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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2014 => Topic started by: Otto Puzzell on April 05, 2014, 04:03:33 AM
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For one point: Name this odd auto.
Only a correct, complete and specific answer will earn a point; tag-on's to other guesses will not. So, be specific and complete!
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built for a movie?
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For a carnival or similar parade?
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built for a movie?
No sir
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For a carnival or similar parade?
Yes, of a sort
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was this built in New York?
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Yes!
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was the event related to the history of the city?
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was the event related to the history of the city?
Not tied to a historical event, from the information I have.
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did they try to commemorate an old race/racing car?
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did they try to commemorate an old race/racing car?
No.
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did this appear in a movie?
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It's builders may have filmed it, but it was not used in any commercially-released motion picture, as far as I know.
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was this a school project? End-of the year celebration maybe
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Yes - a school project!
Locked for you.
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I need to ask a lot more questions :)
Was this built in a high school?
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Not a high school
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Columbia University?
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No sir
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Is this one unlocked Otto?
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Not yet.
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thanks for your patience. Before you unlock it, was it put together by college students?
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thanks for your patience. Before you unlock it, was it put together by college students?
Yes it was - lock extended.
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pls unlock
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As you wish.
Open to all
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Wild guess Otto, but one of the best known US technical schools in the early twentieth century was located in New York City (actually the borough of Brooklyn) adjacent to an elevated railway line (no longer in existence), so I'm guessing that this vehicle was a product of that institution. Specifically, I'll guess that this was a product of an Engineering Department (probably Mechanical Engineering) of the Pratt Institute, likely for a special event such as Homecoming (float tug?). I don't know a date, but, judging by the clothing, I would guess 1920's or 1930's.
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That's quite a guess. I don't know the date, either.
To score the point, the vehicles name is needed.
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Well I'm not sure if it is the name, or not, but, after Googling "Pratt Institute Mechanical Engineering", I was able to locate the picture, and there are a number of handwritten signs attached to the vehicle which you have obscured in your posting. From this I conclude that one of the signs must contain the name of the car, and as near as I can decipher the signs, the most likely name is: Kween Kar. Part of the same sign also reads "Twin Twenty-Four" which could be a model designation.
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How did your wild guess lead you to Brooklyn, as there were also elevated rail lines in Manhattan and at least one other borough? Your intuiting of "a technical school" was also impressive. as this jalopy could have been cobbled together by anyone with a modicum of skills with tools.
Anyway, this one's done.
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The logic used here was really quite simple. Early on it was established that the vehicle was built in New York. Then you said: "Yes - a school project!" and "Not a high school" That says it was probably an institution higher than high school, as it is very unlikely that such project would have been undertaken by an elementary school. After I had established my theory, you confirmed that with the exchange: "was it put together by college students" - "Yes it was". The rather crude nature of the vehicle indicated to me that it was more likely to be produced by a technical school, rather than a sophisticated research university such as Columbia, which was mentioned. So my thought was: Where in New York City is a Technical School? My mind immediately jumped to the quite well known (at least in engineering circles) Pratt Institute, which was founded as a two year technical school before becoming a four year university (and later closing its Engineering Department). I almost ruled out Pratt out, as it was/is specifically located in Brooklyn, rather than New York City in general, but I decided to submit my theory when I discovered that a former elevated train line ran right through the Pratt Institute. So yes, it was a guess, albeit a one formed by logically fitting together various bits of established fact.
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...and, coincidentally, a wild guess that was at the same time a logical deduction that also matched exactly multiple and very specif components of the text one would find if one used GSI to find the puzzle picture.
Please pardon my skepticism; it's my nature. ;)