Solved -PJ528- Ali 3WC

Paul Jaray · April 25, 2013, 09:36:37 AM

This is a different kind of puzzle.
The car you see here is quite easy, but not THAT easy.
I'd like to know how it was supposed to be called.
If you guess and you are wrong, you are out.
You have to be sure and post the right answer.
I won't give clues...(but there's a big one).

Paul Jaray · April 25, 2013, 09:38:06 AM

Read the rules!
Who will be first?
(I think I'll post more of these...)

Otto Puzzell · April 25, 2013, 01:47:46 PM

A Pontiac-Fiero based Enterra Vipre?

Paul Jaray · April 25, 2013, 02:45:13 PM

Quote from: Paul Jaray on April 25, 2013, 09:36:37 AM

The car you see here is quite easy, but not THAT easy.

Ouch...you are out :-\
I can't give clues...you'll see why it's not the correct answer at the end.

Otto Puzzell · April 25, 2013, 05:42:39 PM

Somebody had to go first! ;D

sixtee5cuda · April 25, 2013, 08:50:47 PM

I'll be the second to die, I guess.

The original intention was that the Enterra Vipre would be called the Enterra Style package, and sold directly by GM.

ropat53 · April 25, 2013, 10:04:57 PM

I'll be the third. Other names considered were Sprint, P3000, Pegasus, Fiamma, Sunfire, and Firebird XP

dzima1985 · April 26, 2013, 01:09:13 AM

I'll be the fourth.
Joe Palumbo's Viper 2000 Prototype for Enterra?

"The car was built as a prototype by AAT (Advanced Automotive Technologies). The car came to Canada, when mr. Palumbo entered a joint venture with a Canadian company who wished to use the Viper 2000 design to build panels for the new Fiero. The car was to be known as the Enterra Vipre."

Paul Jaray · April 26, 2013, 12:57:24 PM

Oh my...that's a mess!
Not Enterra, Style Package, Vipre, Sprint, P3000, Pegasus, Fiamma, Sunfire, Firebird XP or Viper 2000.

1st of all...if you were right you'll knew it right away!
Dzima1985 gave many right facts but you didn't notice the big clue left in the pic.

dzima1985 · April 26, 2013, 02:33:41 PM

I am with sixtee5cuda know the answer, but it's too late .. ;)

Paul Jaray · April 26, 2013, 02:39:57 PM

Quote from: dzima1985 on April 26, 2013, 02:33:41 PM
I am with sixtee5cuda know the answer, but it's too late .. ;)

If you found the answer you know why it is the right one, with no doubts.
If nobody will get it, I know how to open it again.
It's a new kind of puzzle I have in mind and this is a ..test.
(Why do you think sixtee5cuda knows the answer? If the explanation doesn't reveal anything, of course)

dzima1985 · April 26, 2013, 04:30:00 PM

My version has helped to sixtee5cuda find the answer.
So I want him to try to guess.
Thanks ..

Paul Jaray · April 28, 2013, 07:46:01 AM

Read the rules, please.
Otto, Sixtee5cuda, Ropat53, and you Dzima1985 cannot reply to this puzzle anymore. ;)

Paul Jaray · April 30, 2013, 05:59:57 AM

Now, 2 of you know the answer and it didn't take long.
What about all others? No-one is risking?

Paul Jaray · May 06, 2013, 12:43:43 PM

The answer is much, much easier now...you just have to take a good look at it!

Paul Jaray · May 06, 2013, 02:39:26 PM

If you guess at the car and you are wrong, you can't guess anymore...but you can always try a different approach...

ValkyrieGT · May 10, 2013, 01:50:14 AM

1988 Enterra TR256(L.A. Motor Show, 1988). One of two built.

ValkyrieGT · May 10, 2013, 01:59:12 AM

Delivered to Longpre Pontiac, Westminster, California...after the 1988 Los Angeles auto show. :)

Paul Jaray · May 10, 2013, 03:29:40 AM

Thank you for keeping this alive...but it's not the right answer.
As I wrote before, I could have posted many pics of the Enterra, but only this one can be found of the ______!
There is no doubt, once you'll find the answer you'll know why it is the correct one.
Unfortunately you are out too now :-\
Enterra is not the name, but in the previous replies there was something that will lead you to the solution.

Otto, Sixtee5cuda, Ropat53, Dzima1985 and ValkyrieGT cannot reply to this puzzle anymore ;)

Carnut · May 10, 2013, 05:19:01 AM

Is it a prototype for the official Mera conversion package?
I only guess that because of the Ferrari-like wheels..

Paul Jaray · May 10, 2013, 05:22:52 AM

Not Mera.
I'll explain even better.
There's a man in the picture. He is the key. I had to blur his head because it's quite known.
I won't give further clues on him.
You can find all you need here...you will have no doubts then.
Since 2 of you know the answer, after a short period, I'm going to open it for all again.

Tom_I · May 10, 2013, 08:08:40 AM

Is it Muhammad Ali in the picture, and was the car going to be the Ali 3WC?

Around the time the Enterra was designed Ali set up a company called Ali Motors Inc to make a GM-based sports car to be designed by Joe Palumbo, but in the end it was never produced.

dzima1985 · May 10, 2013, 09:10:51 AM

Quote from: Tom_I on May 10, 2013, 08:08:40 AM
Is it Muhammad Ali in the picture, and was the car going to be the Ali 3WC?

Around the time the Enterra was designed Ali set up a company called Ali Motors Inc to make a GM-based sports car to be designed by Joe Palumbo, but in the end it was never produced.

:thumbsup:

Paul Jaray · May 13, 2013, 02:17:58 PM

And you are right, of course!
It's easy when you know the answer!

dzima1985 · May 13, 2013, 02:25:02 PM

Paul, unmodified photo, please..

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Solved -PJ528- Ali 3WC