Please identify this car for a point:
Experts?
Pros?
Self-made?
From the USA?
Puzzle open to everyone.
Built between 1975 and 1985 ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 14, 2024, 03:01:34 AM
Built between 1975 and 1985 ?
A bit earlier than that.
Quote from: gte4289 on November 14, 2024, 03:16:07 AM
Quote from: oko94 on November 14, 2024, 03:01:34 AM
Built between 1975 and 1985 ?
A bit earlier than that.
After some review, I see that my source is inconsistent. It initially states that the build was begun and completed before 1975. Later, it states that the build began before 1975, but wasn't completed until some years after.
American engine ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 14, 2024, 05:56:51 PM
American engine ?
I'm not sure what engine it began with, but the original engine was eventually swapped out. The replacement engine (which it had at the time of the puzzle photo) was not American.
European replacement engine ?
Japanese replacement engine ?
Honda engine ?
Fiberglass body ?
Bespoke chassis ?
Did the build begin in 1972 ?
Was it advertised for sale in the last 6 months?
Quote from: pnegyesi on November 24, 2024, 04:47:31 PM
Was it advertised for sale in the last 6 months?
Not that I'm aware.
Was the builder known for other cars?
Quote from: pnegyesi on November 29, 2024, 05:48:51 AM
Was the builder known for other cars?
Good question. The builder was known for other cars, but not as the
builder of other cars.
Quote from: gte4289 on November 29, 2024, 06:29:42 AM
Quote from: pnegyesi on November 29, 2024, 05:48:51 AM
Was the builder known for other cars?
Good question. The builder was known for other cars, but not as the builder of other cars.
Was he a dealer?
Not a dealer
Designer?
Independent of worked for one of the Big Three?
Quote from: pnegyesi on November 30, 2024, 03:34:58 AM
Independent of worked for one of the Big Three?
Neither
So he was not a car designer, was he?
Industrial designer?
Quote from: pnegyesi on November 30, 2024, 12:06:57 PM
So he was not a car designer, was he?
Industrial designer?
He was a car designer, known for designing other cars.
Shot into the dark: Larry Shinoda?
Quote from: gte4289 on November 30, 2024, 04:14:46 PM
Quote from: pnegyesi on November 30, 2024, 12:06:57 PM
So he was not a car designer, was he?
Industrial designer?
He was a car designer, known for designing other cars.
Was he an employee of a design studio?
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 01, 2024, 08:26:13 AM
Quote from: gte4289 on November 30, 2024, 04:14:46 PM
Quote from: pnegyesi on November 30, 2024, 12:06:57 PM
So he was not a car designer, was he?
Industrial designer?
He was a car designer, known for designing other cars.
Was he an employee of a design studio?
Not that I'm aware.
Tom Tjaarda?
did he design race cars?
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 01, 2024, 12:56:37 PM
did he design race cars?
No. He was employed internally for a manufacturer and helped to design some well-known production cars.
okay, was it AMC?
Gerald Wiegert?
This is my oldest unsolved non-BH puzzle. I didn't expect it to last very long at all. Let's make it go away.
The builder of this car was an automotive designer for more than two decades. He spent most of that time working for one manufacturer, where he was the lead designer of numerous production cars. One of those cars featured a single design element that he considered to be his signature touch -- the one thing he'd be most remembered for as a designer. So when it came time to recondition the puzzle car (also when he swapped out the motor), he integrated that design element into this car. I chose this particular photo for the puzzle because the angle conceals that design element.
Quote from: gte4289 on January 17, 2025, 02:48:42 AM
He spent most of that time working for one manufacturer, where he was the lead designer of numerous production cars.
Was that manufacturer based in the USA ?
Quote from: oko94 on January 17, 2025, 02:56:43 AM
Was that manufacturer based in the USA ?
The manufacturer has multiple design studios and factories in the US, but it's headquartered in another country.
Japanese manufacturer ?
Toyota ?
Nissan ?
Honda ?
Quote from: gte4289 on January 17, 2025, 02:48:42 AM
One of those cars featured a single design element that he considered to be his signature touch -- the one thing he'd be most remembered for as a designer.
Retractable headlights ?
Quote from: oko94 on January 17, 2025, 03:59:42 AM
Quote from: gte4289 on January 17, 2025, 02:48:42 AM
One of those cars featured a single design element that he considered to be his signature touch -- the one thing he'd be most remembered for as a designer.
Retractable headlights ?
No
Was that design element featured on a Honda built in the eighties ?
Quote from: oko94 on January 17, 2025, 04:15:32 AM
Was that design element featured on a Honda built in the eighties ?
No
Was that design element featured on a Honda built in the seventies ?
Quote from: oko94 on January 17, 2025, 04:34:06 AM
Was that design element featured on a Honda built in the seventies ?
No
Was that design element featured on a Honda built in the nineties ?
Quote from: oko94 on January 17, 2025, 04:49:34 AM
Was that design element featured on a Honda built in the nineties ?
Yes
Dave Marek?
Quote from: gte4289 on January 17, 2025, 04:50:25 AM
Quote from: oko94 on January 17, 2025, 04:49:34 AM
Was that design element featured on a Honda built in the nineties ?
Yes
Most nineties Hondas were rather bland, so I can't really think of a prominent design feature. Maybe the slightly fared-in, round headlights featured on Integras and CRXs/Del Sols of that era ?
Quote from: oko94 on January 17, 2025, 06:11:20 AM
Maybe the slightly fared-in, round headlights featured on Integras...?
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Shell Halbert Renaissance by Douglas Halbert
Quote from: oko94 on January 17, 2025, 10:18:43 AM
Shell Halbert Renaissance by Douglas Halbert
Well found!
Thanks for the point !