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Started by ftg3plus4, November 01, 2009, 10:37:26 AM

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ftg3plus4

November 01, 2009, 10:37:26 AM
Now, you're probably saying, "Wait a minute, odd-user-name-guy... all cars have names!" Well, yes, but these cars really have names! And hopefully it won't take you long to see what I mean.

(P.S.: These cars almost all have one other, very basic thing in common, which I didn't plan on but oddly found I couldn't avoid. Again, you'll see what I mean.)

Set 1 of 2:
"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

#1
November 01, 2009, 10:39:33 AM
Set 2 of 2:
"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

pnegyesi

#2
November 01, 2009, 02:34:00 PM
I understand what you mean, so come to us, Experts little puzzle :)

ftg3plus4

#3
November 05, 2009, 10:06:55 AM
OK, I'm going to toss these to the Experts, who I predict will devour several (but not all) of them in short order.
"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

João

#4
November 05, 2009, 10:36:17 AM
#1 1930 michel irat type CB2 berline
#2 1930 Bollack Coach
#4 1913 leon bollee G2 double diligence
#6 1923 georges-irat type 4R torpédo sport by aubertin
#8 1903 georges richard type H 10HP 2 seater coupe
#9 1923 Benjamim

ftg3plus4

#5
November 05, 2009, 10:47:03 AM Last Edit: December 07, 2009, 02:50:00 PM by ftg3plus4
#1 - Correct, 1930 Michel Irat -- I don't have model name handy
#2 - You're correct, but part of the answer is missing
#4 - Correct make name, I have it as a 1911 G1 Double Berline de Voyage
#6 - Correct make name, I have it as a 4A
#8 - Correct make name, I have it as a 1902 Type CB2
#9 - Incorrect

I'll give you points for #1, 4, 6 & 8 since you have the full make names. I need the rest of the answer for #2.

See the theme yet?  ;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

João

#6
November 05, 2009, 10:51:28 AM
Number 10 Benjamin? I guessed the wrong number I think...
Number 7 is a Georges Roy 12-HP Touring Sport Torpedo from 1909

ftg3plus4

#8
November 05, 2009, 11:03:55 AM Last Edit: November 05, 2009, 11:48:47 AM by ftg3plus4
Correct on #2 & #7.
No Benjamin to be found here, though - you don't quite have the hang of the theme yet, apparently!

Also, I have the Lucien Bollack as 1929, not 1930.
"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

#11
November 05, 2009, 11:47:38 AM Last Edit: November 12, 2009, 10:11:44 AM by ftg3plus4
Right on both counts! This is going even faster than I expected. But it's the remaining 3 that I've expected to be hardest...
"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

pnegyesi

#12
November 06, 2009, 08:47:14 AM Last Edit: November 06, 2009, 09:00:20 AM by pnegyesi
CWN3: Germain Lambert coupe?
CWN10: Jean Graff cyclecar?

ftg3plus4

#13
November 06, 2009, 09:02:32 AM
Nope on both.
"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

pnegyesi

#14
November 06, 2009, 12:50:44 PM
CWN3: Theo Schneider?

ftg3plus4

#15
November 06, 2009, 12:57:03 PM
Nope.
"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

pnegyesi

#16
November 07, 2009, 06:45:59 AM
cwn03: could that be a Robert Serf?

ftg3plus4

#17
November 07, 2009, 07:22:25 AM
Nope - I'd looked for that one, but couldn't find a pic that I could be sure was one.

BTW, I think it's obvious by now that the "other" common ground is that the cars are French -- but there is one exception.
"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

#18
November 12, 2009, 09:41:36 AM
OK, the last 3 names still have not been named. Time to open up 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

Allan L

#19
November 12, 2009, 09:55:50 AM
No 11: Luc Court?
Opinionated but sometimes wrong

ftg3plus4

#20
November 12, 2009, 09:58:16 AM
Nope. (I won't even ask if that was actually someone's name.)
"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

#21
November 12, 2009, 10:04:19 AM
Quote from: ftg3plus4 on November 12, 2009, 09:58:16 AM
Nope. (I won't even ask if that was actually someone's name.)
You didn't say it had to be someone's name - in this case, I'm not sure but it could have been!

No 10: Jacques Muller?
Opinionated but sometimes wrong

ftg3plus4

#22
November 12, 2009, 10:13:36 AM Last Edit: November 19, 2009, 09:41:40 PM by ftg3plus4
Yes! 2 to go!

OK, now I'm saying it has to be someone's name!  ::)
"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

#23
November 19, 2009, 01:25:55 PM
OK, it's been a week of no activity. Time a couple of hints.

#3 is the one not made in France.

#11 was a short-lived make of which I suspect this is the only surviving example.

"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

João

#24
November 19, 2009, 04:57:29 PM
#3  -   1921 Victor Page Aero-Type Four Sedan  :D
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