Solved: Rust never sleeps - Carchitextra 2

[Wendax]

Life is boring at Master level! So there is ample of time to create mind-bending puzzles. So here it is: the new version of "Rust never sleeps - Carchitextra"! All you have to do is to find a connection between one of the more or less rusty cars in the first section, one of the pieces of architecture in the second section, and one of the pictures in the Extra section. In order to make it not too easy, there won't always be a direct connection between all three pictures of the right combination. It might be that the architecture might link to the extra because of the location, and the rusty car doesn't link to the architecture, but only to the extra by name similarity. Or the other way around. Just try and find out. I hope this puzzle will last long enough to reach Master level in a few weeks with still many combinations to be found. 
One point for each triple combination found, no lock for just identifying a single picture. Have fun!

The first 12 rusty vehicles:

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The next 12 rusty vehicles:

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And the last 12 rusty ones:

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Architecture, first part:

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Architecture, second part:

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Architecture, last part:

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Extras, first part:

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Extras, second part:

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Extras, last part:

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The correct answers:
A: 1953 Durant - 22: Durant-Dort factory in Flint - b: 1930 Durant racer (oko94)
B: Standard 10 van – 31: Standard Oil Building, New York - e: Standard E1 (gte4289)
C: Le Roitelet - 19: Goldcrest Views 2 in Dubai - j: Ford Escort Mk2 Goldcrest (gte4289)
D: 1926 Oakland Six Tourer – 25: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge – w: Ken Block Ford Fiesta in Gymkhana 5 (gte4289)
E:City Wheels Ltd Electric Car – 11:Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre Fairfax Street – aj:EasyMile EZ10 (Djetset)
F: Star Nestor 18/50 - 24: Museo Nestor in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria - aa: Star 660 Papamobil (gte4289)
G: Camat Douro - 32: Luis I Bridge, Vila Nova de Gaia - ac: Inspecção de Veículos Porsche, Rua de S. Dinis (gte4289)
H: Mitsubishi Sigma Wagon - 23: A Sigma supermarket - ah: Sigma Type V (Djetset)
I: Mildé-Kriéger AEK  - 28: Rainbow Warrior memorial at Matauri Bay – y: Matchbox Guy Warrior car transporter (gte4289)
J: 1958 'Thor' by Nik Gudmunds and Jerry Ball – 26: Thor SM-75 PGM-17 Missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida – af: FMA Donar 50 HP (gte4289)
K: AFM-BMW - 10: Schloss Falkenhausen - q: Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) (gte4289)
L: Steyr Typ 250- 36: St. Michael's catholic church (Michaelerkirche) in Steyr - o: Steyr-Puch Projekt S (Djetset)
M: Ariès CC 4/2 Torpedo Commercial - 4: Aries Avenue, Karnak - n: Lensson CC (gte4289)
N: Daihatsu Bee - 27: Piaggio Ape - u: Ford Abeille (gte4289)
O: Opel Blitz by Friedrich Schwarze - 7: Burg Blomberg - ai: Gerhard Schröder at the opening of VW plant in Dresden (oko94)
P: 1913 Willys-Overland 69T - 9: Roman Praetorian Guard Commander's House - f: Torsus Praetorian Overlander (gte4289)
Q: Rover 100 Gowrings Chairman - 33: Marina Bay Sands, Singapore - ab: SsangYong Chairman 3.2i (gte4289)
R: Anthony Stevens Light Commercial Van - 16: Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai, by Frederick William Stevens - c: Cal Niday on Stevens Offenhauser (oko94)
S: Checker Galva II - 14: Kalamazoo City Hall - g: Stretched Volkswagen Rabbit-based Checker cab prototype (Djetset)
T: Harroun Model A-1 - 1: Soldiers and Sailors Monument Indianapolis - z: Oldsmobile Bravada Indy 500 Pace Car (gte4289)
U: 1955 Nizier - 34: Saint-Nizier in Lyon - ae : Stan robot (by Stanley Robotics) at Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport (oko94)
V: Rosengart Ariette Break – 15: The Rosengart Collection, Lucerne - x: Citroën ID 19 driven by Frank Margerin character Lucien (gte4289)
W: Skoda Popular Monte Carlo Cabriolet - 12: Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel – p: Ford Fairmont cutaway (gte4289)
X: Siata Formichetta - 13: Siata Espanola Tarragona Poligon Entrevies - d: Siata Furgone 114 F (Djetset)
Y: Stearns-Knight 60-Series Touring - 29: The Adelmann Building in Boise, Idaho - t: Stearns Steam Model A Runabout (Djetset)
Z: Avia 350 - 3: Avia station Glanerbrug - l: Avia van (luisps)
AA: Sheen Imperator GTS -  - 20: Audi-Bau Zwickau – ag: Audi Type R Imperator (gte4289)
AB: Hurtu 8CV Berline - 8: Hurtu sewing machine factory, Montluçon - k: Hurtu Cyclemotor (gte4289)
AC: Simca Aronde Quotidienne - 6: Musee d'Histoire de la Vie Quotidienne - r: Simca 8 Canadienne (Djetset)
AD: Shadow MVS 1-A1 – 21: Vanna Venturi House, Philadelphia – h: Venturi/Philippe Beloou (gte4289)
AE: Otokar Magirus 80S - 30: Ulmer Münster - i: Otokar Cobra (gte4289)
AF: Everybody Runabout - 18: Jedermann in Salzburg - a: VW 1302 Porsche Salzburg (gte4289)
AG: Silcoates Ascender - 17: Silcoates school - m: Abbey Cat (Djetset)
AH: DC Design Taarzan - 5: Floors Castle (featured as Greystoke Mansion' in the film Greystoke, the Legend of Tarzan - s: Al Araba 1/DC Gaia (gte4289)
AI: Dutton Sierra - 2: Ford Sierra production line - v: Renault 10 Sierra  (Djetset)
AJ: MC Acer - 35: Acer Inc.'s head office in New Taipei City, Taiwan - ad: Acer Luxgen S3 self-driving prototype (Djetset)

