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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2015 => Topic started by: DHoffmann on June 10, 2015, 09:57:10 AM

Title: GTC #131 SOLVED: Hi-Lo-Truck by C & R Transfer co.
Post by: DHoffmann on June 10, 2015, 09:57:10 AM: Well experts, it's a palindrome so you know what that means!

Guess that truck time!

What is this and why is it special?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 05, 2015, 12:46:01 AM: Professionals instead?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: AlexFrance on July 07, 2015, 01:10:02 PM: Apparently the load area was meant to move up and down?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: 4popoid on July 07, 2015, 01:48:13 PM: Dutch built FTF (Floor Truck Fabriek), with rising/lowering bed?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: pguillem on July 07, 2015, 05:10:31 PM: CCC ?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 07, 2015, 08:26:04 PM: Quote from: AlexFrance on July 07, 2015, 01:10:02 PM
Apparently the load area was meant to move up and down?
Indeed, that is the special feature of this vehicle.

Quote from: 4popoid on July 07, 2015, 01:48:13 PM
Dutch built FTF (Floor Truck Fabriek), with rising/lowering bed?
Not by them, no. Yes - correct feature.

Quote from: pguillem on July 07, 2015, 05:10:31 PM
CCC ?

Not a name I have associated with this, no.
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: 4popoid on July 11, 2015, 03:25:40 AM: German built Afa (Akkumulatorenfabrik AG), with rising/lowering bed?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 11, 2015, 05:29:27 AM: Quote from: 4popoid on July 11, 2015, 03:25:40 AM
German built Afa (Akkumulatorenfabrik AG), with rising/lowering bed?

Nope, wrong country.
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: 4popoid on July 11, 2015, 12:40:07 PM: European marque?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 11, 2015, 10:13:50 PM: Quote from: 4popoid on July 11, 2015, 12:40:07 PM
European marque?

No it is not.

For clarity I'm not after the model of the truck - I'm not actually sure of that myself - but rather the name and company behind the modifications. Think of it as a truck tuner. :D
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: 4popoid on July 11, 2015, 10:49:16 PM: Is (was?) this "truck tuner" located in Australia or New Zealand?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 12, 2015, 05:24:11 AM: Quote from: 4popoid on July 11, 2015, 10:49:16 PM
Is (was?) this "truck tuner" located in Australia or New Zealand?

Not from either of those two locales, no.
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: 4popoid on July 12, 2015, 07:59:24 AM: Is (was?) this "truck tuner" located in South America?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 13, 2015, 08:09:28 AM: Quote from: 4popoid on July 12, 2015, 07:59:24 AM
Is (was?) this "truck tuner" located in South America?

I wouldn't focus on 'truck tuner' as a search term, this is simply a modification to a truck for the purposes named above.

Not from South America.
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: 4popoid on July 13, 2015, 12:05:27 PM: From North America?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 14, 2015, 12:24:05 AM: Quote from: 4popoid on July 13, 2015, 12:05:27 PM
From North America?
Yes indeedy.
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: 4popoid on July 14, 2015, 12:57:01 AM: Does the palindromic name I'm looking for consist of just three letters?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 14, 2015, 01:33:42 AM: Quote from: 4popoid on July 14, 2015, 12:57:01 AM
Does the palindromic name I'm looking for consist of just three letters?

Hah, sorry the palindrome refers to the puzzle number (131), not the name!

The name(s - 1 for the truck and one for the company that uses and may have built it) I have are longer than three letters. And non-palindromic.
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: pguillem on July 14, 2015, 10:18:58 AM: Is it a Kenworth 521 ?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 14, 2015, 12:21:07 PM: Quote from: pguillem on July 14, 2015, 10:18:58 AM
Is it a Kenworth 521 ?

Whilst that might be the origin of the front portion of this truck, the custom modifications are what hold my attention for this puzzle!

I don't actually have any front-on images so I cannot say with any certainty if Kenworth donated one of their creations to this.
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: pguillem on July 14, 2015, 02:52:03 PM: Was it made by ACME conversions ?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 15, 2015, 02:03:03 AM: Quote from: pguillem on July 14, 2015, 02:52:03 PM
Was it made by ACME conversions ?

Nope, I do not have that name as being involved here.
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: Paul Jaray on July 15, 2015, 03:19:40 AM: Late 60s?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 15, 2015, 10:02:46 AM: Quote from: Paul Jaray on July 15, 2015, 03:19:40 AM
Late 60s?

Nossir.
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: Paul Jaray on July 15, 2015, 02:44:55 PM: Early 50s? Now I saw that car in the background...
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 15, 2015, 10:33:21 PM: Quote from: Paul Jaray on July 15, 2015, 02:44:55 PM
Early 50s? Now I saw that car in the background...
Also not quite...
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: Paul Jaray on July 16, 2015, 03:22:24 AM: Late 50s?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 16, 2015, 07:26:13 AM: Quote from: Paul Jaray on July 16, 2015, 03:22:24 AM
Late 50s?

Split the difference and you have mid 50s. :)
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: Paul Jaray on July 17, 2015, 06:19:01 AM: Is this picture from a '55 source?
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 18, 2015, 05:13:14 AM: Quote from: Paul Jaray on July 17, 2015, 06:19:01 AM
Is this picture from a '55 source?
Quite.
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: Paul Jaray on July 18, 2015, 08:12:26 AM: Hi-Low-Truck by C&R Transfer Co. from San Diego, California.
(59 magazines later...)
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: pguillem on July 18, 2015, 10:59:07 AM: Another Labor of Hercules... :applause: :applause: :applause:
Title: Re: GTC #131
Post by: DHoffmann on July 18, 2015, 06:39:15 PM: Quote from: Paul Jaray on July 18, 2015, 08:12:26 AM
Hi-Low-Truck by C&R Transfer Co. from San Diego, California.
(59 magazines later...)

What pguillem said.

Fantastic solving, and a point very duly awarded!