My Christmas present for you is a group puzzle. Below you find some dashboards and a couple of girls (or women). Just find the cars which the dashboards belong to and the girls they are connected with. Some of the connections are straightforward, some are plain hints, others are tricky. Have fun!
More dashboards:
First batch of girls:
The rest of them:
The right combinations (Dashboard - girl):
1 - D: Panhard X69 - Mistinguette (Tom_I)
2 - E: Commer Cob - Maize cob girl (Tom_I)
3 - G: Neckar 1500 TS - Girls in a Siata Patriarca (4popoid)
4 - L: Giannini Vignale Eveline - Evelyn Ay Sempier (4popoid)
5 - K: StreetScooter - scooter girl (4popoid)
6 - J: Equus Bass 770 - Suzi Quatro (4popoid)
7 - C: Secam Addax Attila - Sophia Loren in the movie Attila (Tom_I)
8 - M: Yardney Electric - Marie Thérèse, Dauphine de France (Tom_I)
9 - B: Mollmobil - Kim Novak (Tom_I)
10 - A: Erad Midget - Snow White (Carnut)
11 - H: Autonova fam - idem (4popoid)
12 - F: Spatz 200 - Edith Piaf (Tom_I)
13 - I: VW 1303 World Cup 74 - Uschi Müller (Tom_I)
The experts didn't like my Christmas present. Let's see how the pros cope with this New Year's greeting.
Girl D is French actress and singer Mistinguett (real name Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois).
She is known to have owned a 1935 Panhard x73 Panoramique Coupé, which still exists, and that matches with Dashboard 1.
Happy New Year, Tom. I was counting on you. :)
Your answer is correct. It is not the dashboard of the Mistinguette car which is a X73, but of its predecessor X69. I saw the Mistinguette car three years ago in the Lohéac museum, a real beauty.
As always a shot in the dark to begin this challenge. Dashboard n.4 seems an Autobianchi Primula coupe'...in the Movie "La Primula Rossa", the main actress was Merle Oberon whose first movie was Anna Bolena that I suppose to be the last girl of your list. Happy new year Gerd, and thank you for this new exiting quiz.
Your shot in the dark was rather a near miss. The dashboard doesn't belong to an Autobianchi, but to another Italian car of that time. Your guess about the girl sounds interesting, but it is completely off target. Happy new year to you, too.
is no13 an East German passenger car?
Quote from: pnegyesi on January 01, 2014, 06:45:58 AM
is no13 an East German passenger car?
East German passenger car
And a Happy New Year to all.
Girl B is Kim Novak playing Moll Flanders in the 1965 film The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders.
Dashboard 9 is a Mollmobil made by Moll-Werke, Chemnitz, so I'm hoping that "Moll" is the link.
Well done again!
Though I will not fit into one, I would love to have a Mollmobil
Dashboard 11 is from the 1965 Autonova Fam.
I think I see enough of the car in Girl H to determine that it is the Autonove Fam, unfortunately I don't know who the girl in the picture is.
So, pictures 2 & H, with the connection being the Autonova Fam.
If I take what you meant (11 - H) and not what you wrote (2 - H), it is all correct. I don't know the girl either. Those girls are mainly for spicing this puzzle up and to tell you where to go (just like in real life 8) ).
Cherchez la fam. :headache:
Thanks Gerd. I don't know where that 2 came from. I guess I need to hire a proofreader.
Happy 2014!
Girl L is Miss America of 1954, Evelyn Ay Sempier, sitting in a 1954 Nash Metropolitan.
I don't think I see a Nash Metropolitan dashboard among the thirteen, so I'm guessing the connection is the girl. Dashboard 4 looked like it could be from a Fiat 124 "Eveline" Coupe Vignale, but the steering wheel wasn't right, so I thought it might be a tuner modification. Sure enough, the dashboard pictured is from an ad for a 1969 Giannini Vignali Eveline which is/was for sale in 2012.
So, pictures 4 & L, with the connection being Eveline/Evelyn.
Another perfect answer.
Dashboard 6 is from the new Equus Bass 770 From Equus Automotive of Detroit.
Girl J (unknown to me) playing a bass guitar.
So, pictures 6 & J, with the connection being bass.
Correct! I guess that girl was, although being American, more famous in Europe. It is Suzi Quatro.
I recognized both the Giannini Eveline (but I didn't know the name of Miss America), and Suzy Quatro, whose poster was in my room during the late seventies (but I was searching for an Audi Quattro or another 4wd)....this quiz is very difficult in my opinion.
Quote from: targhediferro on January 01, 2014, 05:11:57 PM
....this quiz is very difficult in my opinion.
I'm glad you like it. ;D
This one is a bit of a reach, but here goes.
Girl M is Marie Thérèse (1778-1851) Duchess of France.
Dashboard 10's shape reminds me of an MG dashboard but the instrument layout, and steering wheel aren't original. However, this dashboard looks like it could be a custom layout for a MGTD Duchess replica kit car.
So I'll try: pictures 10 & M, with the connection being Duchess.
Quote from: 4popoid on January 01, 2014, 10:10:54 PM
Girl M is Marie Thérèse (1778-1851) Duchess of France.
Right girl, wrong title. ;)
Quote from: 4popoid on January 01, 2014, 10:10:54 PM
Dashboard 10's shape reminds me of an MG dashboard but the instrument layout, and steering wheel aren't original.
Good observation.
Quote from: 4popoid on January 01, 2014, 10:10:54 PM
However, this dashboard looks like it could be a custom layout for a MGTD Duchess replica kit car.
So I'll try: pictures 10 & M, with the connection being Duchess.
Both conclusions are wrong, anyhow.
Girl M is Marie Thérèse of France (1778-1851) Duchess d'Angoulême. Sorry, she is a French Duchess, but bore the title of her husband.
Do I understand correctly that 10 & M are not the correct paring, or are they the correct pair, but I gave the wrong connection?
Quote from: 4popoid on January 02, 2014, 02:52:12 AM
Girl M is Marie Thérèse of France (1778-1851) Duchess d'Angoulême. Sorry, she is a French Duchess, but bore the title of her husband.
That's correct, but she had another title that will bring you closer to the puzzle solution.
10 and M do not pair.
Girl M, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, Duchess of Angoulême, became Dauphine of France in 1824 when her father-in-law became King Charles X, and her husband Louis Antoine became the Dauphin (heir to the throne).
Dashboard 8 is a Renault Dauphine, possibly set up for rallying, with non-standard instrumentation in the centre of the dash.
You got it Tom! I figured it out after I went to bed last night (early this morning), but decided to get some sleep and wait until this morning. My loss.
Dashboard 5 is from a StreetScooter, an electric delivery vehicle commissioned by Deutsche Post.
Girl K is an unknown young lady on a Vespa scooter.
So, pictures 5 & K, with the connection being scooter.
Quote from: Tom_I on January 02, 2014, 08:33:59 AM
Girl M, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, Duchess of Angoulême, became Dauphine of France in 1824 when her father-in-law became King Charles X, and her husband Louis Antoine became the Dauphin (heir to the throne).
Dashboard 8 is a Renault Dauphine, possibly set up for rallying, with non-standard instrumentation in the centre of the dash.
The girl and the connection are right, but there is more to this car which uses a Renault Dauphine as base, but is not a Renault. The extra instruments may serve as a hint.
M - 8
locked for Tom_I to find the right car.
Quote from: 4popoid on January 02, 2014, 10:41:49 AM
Dashboard 5 is from a StreetScooter, an electric delivery vehicle commissioned by Deutsche Post.
Girl K is an unknown young lady on a Vespa scooter.
So, pictures 5 & K, with the connection being scooter.
One more correct combination.
Sorry I removed my post, because in the meanwhile Wendax locked for Tom_I.
Quote from: Wendax on January 02, 2014, 12:10:29 PM
Quote from: Tom_I on January 02, 2014, 08:33:59 AM
Girl M, Marie Thérèse Charlotte, Duchess of Angoulême, became Dauphine of France in 1824 when her father-in-law became King Charles X, and her husband Louis Antoine became the Dauphin (heir to the throne).
Dashboard 8 is a Renault Dauphine, possibly set up for rallying, with non-standard instrumentation in the centre of the dash.
The girl and the connection are right, but there is more to this car which uses a Renault Dauphine as base, but is not a Renault. The extra instruments may serve as a hint.
M - 8 locked for Tom_I to find the right car.
Duh! I should have realised. They are electrical meters, and the car is a Henney Kilowatt, an all-electric car produced in the US in 1959/60 by a consortium called the National Union Electric Company. The bodywork and interior were virtually identical to the contemporary Renault Dauphine.
Another step closer to the solution. It is an electric conversion of a Renault Dauphine, but not the Henney Kilowatt.
I hadn't heard of this one before, but is this the Dauphine Electric launched at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto in 2001? Based on restored original Renault Dauphines, but with all-electric drivetrains, these were produced by a Canadian company called Feel Good Cars, later renamed to ZENN Motor Company.
I was surprised, too, to find so many different builders of electric Dauphines. It is not a Feel Good which has more modern extra instruments:
I'm running out of ideas here. Is it a Yardney Electric from the US, 1967?
The central instrument/switch panel seems to match.
Well found!
Let's have a try at Dashboard 13 which is a Volkswagen 1303 "Super Beetle". However, on looking closer, I think it's a 1974 World Cup Special Edition.
After West Germany's victory in the 1974 football World Cup, Karmann produced a batch of 25 VW 1303 convertibles painted in Cliff Green and black, with "World Cup '74" sidestripes and football-shaped gear lever knobs. These were given to members of the West German squad.
Girl I shows husband and wife Gerd and Uschi Müller, who would have received one of the World Cup Beetles.
Good sleuthing! It is indeed the VW 1303 World Cup 74 as well as Uschi and Gerd Müller. He shot the 2-1 goal for Germany in the final against some orange team. ;)
The picture was taken from the sedan version which was available to the public.
I think I've identified another dashboard, but I'm finding it hard to make a connection.
So a question, if I may. Is the model name of the car with Dashboard 2 also a word that could be used to describe something about one of the remaining girls?
Hard to tell if I follow your assumption correctly. Let me make you an offer: you tell your guess about Dashboard 2, and if it is correct, I'll lock that one for you.
Well, if you don't follow my assumption, then it's obviously wrong (I thought it probably was!).
But I'll take you up on your offer. Although it's left hand drive, I think Dashboard 2 is a Hillman Husky Series III, 1963-65, but I haven't got much further than that.
You are wrong, but so close to the right car that I will lock dashboard 2 for you to have one more guess. You will notice yourself whether your guess will be right as you can find the matching girl easily.
:doh:
Of course! Dashboard 2 is a Commer Cob (basically the same as a Hillman Husky), so the link is with Girl E, who is carrying a maize cob up an escalator.
Correct! ;D
Time for another"Hail Mary" try.
Dashboard 10 might be from a Singer 4AD, albeit with a custom dashboard and steering wheel.
Girl F is Edith Piaf the famous French singer.
So, pictures 10 & F, with the connection being singer.
Dashboard 10 is not a Singer. You are right with identifying Edith Piaf, but 10 and F do not match.
Even though it is not connected to Piaf, I need to establish the identity of Dashboard 10. Was my first hunch correct (Posr #24) correct, that Dashboard 10 is a custom layout for an MG?
The Dashboard 10 is not from an MG, stock or customized. But your guess in post #24 was heading in the right direction.
Losing some speed on this one. I think you are in need of a few hints (not in any chrono- or logical order, but one for each missing combination):
- Manfred Mann's Eskimo
- Think small!
- Wet goal for a Broken English girl on a motorcycle
- Ich bereue nichts!
;D
I'm not sure about the other clues yet, but "Ich bereue nichts" is German for "Je ne regrette rien", probably the most famous song performed by Girl F, Édith Piaf.
Her stage name came from a nickname she was given when she was younger, "piaf" being a dialectical word meaning sparrow, or a small bird in general. So to follow the logic, we need a German sparrow. I've just been looking up my Langenscheidt, and one German word for sparrow is "Spatz", which links to Dashboard 12. Originally designed by Egon Brütsch, the Spatz was made under licence and modified by Harald Friedrich of Altzmetall, marketed by Bayerishe Autowerke GmbH, formed in conjunction with the Victoria motorcycle company, and was later sold as the Victoria 250.
You certainly know how to read clues. ;)
Well done!
To summarize the info on the missing ones:
We have left over the dashboards 3, 7 and 10.
We know that dashboard 10 is not from a MG, but is somehow connected to a MG Midget.
Still waiting for the connection are girls A, C and G.
Some more hints:
Girl A is not personally important, but what she portrays.
Girl C is easily recognizable, the connection refers to the context she is shown in.
Girls G are not personally important, but the car they are sitting in.
We still have the clues:
- Manfred Mann's Eskimo
- Think small!
- Wet goal for a Broken English girl on a motorcycle
Who will snatch the last three points?
Having trouble identifying the cars but as a starter Girl A is Rachael Weisz as Snow White in a photo by Annie Liebovitz.
Snow whjite was of course known for living with 7 dwarfs..
Dash 7 seems to belong to a car which might be driven by a dwarf but I can't identify it.. But the connection would be Dwarf (think small!)
Manfred Mann's Eskimo was of course Quinn. Anthony Quinn (known for starring in films set in or financed by Libya) starred in 'Ulysses' with Libyan actress Rosanna Polesta, so is she girl C? And does Dash 3 belong to a Libyan-assembled car? Is Libya the connection?
Am I on the right track with either of these?
Wet Goal must be an anagram but of what? Lowgate?! I can't find anything about that..
Girl on a Motorcyle starred English singer/actress Marianne Faithfull.
Any connections here or am I following a blind alley?!
Quote from: Carnut on January 14, 2014, 07:52:32 AM
Having trouble identifying the cars but as a starter Girl A is Rachael Weisz as Snow White in a photo by Annie Liebovitz.
Snow white was of course known for living with 7 dwarfs..
Dash 7 seems to belong to a car which might be driven by a dwarf but I can't identify it.. But the connection would be Dwarf (think small!)
Snow White and the dwarfs is correct. Just think of another name for a dwarf and you have part of the car's name. It's not dashboard 7, by the way.
Quote from: Carnut on January 14, 2014, 07:52:32 AM
Manfred Mann's Eskimo was of course Quinn. Anthony Quinn (known for starring in films set in or financed by Libya) starred in 'Ulysses' with Libyan actress Rosanna Polesta, so is she girl C? And does Dash 3 belong to a Libyan-assembled car? Is Libya the connection?
Anthony Quinn is correct, but not Ulysses, not Rosanna Polesta, and Lybia is not the connection.
Quote from: Carnut on January 14, 2014, 07:52:32 AM
Wet Goal must be an anagram but of what? Lowgate?! I can't find anything about that..
Girl on a Motorcyle starred English singer/actress Marianne Faithfull.
Any connections here or am I following a blind alley?!
You are right about Marianne Faithfull and the movie. Just find out where she is heading with her motorcycle...
I'm still only finding half answers, but Girl C is Sophia Loren in a still from the 1954 film "Attila", which she starred in with Anthony Quinn. He played Attila the Hun, and she played a character called Honoria. I'm probably being stupid, but I still can't get any further with it.
Girls G are sitting in a Siata Patricia, but again I haven't made any progress.
