Solved: Rust never sleeps - Water edition

[Wendax]

And another one perfectly solved!

[Tom_I]

Rust W is a mock Edwardian tourer produced by Siva Engineering which was based in Dorset, in southern England. Judging by the wheels, this one is based on a side-valve Ford chassis. This links to Water 5, the Sivá Brada (Grey Beard) geyser near Spišské Podhradie in Slovakia. That in turn links to Extension n, a Mercedes-Benz C230 fitted with a set of Brada wheels.

[Wendax]

Rust W is a mock Edwardian tourer produced by Siva Engineering which was based in Dorset, in southern England. Judging by the wheels, this one is based on a side-valve Ford chassis. This links to Water 5, the Sivá Brada (Grey Beard) geyser near Spišské Podhradie in Slovakia. That in turn links to Extension n, a Mercedes-Benz C230 fitted with a set of Brada wheels.

Chapeau! That was a hard one in my opinion.

[Ehhxekt]

Rust F is a VW Passat pick-up conversion by Spreckelsen, a small German car dealer firm in Niedersachsen (wasn't easy to find). It can, surprisingly, be connected to Water 1, Fontaine monumentale at La Défense, Paris; the link between them is the name of the Danish architect of the Grande Arche de la Défense, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen. An extension has yet to be found...

[Wendax]

Very good! F-1 locked for you.

[Ehhxekt]

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No progress... please unlock.

[Ehhxekt]

While searching for the missing extension to la Défense with no result, I think I managed to put another set together: Rust M – Opel Bedford TK truck; Water 2 – Dr. Ludwig Opel fountain in Rüsselsheim (with a bronze figure holding a crankshaft in his arm); Extension p – Opel-Rennbahn, the abandoned, overgrown test track of the Rüsselsheim factory.

[Wendax]

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While searching for the missing extension to la Défense with no result, I think I managed to put another set together: Rust M – Opel Bedford TK truck; Water 2 – Dr. Ludwig Opel fountain in Rüsselsheim (with a bronze figure holding a crankshaft in his arm); Extension p – Opel-Rennbahn, the abandoned, overgrown test track of the Rüsselsheim factory.

Well done, it is hardly known that the Bedford truck was sold under the Opel label too (without much success though).

[Tom_I]

Well done, it is hardly known that the Bedford truck was sold under the Opel label too (without much success though).

You are right there. I live quite close to where Bedford trucks were made, and I never knew that.

[Tom_I]

Extension v is a Rolls-Royce Phantom II ice cream van by Stuart Whitby of Whitby Morrison. It is used in Kensington Gardens.

Is the water related to Kensington?

The water is related to Kensington Gardens. 

Is this a geographical thing? Kensington Gardens in London were originally the western part of Hyde Park, which is where the Princess Diana memorial fountain is, and it's where Kensington Palace is, part of which was the official residence of Diana, Princess of Wales.

So is the connection Rust L, Austin Metro ex Diana, Princess of Wales - Water 26, Princess Diana memorial fountain in Hyde Park, London - Extension v, Rolls-Royce ice cream van in Kensington Gardens, formerly part of Hyde Park?

[Wendax]

Exactly!

[pnegyesi]

Water 4: A fountain in Eybach nr Geislingen
Extension z: The Red Cross Museum in Baden-Württemberg, Geislingen

Hopefully this earns me a lock to find the car
Was it a car made in Baden-Württemberg? Near Geislingen ?

[Wendax]

Water 4: A fountain in Eybach nr Geislingen
Extension z: The Red Cross Museum in Baden-Württemberg, Geislingen

Hopefully this earns me a lock to find the car
Was it a car made in Baden-Württemberg? Near Geislingen ?

Nice find, locked for sure. We are not looking for a car from Baden-Württemberg, but find out a little bit more about the fountain. That might help.

[pnegyesi]

Oh, it's called the Adlerbrunnen. I think it's car D

[Wendax]

Adlerbrunnen is correct, Rust D is not an Adler, and we are not looking for an Adler car, but ...

[pnegyesi]

the AMC Sundancer by Griffith

[Wendax]

Yes, because it is in fact an AMC Eagle (=Adler) Sundancer. 

[Ehhxekt]

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Well done, it is hardly known that the Bedford truck was sold under the Opel label too (without much success though).

I didn't know about that either. But there were no other candidates left. Initially I thought of Rust D, but the closer I looked, the more I realized that it was not an Opel-Darracq... there were just too many small differences. That left me with the GM truck. Opel is related to Vauxhall, after all – why not to Bedford as well? Googling for Opel Bedford Blitz lkw was a shot in the dark, but it worked out.

A new thread: Rust V – Cushenbery Silhouette II Space Coupe; Water 24 – Silhouette Island, Seychelles; Extension w – Digue Baronette caravan, 1965.
I started on Extension w (I somehow felt this advertising idyll, obviously taken from a brochure of the sixties, easier to get to grips with than anything else still unsolved), and my search among vintage French caravans eventually came up with the name Digue. Looking for a link, I found La Digue, an island in the Seychelles, and this led me to Water 24, Silhouette Island, another member of the archipelago. The rest went quickly, a search for cars with Silhouette in the name brought up Rust V, the Silhouette II Space Coupe, a futuristic, Corvair-engined aluminium streamliner built in the 1960s by Bill Cushenbery, a Californian car customizer.

[Wendax]

  Great!
I never thought about the possibility that it could be easier to solve this puzzle backwards. Your reverse sleuthing is absolutely correct.

[pnegyesi]

Rust Y is the BT750 by Jaroslav Brokes. I can't find any waters with Brokes or Nova Mesto Na Morave. Am I barking up the wrong tree?

[Wendax]

Rust Y is correct, the tree is wrong. You must have a closer look at the waters. 

[Ehhxekt]

And a new one: Rust O – LeMans Coupe fiberglass special, penned by American designer Strother MacMinn in 1959; Water 6 – Fountain at the Place du Jet d'Eau in Le Mans, France; Extension m – Kerscher Bodykit Le Mans for VW Scirocco 2.

[Wendax]

And a new one: Rust O – LeMans Coupe fiberglass special, penned by American designer Strother MacMinn in 1959; Water 6 – Fountain at the Place du Jet d'Eau in Le Mans, France; Extension m – Kerscher Bodykit Le Mans for VW Scirocco 2.

Perfect!

[Ehhxekt]

It seems that two of the loose ends can be tied together: Rust Y, the BT750 racer and Water 13, Castle Square fountain with the BT Building in the background, Swansea. And the latter can be linked with Extension o, a concept proposal for a Triumph Vitesse 6 luxury tourer by Luke Sellars, Swansea Metropolitan University Design School. (A big thank you is in order to Pal, who did the hard part by identifying that obscure Czech racing car. I had no idea what it could be.)

[Wendax]

Good work!