and that library is only a minor portion of the images when considering that it's very easy to shoot up 20 gb of photos in a single day of race photography.  But I digress.  I'd just like to see the unaltered photo along with the solution, unless there's some special reason not to.

That's my 37 cents' worth.

RtR

[mekubb]

What's this and when was it built ?

[WayneB]

1967 Fiberfab Valkyrie?

[mekubb]

No sir

[WayneB]

Dont think its a Fiberfab Avenger GT so maybe its a Fiberfab Europa made in Germany?

[mekubb]

Not a Fiberfab at all and not from Germany...

[WayneB]

Looks like it was moulded from a Fibrefab body originally.

Must be from Poland ?

[mekubb]

I agree it has the looks of a Fiberfab.... I wonder if the lady was included in the sale back then 

Not from Poland, but Europe it is !

[WayneB]

Sweden.

Bonito.

[mekubb]

Not Sweden and not Bonito