[Wendax]

No interest at expert level. So here is something for the pros confined at home.

[Djetset]

Wow, this is a very tough one. I recognise many of the vehicles in the Rust section and can make a second connection in either the Architecture or Extra sections, but trying to find a three-way link is not so easy. Someone needs to kick this Puzzle off though, so here's an attempt, though probably way off beam!

Rust AI: Dutton Sierra
Architecture 2: Ford Sierra production line (model name share, plant possibly Genk, Cologne, Dagenham...)
Extra J: Ford Escort MK 2 (the Dutton's mechanical donor)

As I say, I'm not totally certain if I'm on the right road here, but it's a start!

[Wendax]

Yes, this puzzle is meant to be tough, but your first attempt is a good start. As Meat Loaf sang: Two out of three ain't bad.
Rust AI: Dutton Sierra and Architecture 2: Ford Sierra production line belong together, but the Extra Ford Escort will be needed for another combination. Rust AI and Architecture 2 are locked for you.

[Djetset]

Thank you for the Lock on the Dutton puzzle, which I will come back to shortly if that's okay (unless it's Extra i, amphibious vehicles that can cross the English Channel, as per Dutton's Surf, Mariner and Reef models?).

In the meantime, I think I might have made another three-way connection now, as follows:

Rust 5: Checker Galva II prototype (a stretched Chevrolet Citation, as pictured below)
Architecture 14: Kalamazoo (home of Checker Motors) Public Library building
Extra g: Stretched Volkswagen Rabbit-based Checker cab prototype

[Wendax]

Thank you for the Lock on the Dutton puzzle, which I will come back to shortly if that's okay (unless it's Extra i, amphibious vehicles that can cross the English Channel, as per Dutton's Surf, Mariner and Reef models?).

Not Extra i

In the meantime, I think I might have made another three-way connection now, as follows:

Rust 5: Checker Galva II prototype (a stretched Chevrolet Citation, as pictured below)
Architecture 14: Kalamazoo (home of Checker Motors) Public Library building
Extra g: Stretched Volkswagen Rabbit-based Checker cab prototype

Perfect, except that the building is Kalamazoo City Hall.

[Djetset]

Ah, good to have got the first one out of the way, and sorry for mistaking Kalamazoo City Hall as the Public Library.

I'll revised the Dutton trio again shortly, but wonder in the interim if I might have found another connection, so here goes:

Rust 5: Siata SEAT 600 Formichetta, a high-roof Spanish commercial derivative of the Fiat 600
Arch 13: The Spanish Siata factory, based in Taragona
Extra o: Another non-Italian Fiat 600-based derivative; the unique Austrian Steyr-Puch 'Puch S' Spider prototype

[Wendax]

Rust 5: Siata SEAT 600 Formichetta, a high-roof Spanish commercial derivative of the Fiat 600
Arch 13: The Spanish Siata factory, based in Taragona
Extra o: Another non-Italian Fiat 600-based derivative; the unique Austrian Steyr-Puch 'Puch S' Spider prototype

I assume that you've identified the Siata Formichetta and just mistyped, as it is Rust X.
Architecture 13 is the Siata Espanola Tarragona Poligon Entrevies factory and it is cconnected to the Siata Formichetta.
Extra o is not the connection I had in mind, although correctly identified.
Rust X and Architecture 13 locked for you.

