What is this?
1 point for you.
(Puzzlers with more than 400 points, consider the opportunity to leave this puzzle for a few days, if you want ;) )
:popcorn:
From the USA?
Not from there...
German?
Not German.
It takes a lot of work to cut and hammer louvres in the bonnet sides, if they're not already there. Mercedes 170V base car?
nope...
From Europe?
Yes!
Ford Taunus 12M from 1952/55. Tram lines indicate a large city.
Austria?
As the first 400+ points puzzler joined in, may I answer now?
Quote from: Wendax on February 05, 2016, 12:58:59 PM
As the first 400+ points puzzler joined in, may I answer now?
Whoops! Sorry PJ. I haven't got any idea what it is, anyway.
Power by Ford?
Not Ford.
Quote from: nicanary on February 05, 2016, 12:53:21 PM
Ford Taunus 12M from 1952/55. Tram lines indicate a large city.
Austria?
Holland?
It seems I missed a couple of replies here.
Not from Austria or Holland.
This puzzle cames from a source used before for several puzzles and I know some of you knows it.
There is no lock, but just a request to keep it alive for a while.
I know you know it, Wendax, because some of your puzzles came from there: to give you a go equals to end it here.
Nicanary, if you don't know it, there's no harm in playing.
This new 'plus 400 points' matter is just about that and for my puzzles, I do not set it as a rule but as a gentleman's agreement.
Open to all puzzlers with less than 600 points!
(next step would be to name who can't play ;D )
Made in Italy ?
not from Italy.
From a former Warsaw Pact country ?
Not from there.
Switzerland ?
Not from there.
Scandinavia ?
Yes.
Sweden ?
nope.
Sweden was RHD back then. From Denmark, based on a commercial vehicle?
Denmark is right. Not based on a commercial vehicle.
Based on a Danish made car? :o
Nope.
Chassis and engine of the same European make?
Engine and many parts came from an European make. Don't know about the chassis.
British engine ?
Not British.
French engine?
Volvo engine ?
Not French or Volvo.
Quote from: ropat53 on February 11, 2016, 01:32:52 PM
Sweden was RHD back then.
Actually Sweden was never RHD.
Although they drove on the left until 1968 their cars were always LHD, including the Volvos and Saabs made there.
They were of the opinion that it was safer for the driver to alight directly on to the footpath rather than into the road; pity about the poor old front seat passenger... Only the buses were RHD and they were the only vehicles which needed to be modified to cope with the switch from driving on the left to the right hand side; all the entry and exit doors had to be relocated to the right side of the vehicle.
German engine ?
Yes!
DKW ?
Not DKW.
Engine from a manufacturer that is still active ?
Yes!
BMW ?
Opel engine ?
Yes!
Was the car built after WWII ?
Yes.
Ofelia?
Not that.
Built between 1945 and 1950 ?
most likely.
Magrelen?
Not that.
Jacobsen
Not that...
I will unlock this in few days.
The lock is there to give puzzlers the chance to play and not to stop the 'usual suspects' to score. ;)
Time for a clue: this is how the car was rebuilt after its career.
Unlocked! ;)
Kronsbjerg Special, built by Svend-Eiler Kronsbjerg of Odense, Denmark. It was powered by a 1939 Opel Kapitän engine. Originally a dirttrack car, it was converted for road use in the 1950s.
All correct, of course!
Point for you!
Quote from: Wendax on February 20, 2016, 10:03:52 AM
Kronsbjerg Special, built by Svend-Eiler Kronsbjerg of Odense, Denmark. It was powered by a 1939 Opel Kapitän engine. Originally a dirttrack car, it was converted for road use in the 1950s.
Same car before and after the puzzle photo: