PJ - 405 - Mysterious "Abarth 1000" restored by Falk Burkert & Pattrick Planer

Paul Jaray · September 22, 2011, 08:25:44 AM

Now, Limo gave us a nice trail to follow...who can solve this mistery? Limo, can you share your source or report the article?

Limo · September 22, 2011, 08:59:45 AM

Okay, Sorry Jaray and Allemano, you guys are completely right. As i said, i wrote an article about the mystery of this car and as soon as this puzzle was solved, i wanted to check if this was really an Abarth. I shouldn't have posted the event, but didn't realise it was a serious part of the puzzle. I thought we were all interested in the origins of cars, not the context of a specific picture. Sorry for that.
BTW: Before this puzzle I didn't even know google images existed...

@Paul Jaray: I found the car in a 1966 french car magazine, i think it was called "L'autojournal".
Three cars were running through the streets of Liechtenstein.
The dashboard looks very Lombardi Grand-Prix...

I'll keep you posted about the article around this car.

Paul Jaray · September 22, 2011, 09:11:19 AM

Let's hope some of our German-speaking friends is able to get in contact with Falk Burkert or Pattrick Planer, students at the Fachschule Muenchen and ask for more....

Carnut · September 22, 2011, 09:24:07 AM

Hmmm, so even writing the Heading as you did and making the rules of this puzzle 100% clear it still didn't do the trick PJ...

There's begginning to be a serious case for asking the Puzzle Solver always to declare how it was solved, perhaps by PM...

I'm finding far too many of my puzzles being solved in minutes..

Paul Jaray · September 22, 2011, 09:46:35 AM

Not my problem.
I set the game, the players choose how they prefer to play it.
I believe Limo was sincere when He said it was the 1st time and I'm sure He realizes that there's no fun this way.
...but I believe you're right, asking how they did found a forgotten webpage without any clue will spot the cheaters.

Back to the game!

DeAutogids · September 22, 2011, 09:53:19 AM

Did Limo say that he used Google Search or that he used the wrong trick? Theoretically he could use the image search of google. I believe there is a difference?

Carnut · September 22, 2011, 09:56:03 AM

Quote from: DeAutogids on September 22, 2011, 09:53:19 AM
Did Limo say that he used Google Search or that he used the wrong trick? Theoretically he could use the image search of google. I believe there is a difference?

Well I initially read it that he just Googled (as we all do..) in which case there's nothing to apologise for but then since he apologised later I assumed he meant he actually used Google Image Serach!

roger · September 22, 2011, 11:11:42 AM

Malaya?

Limo · September 22, 2011, 11:12:08 AM

I did not even solve the identity of the car... Allemano did, so he earns the point. Problem solved.
I was looking for the event Jaray was talking about with the help of images, but it had nothing to do with the initial puzzle, because it was already solved by Allemano.

Paul Jaray · September 30, 2011, 01:20:08 PM

Quote from: roger on September 22, 2011, 11:11:42 AM
Malaya?

Sorry roger,I overlooked your question....but I don't know a single line more than what I wrote.

1 point goes to Allemano who found out the name given to this car by the 2 students.
1 point will go to Limo once the mistery will be finally solved because he found the Liechtenstein trail.
1 point still remains for the real story behind this car.

I'll award the 1st point now, move it into the Black Hole and wait...

Allemano · September 30, 2011, 01:41:38 PM

Will try to do some further research.

SACO · November 04, 2011, 06:20:22 PM

The same prototype ,powered by Fiat in 1966 :

Paul Jaray · February 13, 2013, 05:08:14 AM

Is there anyone who is able to find the rest of it?
Falk Burkert and Pattrick Planer, students at the Fachschule Muenchen, where are you?

grobmotorix · June 18, 2017, 11:09:07 AM

Who knows more about this sport car?
I know the country, the basis car and maybe the correct name.
There were at least three of them built.
And I have a feeling it could be a repost...

grobmotorix · June 28, 2017, 02:31:00 PM

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thorax · June 28, 2017, 05:19:07 PM

I've just seen this car but I don't remember where $:-\$

SACO · June 29, 2017, 07:36:40 AM

Coupé with Fiat base (850 ? ) seen in Liechtenstein in the 60's!

grobmotorix · June 29, 2017, 05:03:47 PM

This is definitly the car - only it is not enough for a point.

So this is LOCKED for you to find out more.

SACO · June 30, 2017, 08:42:46 AM

3 of these cars were built at least .
Their name is maybe " Dab "

grobmotorix · June 30, 2017, 11:09:35 AM

Do you have any proof?

SACO · June 30, 2017, 04:31:24 PM

limande =dab

grobmotorix · July 01, 2017, 03:51:06 AM

Now this is a hard decision - you have found the same magazine clipping as me obviously.

The problem I have is that I think "Limande" is more a general description of the design rather than a name.

The car is from Liechtenstein, where they speak German.

French "Limande" = English "dab / flounder" = German "Flunder"

Only I doubt the name was "Flunder" - this is a common name for every low sitting sports car.

However, this is not pro level, so I give the point as you have found the car.

Still we need a prooved name for this one, so I will promote this puzzle.

grobmotorix · July 01, 2017, 03:52:19 AM

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I awarded SACO one point for having found the car and my source.

Noiw we still have one point to go for those three cars from tiny Liechtenstein...

Paul Jaray · July 02, 2017, 06:19:35 AM

the car survives...

https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/the-black-hole/pj-405-mysterious-'abarth-1000'-restored-by-falk-burkert-pattrick-planer/

grobmotorix · July 02, 2017, 06:52:25 AM

Oh, I search for the original in the Expert´s section.

Thanks to Paul Jaray who found out about it.

As the origin is still not known, that´s all I have:

https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/professional-autopuzzles/grob-2017-06-18-(02)/new/?topicseen#new

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