[Djetset]

Oophs, I'm not sure how I managed to mis-type Rust X as 5! Anyway, thanks for the second Lock.

I've now got a bit too hooked into this puzzle (when I should be doing some work!), but here's another attempt:

Rust E: The electric JS6 version of the Ligier JS9 vsp, as used by the pioneering (but failed) CW (City Wheels) car sharing scheme in Coventry in the late 1980s. A surviving example of the CW JS6 can be found today at the excellent Coventry Transport Museum
Arch 11: Coventry's distinctive 'Elephant' building, reflecting the English 'motor' city's historic elephant mascot on the Coventry coat of arms.
Extra aj: The EasyMile EZ10 autonomous vehicle, developed by Ligier and presented on its stand at the Paris Salon a few years ago.

[Wendax]

Rust E: The electric JS6 version of the Ligier JS9 vsp, as used by the pioneering (but failed) CW (City Wheels) car sharing scheme in Coventry in the late 1980s.
Arch 11: Coventry's distinctive 'Elephant' building, reflecting the English 'motor' city's historic elephant mascot on the Coventry coat of arms.
Extra aj: The EasyMile EZ10 autonomous vehicle, developed by Ligier and presented on its stand at the Paris Salon a few years ago.

A perfect answer. I knew either you or luisps would get this one. 

[Djetset]

Rust 5: Siata SEAT 600 Formichetta, a high-roof Spanish commercial derivative of the Fiat 600
Arch 13: The Spanish Siata factory, based in Taragona
Extra o: Another non-Italian Fiat 600-based derivative; the unique Austrian Steyr-Puch 'Puch S' Spider prototype

I assume that you've identified the Siata Formichetta and just mistyped, as it is Rust X.
Architecture 13 is the Siata Espanola Tarragona Poligon Entrevies factory and it is cconnected to the Siata Formichetta.
Extra o is not the connection I had in mind, although correctly identified.
Rust X and Architecture 13 locked for you.

Oh silly me, it was staring me in the face all along! The third element of this Siata link must be Extra l (L), an AVIA/EBRO van, with EBRO taking over Siata Espanola and production of certain ex-Siata commercial vehicle models (SEAT 850 Minivan etc.) in 1972.

[Wendax]

Oh silly me, it was staring me in the face all along! The third element of this Siata link must be Extra l (L), an AVIA/EBRO van, with EBRO taking over Siata Espanola production of certain commercial vehicle models (SEAT 850 Minivan etc.) in 1972.

Sorry to disappoint you. The Avia-Siata link is one I wasn't aware of, so it isn't the link I am looking for.

[Djetset]

Are the other connections of the Extra o (Steyr-Puch 'Puch' S Spider) as follows with an Austrian connection?,

Rust U: Steyr 220 (Glasser possibly)?
Arch 18: Salzburg Museum Gallery where the celebrated Festival is usually held

[Djetset]

Oh silly me, it was staring me in the face all along! The third element of this Siata link must be Extra l (L), an AVIA/EBRO van, with EBRO taking over Siata Espanola production of certain commercial vehicle models (SEAT 850 Minivan etc.) in 1972.

Sorry to disappoint you. The Avia-Siata link is one I wasn't aware of, so it isn't the link I am looking for.

Oh, that's a blow as there is a direct Siata-AVIA-EBRO connection. Here's an EBRO branded ex-Siata SEAT 850 Minivan below, plus the Siata original, with an AVIA badged version also sold in Spain.

So, is Extra d (D) the missing link, a Siata panel van?

[Djetset]

Thank you for the Lock on the Dutton puzzle, which I will come back to shortly if that's okay (unless it's Extra i, amphibious vehicles that can cross the English Channel, as per Dutton's Surf, Mariner and Reef models?).



OK, I think I've got the missing Extra link now for the Dutton Sierra. It is of course Extra v, which is the USA-market 1970 special edition Renault 10 Sierra, which obviously shares it name with the Dutton kit car. Phew, that's a relief as I really do now need to do some work! Oh, and I can't seen to remove this text from this 'quote' background area, hence it appearing in bold!!

[Wendax]

Are the other connections of the Extra o (Steyr-Puch 'Puch' S Spider) as follows with an Austrian connection?,

Rust U: Steyr 220 (Glasser possibly)?
Arch 18: Salzburg Museum Gallery where the celebrated Festival is usually held

Good idea, but Rust U is not a Steyr.
Architecture 18 is Salzburg, but not connected with Extra o.