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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2016 => Topic started by: Carnut on May 20, 2016, 07:14:41 AM
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What's this, powered by what - for 1 point?:
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Experts?
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Professionals?
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Mod-H car?
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Mod-H car?
No.
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Australian?
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Australian?
No; I found another country on the map!
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Australian?
No; I found another country on the map!
;D. It looks warm there. New Zealand?
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Not NZ!
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South Africa?
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South Africa?
No.
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Made in UK ?
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Made in UK ?
No.
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Made in Asia ?
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Made in Asia ?
Yes..
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Singapore
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Japan ?
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Singapore
No..
Japan ?
..and Yes!
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Macransa ?
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Macransa ?
No.
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Was it built in the 21st century ?
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Was it built in the 21st century ?
I don't know when it was built.
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Honda engine?
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was the picture taken in Japan?
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Honda engine?
No.
was the picture taken in Japan?
I believe so, yes.
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Toyota engine ?
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Toyota engine ?
No.
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Japanese engine ?
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Japanese engine ?
No!
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Knowing the Japanese penchant for all things 1950s British, is it MG powered?
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Knowing the Japanese penchant for all things 1950s British, is it MG powered?
No!
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European engine ?
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European engine ?
Yes!
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British engine ?
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British engine ?
No.
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Italian engine ?
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Italian engine ?
Yes!
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Fiat engine ?
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Fiat engine ?
Yes!
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Besides the engine, does it include parts from other cars ?
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Besides the engine, does it include parts from other cars ?
I don't know, sorry.
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Home-built or made by a company ?
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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.
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Can the car be found on a website in English language ?
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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...
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Is the name a Japanese word starting with S, like Sakujo?
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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!
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I know...I saw it but can't read it.
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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!
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Was it something like "SuperSport"?
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Was it something like "SuperSport"?
Not at all.
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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...)?
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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!
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Is it the name of an animal ?
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Is it the name of an animal ?
Yes!
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Was it a snake?
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Salamander ?
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Thanks for my 558th point !
I will send you the page URL via PM so you can check it out.