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Puzzle #120 - Solved! Shirley Mk 2
« on: December 05, 2006, 04:00:28 AM »
Two of a kind, with the minor exception of the windscreens and colors. What are these cars?

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Re: Puzzle #120
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2006, 06:43:34 AM »
Damn. Those hoods sure look like old timey Aston Marins. DB1/DB2 perhaps?


Nah. That would be too easy....... :(
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Re: Puzzle #120
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2006, 10:24:41 AM »
Sure would.  ;)
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Re: Puzzle #120
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2006, 11:14:39 AM »
50s Ford 8/10 based special I assume.

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Re: Puzzle #120
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2006, 11:19:05 AM »
Shirley Mk2

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Re: Puzzle #120
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2006, 05:04:14 PM »
are they paramounts ?

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Re: Puzzle #120
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2006, 05:12:10 PM »
I've no clue as to what they are, only when they are...given the lack of chrome bumpers (replaced by what looks to be "modern plastics"), I'm thinking they're something newer, maybe even contemporary....

or not.

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Re: Puzzle #120
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2006, 06:19:00 PM »
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Re: Puzzle #120
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2006, 08:15:55 PM »
or not.

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Re: Puzzle #120
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2006, 09:56:35 PM »
Now that I'm running for public office, I need to make everyone aware that I'm a man of diplomacy and reason....

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Re: Puzzle #120
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2006, 11:09:09 PM »
Obviously not convictions. Indictments sure, but never convictions.
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Re: Puzzle #120
« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2006, 02:44:49 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #120 - Solved! Shirley Mk 2
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2006, 08:53:13 AM »
Surely you jest!    ;D
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Re: Puzzle #120 - Solved! Shirley Mk 2
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2006, 10:00:57 AM »
I wonder why they didn't sell with a name like that eh? Meeting up with the guys for a beer and they ask "so what kind of car did you?" "Ummm ... its a Shirely"   :D

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Re: Puzzle #120 - Solved! Shirley Mk 2
« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2006, 07:26:22 PM »
It's all about the sell. You never, ever say "Ummm... it's a Shirley." You say things like "Me and ol' Shirley really tore up the streets last night." or "I drove Shirley for nearly three hours on Saturday and I've got the chafing to prove it!" or "Gawd, I really rode Shirley hard the other day. I'm still smilin'."

It's all the sizzle.

Until they see what Shirley actually is.  Then you're on your own.
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Re: Puzzle #120 - Solved! Shirley Mk 2
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2006, 09:39:26 AM »
Kinda like The Betsy?



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