The Name Chain - CLOSED

[nicanary]

OK, well I'm not much of an Expert on such cars but I picked it up from here:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2011-39/solved-neh-1213-jensen-pw-1946/msg171536/#msg171536

It seems to have been identified by an owner of one who called it that, which also tallied with the description of the car on the source site.
I believe it was available with other engines too (including a V8) but I guess the car I posted was a 4-litre...

Both Wikipedia (stop laughing!) and Georgano refer to it as PW. The Jensen Owners Club site say it was called 4-litre at introduction but is now commonly referred to as PW. I suppose for the purposes of this thread both titles could be used for continuation.

[Carnut]

OK, well I'm not much of an Expert on such cars but I picked it up from here:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2011-39/solved-neh-1213-jensen-pw-1946/msg171536/#msg171536

It seems to have been identified by an owner of one who called it that, which also tallied with the description of the car on the source site.
I believe it was available with other engines too (including an 8 cyl) but I guess the car I posted was a 4-litre with Austin straight 6...

Both Wikipedia (stop laughing!) and Georgano refer to it as PW. The Jensen Owners Club site say it was called 4-litre at introduction but is now commonly referred to as PW. I suppose for the purposes of this thread both titles could be used for continuation.

Indeed.
I just looked on the Jensen Owners' Club site and there is a section on what they call the PW!
I think it's understandable if a non-Expert on Jensens called it a PW since that's what it seems to be almost universally referred to as..

I'm not entirely happy posting a Jensen 4-litre so might change my mind and post an entirely different car shortly instead.

[Carnut]

OK, since the car I posted seemed to have an incorrect name I'll change it and make my post the Jensen Esporando:

[Allan L]

Sorry but agéd memory let me down and I'd forgotten that Jensen did use the PW tag as it was Postwar not Prewar although the way it looked could have been either.
I expect the 8 cylinder had a Ford V8 like its prewar counterpart.

[Paul Jaray]

Jensen Largo

[Carnut]

Hamann Fiat 500 Largo

[Carnut]

I declared a winner in error - I misread the timestamp on the subsequent post to CarNut's - my eyesight has gone to heck in a handbasket.

If everyone can play nicely, we'll keep going, with the shot-clock rule still in effect.

Can you explain the shot-clock rule again?

I posted at 1151 this morning so does the next post have to be within the hour, or not?

[Otto Puzzell]

You are right - my admission of an error yesterday, was in error.

• I know I have botched this whole puzzle badly, and for that, I apologize. I will count the number of points on offer, up through the winning Subaru post by Carnut.
• To quell the angered masses, I will award half of the points to Carnut, and distribute the rest of the points evenly among those who participated in the puzzle up to the winning post. In the case of an uneven number of points being available, the extra, odd point goes to Carnut.
• I sincerely tried to make a fun game, but unfortunately sparked acrimony, confusion, and ill-will. I hereby swear off posting puzzles in the future.

Points will be calculated and awarded this weekend.

[Carnut]

Thanks. 
No problem for me.
But please don't let the experience put you off puzzles; it was great fun and I think only became a bit acrimonious through misundertandings rather than ill-will.  I think it was the right time to end it though..
But thanks again for a great fun puzzle.

[nicanary]

Thanks. 
No problem for me.
But please don't let the experience put you off puzzles; it was great fun and I think only became a bit acrimonious through misundertandings rather than ill-will.  I think it was the right time to end it though..
But thanks again for a great fun puzzle.

Seconded.

[el_monty]

Thanks. 
No problem for me.
But please don't let the experience put you off puzzles; it was great fun and I think only became a bit acrimonious through misundertandings rather than ill-will.  I think it was the right time to end it though..
But thanks again for a great fun puzzle.

I agree with this too. Otto, you tried to introduce something different and fun in order to keep puzzlers entertained and on their toes, and at that this puzzle mostly succeeded. I think it was inevitable that this idea was going to run into trouble at some points because car-naming can sometimes be a confusing issue, especially with the kind of obscure models that are the bread and butter of AP. But unlike so many other forums out there, this is one where we are all here to enjoy ourselves, members generally treat each other with respect and disagreements are dealt with in a civilized manner. I would encourage you to keep posting any new puzzles you come up with, be they the classic kind or leftfield ideas like this one.

[Otto Puzzell]

The points accrued are 49.

Half of 49 is 24.5 (Round up to 25). These go to Carnut
The other half of the points is 24.5 (round down to 24).
14 participants (other than myself and Carnut) will divide those 24 points. 
But 14 into 24 does not go (1.71). So, round up again, and each of the 14 to get 2 points.

Carnut   25
Paul Jaray   2
Allan L   2
Wendax   2
nicanary   2
oko94   2
Djetset   2
pguillem   2
Ehhxekt   2
el_monty   2
luisps   2
sixtee5cuda   2
Oguerrerob   2
ropat53   2
pnegyesi   2

[oko94]

Thanks for my 691st and 692nd points.

[nicanary]

It seems a very fair way to distribute the points. Thanks for the fun - I'm sorry things turned out the way they did and apologise for my part in it. Having said that, compared to many well-known websites it was all reasonably amicable just like it usually is on AP.

Maybe we could all take a lesson from Monty Python's sketch "Batley Townswomens' Guild re=enactment of Pearl Harbour".

[Carnut]

Brilliant!
Thanks for lots of fun and a fair solution Otto.

[Oguerrerob]

Thanks!! I really enjoyed until ... This puzzle was different, joyful and full of fun. Thank you for creating and bringing to us this kind of puzzles.

[Wendax]

Thank you very much for these ever-harder-to-come-by points. I really enjoyed this puzzle most of its time.

[el_monty]

Thanks for the points too!

[ropat53]

I also would like to thank you for the points.

[Paul Jaray]

 

[pguillem]

Thank you !