And Marianne Faithfull was heading for Heidelberg on her motocycle, but I still seem to be heading nowhere... :-\
Right, so it's Girl A Snow White and Dash 10, an early MG Midget, the connection being the little people!
Quote from: Tom_I on January 14, 2014, 10:20:36 AM
I'm still only finding half answers, but Girl C is Sophia Loren in a still from the 1954 film "Attila", which she starred in with Anthony Quinn. He played Attila the Hun, and she played a character called Honoria. I'm probably being stupid, but I still can't get any further with it.
I came up with that film too but dismissed Girl C as Sophia Loren because it was made 60 years ago and she already looks too old to be a young Sophia Loren! She's still alive and sitll beautiful isn't she? Did she really look like that 60 years ago?!
Quote from: Tom_I on January 14, 2014, 10:20:36 AM
I'm still only finding half answers, but Girl C is Sophia Loren in a still from the 1954 film "Attila", which she starred in with Anthony Quinn. He played Attila the Hun, and she played a character called Honoria. I'm probably being stupid, but I still can't get any further with it.
Attila is the important part. :)
Quote from: Tom_I on January 14, 2014, 10:20:36 AM
Girls G are sitting in a Siata Patricia, but again I haven't made any progress.
And Marianne Faithfull was heading for Heidelberg on her motocycle, but I still seem to be heading nowhere... :-\
And what is the name of the "wet part" of Heidelberg? ???
Quote from: Carnut on January 14, 2014, 11:06:55 AM
Right, so it's Girl A Snow White and Dash 10, an early MG Midget, the connection being the little people!
A and 10 do match, but you still haven't found the right Midget. Think small!
So the Girl on a Motorcycle was heading for Heidelberg, which stands on the River Neckar.
Dashboard 3 is a Fiat-based Neckar and the vehicle in Girls G is a Fiat-based Siata.
So there is the connection between Dash 3 and Girls G!
I thought of this one on my drive home before I saw your 'wet part of Heidelberg' clue!
Dash 10 looked like a J2/3 Midget but I must say the wheel looked out of place and now you mention it it does look far too new. It doesn't look like a King Midget either so I'll have to dig deeper to find another Midget to make that Girl A and Dash 10 connection..
Well the "wet part" of Heidelberg is the Neckar and NSU made a car of that name, and dash 3 may well be that, but I can't prove it.
Snap!!
I think Carnut is correct regarding 3 & G, he just types faster than I do. Dashboard 3 could be (I can't prove it) a Necker Jagst, which is based on a Fiat 600. Girls G is a Siata Patricia, also based on a Fiat 600. So the connection would be Fiat 600.
If A & 10 is correct, that only leaves C and 7. I was on to Attila ages ago, but I can't seem to pair it with anything, and I can't figure out what Dashboard 7 might be, although it appears to be from some sort of electric golf cart type vehicle.
Quote from: Carnut on January 14, 2014, 12:51:11 PM
So the Girl on a Motorcycle was heading for Heidelberg, which stands on the River Neckar.
Dashboard 3 is a Fiat-based Neckar and the vehicle in Girls G is a Fiat-based Siata.
So there is the connection between Dash 3 and Girls G!
I thought of this one on my drive home before I saw your 'wet part of Heidelberg' clue!
The pair 3 and G is correct, and dashboard 3 is from a Neckar, but the model is still to be found, and the connection isn't correct yet. Regarding my hints I won't lock it.
Quote from: Carnut on January 14, 2014, 12:51:11 PM
Dash 10 must be a King Midget?
There we have the Midget connection 10 and A?
The pair 10 and A is correct, too, the midgets / dwarfs being the connection. But still not the right midget.
Quote from: 4popoid on January 14, 2014, 01:02:17 PM
I think Carnut is correct regarding 3 & G, he just types faster than I do. Dashboard 3 could be (I can't prove it) a Necker Jagst, which is based on a Fiat 600. Girls G is a Siata Patricia, also based on a Fiat 600. So the connection would be Fiat 600.
