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Puzzle #71 - Solved! 1946 Hewson Rocket
« on: October 31, 2006, 03:39:11 AM »


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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2006, 04:16:30 PM »
Not one guess?
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2006, 01:34:01 PM »
Can it be an US-amercan Playboy 3-seater with a 2.2-litre Willys engine? Made between 1946-1951.
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2006, 02:47:59 AM »
No sir.
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2006, 04:39:04 PM »
1947 Gadabout?


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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2006, 04:53:57 PM »
No sir.
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2006, 04:24:48 AM »
Hint: The body is made of just what it looks like, and it has a V8
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2006, 07:19:53 AM »
That would be what our British cousins call "aluminium." Though why anyone would bother with this ugly duckling is a mystery to me.

Lessee.....is it an American V-8 lurking beneath that beautiful bonnet?    ???
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2006, 09:03:15 AM »
looks like a mobile mail box to me
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2006, 09:23:16 AM »
Quote from: MG on December 15, 2006, 07:19:53 AM
That would be what our British cousins call "aluminium." Though why anyone would bother with this ugly duckling is a mystery to me.

Lessee.....is it an American V-8 lurking beneath that beautiful bonnet?    ???

Yes!
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2006, 10:07:52 AM »
Flathead?


Flathead Ford engine?



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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2006, 10:44:59 AM »
Yes. And please stop calling me 'Flathead'.
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2006, 08:09:59 AM »
 please stop calling me 'Flathead'.

Well, I dunno. If the shoe fits........ ;D

My guess is the folks at Alcoa had a big hand in this project. Unfortunately, their styling department quit en masse and their replacements had yet to be hired.

Ford motor but NOT a Ford product, I'm guessing.

Here's what I think:

A. Not a Ford

B. From the 50's

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Flathead?    :lmao:
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2006, 09:28:44 AM »
The profile of the trunk lid seems to indicate a decent amount of rear taper...might this be a three-wheeler?
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2006, 09:33:43 AM »
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How'd I do?

Fair.

A. Yes

B. No
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #15 on: December 16, 2006, 09:39:44 AM »
Quote from: Stephen M on December 16, 2006, 09:28:44 AM
The profile of the trunk lid seems to indicate a decent amount of rear taper...might this be a three-wheeler?

Nope.
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #16 on: December 16, 2006, 10:49:05 AM »
Is it rear-engined?


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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2006, 03:03:43 AM »
It is.
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2006, 07:05:39 AM »
Quote from: MG on December 16, 2006, 08:09:59 AM
please stop calling me 'Flathead'.

Ford motor but NOT a Ford product, I'm guessing.

Here's what I think:

A. Not a Ford

B. From the 50's

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Flathead?    :lmao:

Damn...you're as good as me at this stuff, Abingdon!
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2006, 02:57:44 AM »
OK, it's got aluminum body panels, a rear mounted flathead V8 by Ford, and more than three wheels. That should narrow it down quite a bit, no?
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2007, 01:31:36 PM »
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #21 on: February 10, 2007, 07:32:52 AM »
:bump: :bump:
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2007, 09:58:39 PM »
Made by a British company?
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #23 on: February 14, 2007, 02:39:48 AM »
No sir.
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Re: Puzzle #71
« Reply #24 on: February 15, 2007, 11:06:03 AM »
Airstream Fuginator!
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