Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #442 - Kiwiwagon, by the New Zealand Department of Scientific & Industrial Research  (Read 4156 times)

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I'm going away for a couple of days, so I thought I would post this one straight to the Pros to give you all some time to think about it before I come back!

Sorry for the dreadful photo, but this is the only one I can find of this unusual car.  So, any ideas for a point? (naturally this puzzle is open to everyone).
« Last Edit: February 01, 2015, 03:31:24 PM by Djetset »
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2011, 12:07:00 PM »
I can't believe this one has had almost 100 views but not one guess.
Let's start the ball rolling - is it European?

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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2011, 12:18:56 PM »
Ah Woodinsight, you almost deserve a point for bringing this one to life, as it has sat here since last November without a single comment or question.  In fact, I was recently considering moving it into the Black Hole, making it possibly the first puzzle ever to receive this fate without a single remark.

Anyway, to start the ball rolling; no, it is not European.  :)
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2011, 12:22:07 PM »
Let me follow! Post WWII?

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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2011, 12:51:59 PM »
Yes, it is post-WWII.
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2011, 12:54:05 PM »
it certainly has a European look about it.
Perhaps from Australia then?

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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2011, 12:55:34 PM »
Not Australian.
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2011, 01:13:52 PM »
Hmmm
From North America?

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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2011, 01:16:21 PM »
No to North America.
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2011, 06:35:26 PM »
Maybe India?

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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2011, 06:38:39 PM »
Not India.
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2011, 07:00:28 PM »
South America?

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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2011, 09:14:44 PM »
With RHD about all that's left is South Africa?

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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2011, 04:04:43 AM »
Not South American and not South African.
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2011, 05:34:06 AM »
From Far East - Singapore/Malaysia area?

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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2011, 08:40:16 AM »
Not from there.
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2011, 08:45:44 AM »
Not Australian.

How about their neighbor, New Zealand?
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2011, 08:49:45 AM »
Yes! Now we should get somewhere.  ;)
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2011, 09:14:50 AM »
Logan built in Christchurch in the 1940s?

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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #19 on: June 22, 2011, 08:32:40 PM »
 :o

I've just twigged that somewhere I actually have this image..... if only I could remember where! (is the car next to it a Lloyd 350 by any chance?)

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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #20 on: July 20, 2011, 11:24:08 AM »
Well spotted, as the car next to the mystery car is indeed a Lloyd, a British-built Wasp.  Any idea what the star car is though?
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #21 on: September 29, 2011, 10:58:21 AM »
My last pending Black Hole entry for the day, so be quick!
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #22 on: October 05, 2011, 01:56:29 PM »
Off into the Black Hole.
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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #23 on: October 05, 2011, 02:29:43 PM »
Logan built in Christchurch in the 1940s?
Not a Logan then?

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Re: Djetset #442
« Reply #24 on: October 05, 2011, 02:38:28 PM »
Sorry Woodinsight, not a Logan.
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