It is not a Neckar Jagst, so the connection is not the Fiat 600.
Quote from: 4popoid on January 14, 2014, 01:09:31 PM
If A & 10 is correct, that only leaves C and 7. I was on to Attila ages ago, but I can't seem to pair it with anything, and I can't figure out what Dashboard 7 might be, although it appears to be from some sort of electric golf cart type vehicle.
C and 7 surely make the last pairing. Dashboard 7 is from some sort of golf cart type vehicle, but not electric.
Quote from: Wendax on January 14, 2014, 01:14:39 PM
Quote from: 4popoid on January 14, 2014, 01:02:17 PM
I think Carnut is correct regarding 3 & G, he just types faster than I do. Dashboard 3 could be (I can't prove it) a Necker Jagst, which is based on a Fiat 600. Girls G is a Siata Patricia, also based on a Fiat 600. So the connection would be Fiat 600.
It is not a Neckar Jagst, so the connection is not the Fiat 600.
In fact the Siata Patricia was based on a SEAT 600 rather than a Fiat.
So is the connection that both the Neckar and the Siata were derived from cars made under licence from Fiat?
Might Dashboard 3 be from a Neckar (Mistral?)-NSU/FIAT-Siata 1500 TS? If so, the connection to Girl G would be Siata.
Quote from: 4popoid on January 14, 2014, 02:24:50 PM
Might Dashboard 3 be from a Neckar (Mistral?)-NSU/FIAT-Siata 1500 TS? If so, the connection to Girl G would be Siata.
That's it. The dashboard is from a Neckar 1500 TS, a German-assembled Fiat 1500 with a Siata engine.
Dashboard 7 might be from a Piaggio Ape ( Model B?), but, if so, I can't make any connection to Attila (Girl C). Perhaps one of the team can figure it out.
No Piaggio in there.
Is Dashboard 10 one of the many kit cars made to resemble an MG, but containing few, or no, MG parts, and bearing another name (such as Fiberfab, etc.)?
Quote from: Wendax on January 14, 2014, 01:13:10 PM
Quote from: Carnut on January 14, 2014, 12:51:11 PM
So the Girl on a Motorcycle was heading for Heidelberg, which stands on the River Neckar.
Dashboard 3 is a Fiat-based Neckar and the vehicle in Girls G is a Fiat-based Siata.
So there is the connection between Dash 3 and Girls G!
I thought of this one on my drive home before I saw your 'wet part of Heidelberg' clue!
The pair 3 and G is correct, and dashboard 3 is from a Neckar, but the model is still to be found, and the connection isn't correct yet. Regarding my hints I won't lock it.
Quote from: Carnut on January 14, 2014, 12:51:11 PM
Dash 10 must be a King Midget?
There we have the Midget connection 10 and A?
The pair 10 and A is correct, too, the midgets / dwarfs being the connection. But still not the right midget.
So is Dashboard 10 an Erad Midget?
Quote from: Carnut on January 14, 2014, 06:24:25 PM
So is Dashboard 10 an Erad Midget?
Yes, that's the one. Think small! ;D
Who will be the first to find the right car with "Attila" in its name?
Is Dashboard 7 from a vehicle that might be called a Tuk-Tuk?
No
Quote from: Wendax on January 15, 2014, 02:13:36 AM
Who will be the first to find the right car with "Attila" in its name?
Well this is an Attila Mk.3 Chevrolet:
I doubt that it features the dashboard in question. :)
Quote from: Wendax on January 15, 2014, 02:13:36 AM
Who will be the first to find the right car with "Attila" in its name?
Does it feature on the Internet?
I've trawled hundreds of Google pages but come up with very little other than a ride-on mower and a motor scooter made in Taiwan...
Yes, I have 2 hits for the full model name. ;)
Two cars of this maker have been puzzles here before.
Quote from: Wendax on January 15, 2014, 08:23:25 AM
Yes, I have 2 hits for the full model name. ;)
Two cars of this maker have been puzzles here before.
