What's this, powered by what - for 1 point?:
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Experts?
Professionals?
Mod-H car?
Australian?
Quote from: nicanary on July 01, 2016, 05:27:43 AM
Australian?
No; I found another country on the map!
Not NZ!
South Africa?
Made in UK ?
Made in Asia ?
Singapore
Japan ?
Macransa ?
Was it built in the 21st century ?
Quote from: oko94 on July 02, 2016, 05:18:28 PM
Was it built in the 21st century ?
I don't know when it was built.
Honda engine?
was the picture taken in Japan?
Toyota engine ?
Japanese engine ?
Knowing the Japanese penchant for all things 1950s British, is it MG powered?
Quote from: nicanary on July 04, 2016, 12:01:34 PM
Knowing the Japanese penchant for all things 1950s British, is it MG powered?
No!
European engine ?
British engine ?
Italian engine ?
Fiat engine ?
Besides the engine, does it include parts from other cars ?
Quote from: oko94 on July 09, 2016, 03:45:48 AM
Besides the engine, does it include parts from other cars ?
I don't know, sorry.
Home-built or made by a company ?
Quote from: oko94 on July 26, 2016, 12:22:17 PM
Home-built or made by a company ?
I don't think it was made by a company, though I don't know the name of the person who built it.
Can the car be found on a website in English language ?
Quote from: oko94 on July 28, 2016, 12:44:03 PM
Can the car be found on a website in English language ?
Maybe not.
My computer is set to always translate languages into English so I got it all in English, but if my memory serves me well it was a Japanese site.
And incidentally I can't find it again (I thought I'd save it as a favourite but it's disappeared) nor can I find any mention of this car by Googling...
Is the name a Japanese word starting with S, like Sakujo?
Quote from: Paul Jaray on July 30, 2016, 04:15:59 AM
Is the name a Japanese word starting with S, like Sakujo?
It does start with 'S', but it's and English word, not Japanese.
And it wasn't a Japanese word translated into English automatically by my computer because it's written on the car!
I know...I saw it but can't read it.
Quote from: Paul Jaray on July 30, 2016, 07:54:50 AM
I know...I saw it but can't read it.
OI doesn't say it any more, for those who didn't make a copy of it!
Was it something like "SuperSport"?
Just a name, like Sebastian?
That doesn't sound like and English word.
Are there any other cars with that name, like Sabertooth (well, those are 3-wheeled motorcycles but it's worth a try...)?
Quote from: Paul Jaray on August 01, 2016, 05:01:26 PM
Just a name, like Sebastian?
That doesn't sound like and English word.
Are there any other cars with that name, like Sabertooth (well, those are 3-wheeled motorcycles but it's worth a try...)?
I don't know of any other cars with the same name, no.
Not Sabertooth.
Let me know when you'd like a clue; I dish them out very sparingly on the Pro's board!
Is it the name of an animal ?
Was it a snake?
Salamander ?
Quote from: oko94 on August 03, 2016, 12:42:40 AM
Salamander ?
That's right!
Below is a front view which shows the name.
The other question asked was "What powers it?". We've ascertained it has a Fiat engine so now need to ascertain which Fiat engine.
Locked for oko94!
I've found the puzzle source page, here's a Google translation :
"This car is a car that Salamander (meaning giant salamander ) , seems the car that person had made by hand from the '60s . This individual is so it was replaced by the body of the out beating aluminum in FRP. In space steel tube frame , the vehicle weight is a whopping 300kg stand . While on-board engine is air-cooled flat twin engine primary Publica , it is enough sport if this vehicle weight . Design is also great ."
So the car has a Toyota Publica engine. The website is indeed titled "Fiat 500 battle" (in Japanese), hence the confusion, but it deals with classic cars in general, not only Fiat 500s.
Well found.
It must surely be the same site (which I haven't found again yet..) though I'm pretty sure the text said it was powered by a "2-cylinder horizontally opposed Fiat engine"; the only Fiat engine of that type I've been able to find was the one fitted to the Fiat 126 in Poland..
However, if the text you've found said it's a Toyota Publica engine then I'll accept that, as it seems much more likely than a Fiat 126 engine..
1 point for you.
Thanks for my 558th point !
I will send you the page URL via PM so you can check it out.