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For one point: Who is the gentleman pictured, and what is his connection with the world of cars?
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Jackie stewart perhaps?
I think the hair is too short for Lord Montague, Gibbs.
Is the gentleman perhaps German?
Bill
David Walliams' dad?
Quote from: Bill Murray on September 14, 2013, 03:05:22 PM
I think the hair is too short for Lord Montague, Gibbs.
Is the gentleman perhaps German?
Bill
Not German
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Sixten Sason of Saab
The type of car with which he is associated has been puzzled here before - more than once.
From USA?
Yes
Currently living?
No sir
Beginning that long, lurid slide to the black hole
White lines on the foreign postcard,
written in jest to the boy with the Vespa
Well, you don't go with the weekend doubles
You know they don't like puzzles like you
Not like you
I'm thinking that there's got to be a clue in there somewhere, but I haven't managed to work it out.
I can make an indirect connection with Jeep, though. Could this man be John North Willys?
Not Willys, and the car is not a Willys nor a Jeep.
Only reply #10 was a direct clue.
The picture must have been taken in the 60's, was he involved in the design department of a major car producer?
A fellow named Halstead ?
Quote from: ropat53 on October 15, 2013, 09:27:56 AM
The picture must have been taken in the 60's, was he involved in the design department of a major car producer?
I don't know when the picture was taken, but it could date from the 1960's. He was not part of a major manufacturers design department.
Was his connection with the world of cars related to racing?
Quote from: ropat53 on October 15, 2013, 05:20:14 PM
Was his connection with the world of cars related to racing?
No
I'm feeling generous today - another clue:
The automobile with which this man was associated, is of a general type that was the subject of a group puzzle dedicated to that type.
It was also a stand-alone puzzle.
Wild guess. Buses.
Is that Carl Wickman ?
Not buses; not Wickman
general type: streamliner maybe ?
Quote from: Ray B. on October 17, 2013, 11:34:02 AM
general type: streamliner maybe ?
A-ha! :grad:
Locked until your next reply.
I may not have the patience to check all the possibilities. The group puzzle must be paul's, then...
Let's try J. Roy Hunt, builder of several "House-cars".
If I'm wrong, please unlock this puzzle.
As you wish. Not Mr. hunt.
Unlocked! :)
Fred Bergholt ?
No sir. The car in question was not named for this man, but it did appear on another, better-known car.
There is more than enough in the Q and A so far to solve this with little effort.
was this a streamlined car or a camper?
yes, I know, but my question is about the type of car: was it a car or a camper?
A passenger automobile.
There is a sort-of Kevin Bacon-esque connection to this other puzzle:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=26298.0
William Stout??
Or, perhaps Charles Kettering of GM "X" car first generation fame.?
Edit: Never mind, no car named after him and I cannot seem to delete the post.
Quote from: Bill Murray on November 03, 2013, 10:09:15 AM
Or, perhaps Charles Kettering of GM "X" car first generation fame.?
Edit: Never mind, no car named after him and I cannot seem to delete the post.
No
Now, what can his indirect connection to this puzzle be?
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=26298.0
Is it Bob Gregorie, designer of Edsel Ford's streamline roadster?
No sir. This man never worked at Ford.
Despite a vigorous marketing effort, nowhere near 418,000 of this man's cars were sold in the model year in which it was was introduced.
Roy C. McCarty, formerly the service manager for the Lincoln-Mercury Div. of Ford, designer of the 1948 Mustang streamliner
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voilà
Is he the man behind the 1949 rear engined Mustang ?
EDIT: It appears that Wendax followed the clue as I did, but he found the name, while I didn't...
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on November 04, 2013, 03:29:33 AM
No sir. This man never worked at Ford.
Oh boy. It looks like I lead you all astray. :-[
Quote from: Ray B. on November 05, 2013, 04:14:00 AM
Is he the man behind the 1949 rear engined Mustang ?
He is , but Wendax just beat you to it.