For 1 point, what is this car?
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It seems familiar.
Is is another relaunch of a classic british make (which then fell flat as normal)?
Quote from: gilescooperuk on December 08, 2011, 06:10:47 PM
It seems familiar.
Is is another relaunch of a classic british make (which then fell flat as normal)?
No - far from that!
Study it closely and ask yourself if it looks like a real full-size car...
Well that would suggest it is a childs size car
Quote from: gilescooperuk on December 08, 2011, 06:15:42 PM
Well that would suggest it is a childs size car
It's nothing to do with children's cars: it's just not a full-size driveable car.
This is not a real car, it's a photoshop of an 1960 Aston Martin DB4 Zagato ...
(http://www.freewebs.com/gadget1127/Aston_Martin_DB4GT_Zagato.jpg)
I don't know how you found that but you're right, it is (I wasn't aware of the fact).
So, what is it? It has a raison d'etre and a name!
I recognised the 'lines' of the car and I knew I've seen that pictures somewhere before ; it's one of the first pictures you find when you type in '1960 Aston Martin DB4 Zagato' into Google.
I'm curious why you think this would be a real car and what the 'answer' to this one will be ...
Quote from: Delorean on December 09, 2011, 09:13:35 AM
I recognised the 'lines' of the car and I knew I've seen that pictures somewhere before ; it's one of the first pictures you find when you type in '1960 Aston Martin DB4 Zagato' into Google.
I'm curious why you think this would be a real car and what the 'answer' to this one will be ...
Very well recognised.
If you study my responses you'll see I've never said it's a real car. In fact I know it's not a real car and I have already hinted so in my Reply #3.
So what is it then? To me it's just a photoshop of a existing car and I though Autopuzzles was about finding "real" cars ...
Quote from: Delorean on December 12, 2011, 02:38:38 AM
So what is it then? To me it's just a photoshop of a existing car and I though Autopuzzles was about finding "real" cars ...
AutoPuzzles is a game and posters can post whatever auomotive-related puzzles they like including figments of people's imagination. A look through old puzzles will reveal many imaginary cars and this is another of them.
If you don't like this puzzle you're not compelled to take part; just ignore it and leave it to those who might want to play the game.
Quote from: Carnut on December 12, 2011, 05:30:41 AM
Quote from: Delorean on December 12, 2011, 02:38:38 AM
So what is it then? To me it's just a photoshop of a existing car and I though Autopuzzles was about finding "real" cars ...
AutoPuzzles is a game and posters can post whatever auomotive-related puzzles they like including figments of people's imagination. A look through old puzzles will reveal many imaginary cars and this is another of them.
If you don't like this puzzle you're not compelled to take part; just ignore it and leave it to those who might want to play the game.
No problem with me, I'm just curious what the answer will be ...
Do the Pro's know?
There is at least one company who have built DHC versions of a Zagato DB4 replica, was this an early mock-up to show what the finished car would look like? (Though it looks far too amateur to be that)
Quote from: barrett on December 23, 2011, 08:43:40 AM
There is at least one company who have built DHC versions of a Zagato DB4 replica, was this an early mock-up to show what the finished car would look like? (Though it looks far too amateur to be that)
No. It's not meant to be related to an Aston at all.
Is it some sort of 'hoax' car created by a website or magazine purporting to be something entirely different?
Quote from: barrett on December 23, 2011, 12:43:36 PM
Is it some sort of 'hoax' car created by a website or magazine purporting to be something entirely different?
No; it's not a real car but it did have a name and a purpose in life!
Into the Black Hole then...
Too bad this one went into the Black Hole ; I really wanted to know the answer to this one ...
Quote from: Delorean on February 15, 2012, 04:33:32 AM
Too bad this one went into the Black Hole ; I really wanted to know the answer to this one ...
It's still there to find...
I do very occasionally come across it on the 'Net when I'm looking for new puzzles to post..
Quote from: Carnut on February 17, 2012, 05:54:52 AM
Quote from: Delorean on February 15, 2012, 04:33:32 AM
Too bad this one went into the Black Hole ; I really wanted to know the answer to this one ...
It's still there to find...
I do very occasionally come across it on the 'Net when I'm looking for new puzzles to post..
Maybe ... but to me it's still a bad photoshop of a beautifull car. So like I said, I really wanted to know the answer to this one ... Maybe someone else will know?
As a matter of fact the answer is not out there for the moment.
It was there for a limited time and it will be again in some months but for the moment it's withdrawn..
Is it an entry in a [re-]design a car competition?
Adding to D-Type's suggestion, there are several forums where people are asked to photo-chop an image to see what it would look like with different attributes. In this case, it might be a request to see what a convertible, spider or DHC version of the Zagato Aston DB4GT would look like. If this is the case, then the "chopper" also changed the image's aspect ratio and added wider tires. It might even be a somewhat reasonable request, since I don't think a Zagato spider was created...but I could sure be wrong about that.
Just a SWAG (Scientific Wild-Assed Guess.)
RtR
No, it wasn't such a thing.
As I said in my Reply #17 the image was created for a specific purpose and had a name (which was nothing at all to do with what it really was or was based on!)
Was this car created for something like a computer game?
Quote from: Craig Gillingham on June 13, 2012, 09:30:10 AM
Was this car created for something like a computer game?
Not a computer game but something else not real.
Movie or tv program?
RtR
A website?
How about a proposal for an Aston-Martin replica car?
RtR
Quote from: RayTheRat on June 17, 2012, 03:37:56 PM
How about a proposal for an Aston-Martin replica car?
RtR
No.
When I said it was for something else not real I meant something else ficticious.
Book or magazine?
A Car Design Institute students proposal?
SWAG: Aston-Martin DB6 owned by fictional character Mr. Potts in "Murder She Wrote" book(s)?
RtR
Quote from: RayTheRat on June 19, 2012, 09:23:29 PM
SWAG: Aston-Martin DB6 owned by fictional character Mr. Potts in "Murder She Wrote" book(s)?
RtR
No, but now you're beginning to bark up the right tree!
was this a book from the 1960s?
1990s?
Quote from: pnegyesi on August 06, 2013, 10:52:32 AM
1990s?
To be honest I think it's so new it hasn't actually been published yet!
You would know the author though..
Just to enlarge a little.
The car was pictured, along with its name, by the author who was writing a book in which the hero was to drive this car.
He wanted to know what potential readers thought of it before finalising its inclusion.
But the site has long since disappeared, maybe because the book is now in the publication process, although I just checked and it doesn't appear anywhere yet.
So you're really going to struggle to find it, until the book comes out and you buy and read it!
Does the well-know author write mysteries?
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on August 09, 2013, 05:13:01 AM
Does the well-know author write mysteries?
It's his first-ever novel! He's well known for his motoring literature, which is why I said in reply to Pal's post that he would know the author.
I thought that was a general comment for everyone - my bad.
Quentin Wilson?
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on August 09, 2013, 08:28:20 AM
I thought that was a general comment for everyone - my bad.
It was; you don't have to apologise as I didn't aim it at Pal exclusively, just referring to his question.
You'll know the author as well!
As indeed I would think just about everyone on AP would..
Quote from: pnegyesi on August 09, 2013, 09:11:40 AM
Quentin Wilson?
Not him though!
G.N. Georgano?
Doug Nye?
Chris Rees? ;)
Quote from: Wendax on August 09, 2013, 11:09:15 AM
Chris Rees? ;)
Not him (think Quiller would have solved this puzzle by now if it was!)
David Burgess-Wise?
Peter Filby?
Quote from: Allemano on August 09, 2013, 01:19:32 PM
Peter Filby?
Actuallly he's not British, ergo not Peter Filby either..
Graham Robson?
is he Irish?
Karl Ludvigsen ?
Michael Lamm?
David Fetherston ?
Scott Bayley ?
I'm no longer in the puzzle-solving business, but is this author-to-be known for having a large collection of cars, which he keeps in a eponymous garage?
Quote from: oko94 on November 07, 2016, 10:47:00 AM
David Fetherston ?
Not him..
Quote from: Djetset on November 07, 2016, 04:17:49 PM
Scott Bayley ?
..or him.
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on November 08, 2016, 02:39:36 AM
I'm no longer in the puzzle-solving business, but is this author-to-be known for having a large collection of cars, which he keeps in a eponymous garage?
I'm not aware that he has his own car collection, but he might have.
He's very well known in car circles, having written many books about cars, but the puzzle car belongs to what I believe was to be his first work of fiction.
And just to give you another clue, he's from somewhere in your own neck of the woods!
Is he specialized in books about American road cars ?
Griffith Borgeson?
Jay Leno ?
No, No and No!
Is he specialized in a specific topic or does he write car books on a wide variety of topics ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 09, 2016, 04:11:18 AM
Is he specialized in a specific topic or does he write car books on a wide variety of topics ?
Usually they are about marques or specific models.
Mike Mueller ?
Did he write at least one book about a European marque ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 10, 2016, 08:20:32 AM
Did he write at least one book about a European marque ?
Yes, several.
Did he write at least one book about an Italian marque ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 11, 2016, 04:36:21 AM
Did he write at least one book about an Italian marque ?
Yes.
Did he write at least one book about Lamborghini ?
Pete Lyons?
Did he write at least one book about Maserati ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 11, 2016, 07:50:26 AM
Did he write at least one book about Maserati ?
Not that I can find..
Did he write at least one book about Ferrari ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 11, 2016, 08:54:00 AM
Did he write at least one book about Ferrari ?
Yes..
Dennis Adler ?
Winston Goodfellow ?
Larry Edsall ?
Keith Bluemel ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 14, 2016, 05:03:52 PM
Keith Bluemel ?
No; we've already established that the writer is American. Keith is British!
Ken Gross ?
Matt Stone ?
Dean Batchelor ?
Has this writer published at least one book after 2012 ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 15, 2016, 10:57:55 AM
Has this writer published at least one book after 2012 ?
Yes.
Brock Yates?
Has this writer published a book in 2016 ?
Is this the Icon Aston Martin DB4GTZ Spada Roadster by Jonathan Ward?
Quote from: Delorean on November 17, 2016, 03:34:35 AM
Is this the Icon Aston Martin DB4GTZ Spada Roadster by Jonathan Ward?
No; you yourself have already correctly said that it's a photoshop of an 1960 Aston Martin DB4 Zagato ...
What we're looking for now is what purpose it was done to serve in a book by whom?
Is this 2016 book about a European manufacturer ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 17, 2016, 04:55:53 AM
Is this 2016 book about a European manufacturer ?
One of them is; the other sort of concerns a European manufacturer but is really about something slightly different..
Was one of his 2016 books about an Italian manufacturer ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 17, 2016, 05:16:59 AM
Was one of his 2016 books about an Italian manufacturer ?
Not that I can see, no.
German manufacturer ?
Porsche ?
Quote from: Carnut on November 17, 2016, 04:29:07 AM
Quote from: Delorean on November 17, 2016, 03:34:35 AM
Is this the Icon Aston Martin DB4GTZ Spada Roadster by Jonathan Ward?
No; you yourself have already correctly said that it's a photoshop of an 1960 Aston Martin DB4 Zagato ...
What we're looking for now is what purpose it was done to serve in a book by whom?
Sorry, found this information by coincidence and I remembered this thread ; I'm still curious though ...
Randy Leffingwell ?
John Gunnell ?
Dennis Adler?
No x 2
Ryan Snodgrass?
Quote from: Djetset on November 18, 2016, 12:09:32 PM
Ryan Snodgrass?
No; I thought he played for Hull City? Ah, no - that's Robert Snodgrass...!
Wallace A. Wyss ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 19, 2016, 08:26:21 AM
Wallace A. Wyss ?
At last!
He's the guy.
I was thinking of giving another clue that he's branched out into painting now as well, but he is still writing. I thought that might make it too easy though...
He was almost a neighbour of Otto's so I thought my little clue earlier might help him identify the writer.
However, that answer only gets us a little further up the road towards solving the puzzle...
I assume (and hope) it is locked for oko94
Quote from: pnegyesi on November 19, 2016, 11:28:08 AM
I assume (and hope) it is locked for oko94
No, I didn't lock it, as it only gets us a bit nearer solving this although Wallace Wyss would be part of the answer.
Feel free to post your ideas...
Ferrari Hunters, a novel about a barn finding detective
From Mr Wyss
The novel was written and a hundred or so printed to hand out to agents. But it was not optioned or picked up by a publisher (I optioned one of my non fiction books to Fremantlemedia, so I am not without exp. in this area.)
To read a description of the novel go to Google and write in Ferrari Hunters, the novel.
I was thinking of reprinting it as The Porsche Hunters since I write these books called Incredible Barn Finds, and there are more Porsches in each book (50 cars per book) than there are Ferraris so Porsches are easier to find and it still fits the lead character's occupation of being a collector car hunter.
BTW I talked to someone who's handling Incredible Barn Finds on Facebook and he did the graphics:
"I like chopping windshields and more racy grills. Making the British look more Italian"
Good progress!
The answer to the puzzle is the name of the car driven by the main character in the novel..
Now I'll lock it for oko94 and pnegyesi to see if they can come up with that name.
Can the car's name be found online ?
Quote from: oko94 on November 22, 2016, 02:58:38 AM
Can the car's name be found online ?
I got it from an Internet site but I don't know whether it's still up; I haven't been able to find it again just by Googling but maybe I didn't look hard enough.
As far as I'm concerned you can unlock it.
I'd forgotten it was locked..
It isn't now!
Is the book in question "Ferrari Hunters"?