Maybe we need a bit of help to find the other names constituting the full model name..
Any chance of any clues?!
Quote from: Carnut on January 15, 2014, 09:39:27 AM
Maybe we need a bit of help to find the other names constituting the full model name..
Any chance of any clues?!
I guess it won't help, if I told you that depending on the colour of the car it was named Valéry, Barbara, Attila or Agathe? ;D
BTW, I was wrong that we already had two cars of this maker. The car was subsequently built by another maker, of whom we had two puzzle cars. At that time, our little beauty didn't carry the Attila designation any longer.
But here is a visionary clue about the maker: it was not Pal.
Quote from: Wendax on January 15, 2014, 09:52:49 AM
But here is a visionary clue about the maker: it was not Pal.
Thanks! That narrows the search down...!
Quote from: Carnut on January 15, 2014, 10:08:31 AM
Quote from: Wendax on January 15, 2014, 09:52:49 AM
But here is a visionary clue about the maker: it was not Pal.
Thanks! That narrows the search down...!
It does indeed, if you get the hint. ;)
Is Dashboard 7 a Roboplán Rocar?
No
Quote from: Wendax on January 15, 2014, 09:52:49 AM
But here is a visionary clue about the maker: it was not Pal.
Should we be thinking about colour encoding systems for analogue television?
Quote from: Tom_I on January 15, 2014, 04:04:18 PM
Quote from: Wendax on January 15, 2014, 09:52:49 AM
But here is a visionary clue about the maker: it was not Pal.
Should we be thinking about colour encoding systems for analogue television?
:nod:
OK, so if it's not PAL, the main alternatives are NTSC or SECAM.
I'm not sure where that leads, but with slight rearrangement you could get SECMA from Aniche in northern France. Are they the manufacturers?
Quote from: Tom_I on January 15, 2014, 05:15:01 PM
OK, so if it's not PAL, the main alternatives are NTSC or SECAM.
Correct!
Quote from: Tom_I on January 15, 2014, 05:15:01 PM
I'm not sure where that leads, but with slight rearrangement you could get SECMA from Aniche in northern France. Are they the manufacturers?
No need to rearrange the letters. :)
No pictures, but I've found a company called SECAM, short for Société Anonyme d'Études et de Construction Automobiles et Motocycles, from Chambly in northern France. They made three-wheeled microcars from 1975 to 1978. I haven't managed to associate it with the name Attila yet, but there's mention of the cars being made in several colours, which might fit in with an earlier clue.
Yes, that's the right company. You are almost there. :)
Slowly we get there...
This SECAM company initially used the brand name Addax, so for the full answer, it's Girl C, Sophia Loren in the 1954 film "Attila", and Dashboard 7, a 1975 Addax Attila voiturette, with polyester bodywork and a single cylinder 47cc two-stroke engine. And here it is.
That's the same car I found too but just couldn't find any reference to the Attila name (or any of the others mentioned by Wendax) on any site showing this car!
Quote from: Tom_I on January 16, 2014, 05:11:31 AM
This SECAM company initially used the brand name Addax, so for the full answer, it's Girl C, Sophia Loren in the 1954 film "Attila", and Dashboard 7, a 1975 Addax Attila voiturette, with polyester bodywork and a single cylinder 47cc two-stroke engine. And here it is.
That is the one. Later on, the Addax was built by Vitrex, not unknown here. Your complete answer finishes this puzzle off. Now I can award the points and think about a new group puzzle. Stay tuned! :)
The final score:
Tom_I: 7 points
4popoid: 5 points
Carnut: 1 point
Well done, gentlemen!
A very good head-scratcher Wendax!
Quote from: Carnut on January 16, 2014, 05:15:16 AM
That's the same car I found too but just couldn't find any reference to the Attila name (or any of the others mentioned by Wendax) on any site showing this car!
Here's a picture showing the small Attila decal:
And here is Barbara for you: