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Puzzle #44 - Solved! Cunningham Phaeton Model V-6
« on: September 23, 2006, 05:54:53 AM »

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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #1 on: September 26, 2006, 04:31:26 AM »
Such a beautiful car, and not one guess. Here's a clue:

Though the whitewall tires would lead one to believe this is an American car, it was not a Detroit product.
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2006, 12:09:00 PM »
Is it a belgian Minerva?

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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2006, 03:08:17 PM »
No sir.
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2006, 10:41:19 AM »
Please re-read the clue carefully...
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2006, 08:25:37 PM »
A Rolls-Royce built in Springfield, MA ?



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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2006, 02:56:50 AM »
No, but you are getting closer.
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2006, 07:10:14 PM »
A little voice keeps saying 'Duesenberg'
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2006, 02:58:30 AM »
Not a Duesenberg
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2006, 11:29:53 PM »
Gotta be a Nash 7 seater. (woohoo, goin' for a threefer tonight!  :o)
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2006, 03:02:20 AM »
Not a Nash.
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2006, 10:38:53 AM »
Not a Nash? Dang it all to heck. I was so sure it was an Advanced that I ruptured a rotator cuff patting myself on the back.

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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2006, 08:11:04 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2006, 12:42:58 AM »
A De Soto?

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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2006, 03:25:49 AM »
Nope - not from a Motown brand.
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2006, 05:06:01 AM »
A Roamer?


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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2006, 05:09:33 AM »
Not a Roamer.
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2006, 01:18:17 PM »
early to mid 20s Moon?

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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #18 on: November 13, 2006, 05:10:08 PM »
Not a Moon.
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #19 on: November 13, 2006, 05:24:44 PM »
Really? Looks very similar to this Moon Phaeton Y-640 even down to the wheels. Fenders, grill and headlights are a little different. Maybe same coach builder?


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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #20 on: November 14, 2006, 04:12:33 AM »
Indeed, a lot of cars of that era look similar - a malady that afflicts current automobiles, though now they are uniform and bland, versus uniform and jaunty (IMO).

Like may cars from the pre-WWII period in the US, this vehicle was built by a company that flourished as a horse-carriage builder, and then made the switch to automobiles. A critical difference between the Moon you pictured and this car, is the absence of running boards. One other early innovation from this brand remains virtually universal today.

To the best of my knowledge, this company designed it's own coachwork, though early cars featured many outsourced mechanical bits. By the early 1930's this maker had ceased to build automobiles; it stayed in business by manufacturing car bodies for mainstream brands for a few more years, but I don't think Moon was one of them.
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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #21 on: November 14, 2006, 08:18:48 AM »
Pre-WWII? Did you say Pre-WWII? Well no wonder I couldn't figure it out! Dang! Now I'm going to have to start all over again!  >:( >:( >:(

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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #22 on: November 14, 2006, 11:44:35 AM »
Pre-WWII? Did you say Pre-WWII? Well no wonder I couldn't figure it out! Dang! Now I'm going to have to start all over again!  >:( >:( >:(

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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #23 on: November 14, 2006, 12:40:29 PM »
Yeah they are amazingly similar - I'll be interested to see the final answer - I'm stumped!

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Re: Puzzle #44
« Reply #24 on: November 14, 2006, 03:47:04 PM »
The apparent turn signal on the front fender is a bit out of the ordinary, as is the cylindrical thing mounted halfway up the driver's side A-pillar. Either might be clues to a better googler than I.  ???
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