Solved NTM #75 - 1901 Wood-Loco

Started by ftg3plus4, January 26, 2024, 05:06:55 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

ftg3plus4

NAME THAT MAKE #75

Haven't posted a puzzle in a long time, so I'm about due...

There may be a better picture to be found of this make, but I'll stick with this one.
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

ftg3plus4

Well, this was no longer on the first page of the Expert puzzles, and it looked like it wasn't getting any more views, so... it's time to toss it to the Pros!
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Fёdor


ftg3plus4

"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Allan L

#4
I think I recall a Haynes looking much like that, so is it that?
Opinionated but sometimes wrong

ftg3plus4

Not a Haynes.

You don't think I'd use that well-known of a make, do you?  ;D
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Allan L

Quote from: ftg3plus4 on January 31, 2024, 10:37:05 AM
Not a Haynes.

You don't think I'd use that well-known of a make, do you?  ;D
I find my memory isn't what it was, so I fall back on what I used to think I knew . . .
Opinionated but sometimes wrong

Fёdor

Did the manufacturer produce cars after 1910?

ftg3plus4

"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Fёdor

Did the manufacturer produce cars after 1905?

ftg3plus4

"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Fёdor


ftg3plus4

Yes, company made cars for a short time after 1901.
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Fёdor

#13
American Gas ?

Wood-Loco 8hp Runabout 1901

ftg3plus4

"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Fёdor


ftg3plus4

A better picture of a Wood-Loco, this one of a 1903 car.
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel