Topic: Solved - The Car's the Star

[neilshouse]

This is a puzzle based on the same idea as Ray B's Horsepower and Otto's Cars and Tuners. Apologies for jumping on the bandwagon.

There are 15 cars and 15 actors, each car shares at least part of its name with one of the actors, 1 point for each correctly identified and paired car and actor, so 15 points in total are on offer.

Some I think are very easy, others quite difficult.

Good luck.

The Cars -


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The Stars -


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[Otto Puzzell]

Cool puzzle - makes me want to demote myself so I can play, too. 

[neilshouse]

Thanks Otto, if it's not 100% completed by the end of the weekend I'll move it to the Professionals.

[Allan L]

It's beyond me really, but I'll get my one bit in first!
Car 6 is a Turner (F2 car, driven by John Webb I think)
Star 5 is Kathleen Turner
Car 5 is a Vernon Derby
Star 3 is Bobby Vernon

[Ray B.]

Car #14 is a Paxton Phoenix and Star #8 is Bill Paxton
Car #9 is probably a Morgan 4/4 and Star #15 is Morgan Freeman
Car #10 is a Brooke and Star #12 is Brooke Shields

[neilshouse]

A good start. But car No. 9 is incorrect Ray

The scores so far -
Car1 - Swift 10hp Tourer = Star 13 Clive Swift - @re
Car2 - Nissan Cedric = Star9 Cedric Yarbrough - DHoffmann
Car3 - Thomas Flyer = Star13 Heather Thomas - Otto Puzzell
Car4 - Morgan Plus 4 Plus = Star15 Morgan Freeman - Allan L
Car5 - Vernon Derby = Star3 Bobby Vernon - Allan L
Car6 - Turner F2 = Star5 Kathleen Turner - Allan L (not sure if the driver is John Webb but I imagine you are correct Allan)
Car7 - Chrysler Windsor = Star4 Barbara Windsor - Ray B
Car8 - Morris Minor = Star6 Howard Morris - Allan L
Car9 - Bentley Park Ward Drophead = Star11 Wes Bentley - Allan L
Car10 - Brooke (Double R) = Star 12 Brooke Shields - Ray B
Car11 - Henry J Prototype = Star2 Henry Winkler - @re
Car12 - Lloyd LP600 Alexander Coupe = Star10 Harold Lloyd - Ray B
Car13 - Denzel Sport = Star1 Denzel Washington - DHoffmann
Car14 - Paxton Phoenix = Star8 Bill Paxton - Ray B
Car15 - Jaguar Owen Sedanca = Star7 Clive Owen. - Ray B

[Ray B.]

Car #15 is a Jaguar Owen Sedanca and Star #7 is Clive Owen.
Car #12 is a Lloyd LP600 Alexander Coupe and Star #10 is Harold Lloyd

[DHoffmann]

Car 2 - Nissan Cedric
Celebrity 9 - Cedric Yarbrough

Car 13 - Denzel Sport
Star 1 - Denzel Washington

EDIT: I guess it really shows my age that I can't identify any more stars apart from Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman... yikes...

[Allan L]

Finishing Ray's one
Car 4 is a Morgan (Plus 4 plus) and Star 15 is Morgan Freeman (I'm told!)

Car 9 is a Bentley Park Ward Drophead and Star 11 is someone called Wes Bentley

Car 8 is a Morris Minor and it's possible that Star 14 is Kathryn Morris (or not, as the case may be)

[max]

Car 3's a Henry and star 2's Henry Winkler (as he is now).  Can't think of a Morris to match car 8 - anyone?

[neilshouse]

Correct so far apart from Star No. 14 who is not Kathryn Morris, and Car No.3 isn't a Henry

I've updated the 'scores so far' list, just 5 more to find, Cars 1, 3, 7, 8, and 11.

Which also means there are 5 Stars left to match to cars, Stars 2, 4, 6, 13, and 14.

[@re]

Car #1 is a 1929 Swift 10hp Tourer, licence plate DV 5229,
and Star #13 is Clive Swift, of British TV sitcom "Keeping Up Appearances" fame, where he plays the husband of Hyacinth Bucket ("Bouquet").

I would have nailed most of these if I hadn't been so late, two of my biggest interests being cars and (newer) movies, but that's what you get for working when other people are posting puzzles

Edit: Car #11 is a prototype (the "AMP" car) for the Henry J, which looked like that when rediscovered in 1988 (read more about it here: http://home.comcast.net/~ljfid/earlyhj.htm, and, indeed, here: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=2600.0),
and Star #2 is, as has already been said, Henry Winkler.

[neilshouse]

Another 2 correct guesses, only 3 more to get, numbers 3, 7, and 8, and Stars numbers 4, 6, and 14.

[Ray B.]

Car #7 is naturally a ca. 1946 Chrysler, let's say a Royal or a Windsor. Royal Dano and Marie Windsor are the only two actors by these name that I would recognize, and they're not here...
Could Star #6 be Frank Windsor?

[neilshouse]

Star No. 6 is not Frank Windsor.

[Ray B.]

OK, I get it: 7 and 4. Barbara Windsor is Star #4

[neilshouse]

That's the one!

[neilshouse]

Moved to the pros, 2 left to get.

[Otto Puzzell]

I'm, um....puzzled.

15 cars; 15 stars. All of the stars have been identified and matched to cars, yet 2 cars remain unidentified. 

[Allan L]

Aha!
Car 8, as I said before, is a Morris Minor
Star 6, whom I've never heard of before, was Howard Morris.

[neilshouse]

Correct, Morris Minor and Howard Morris.

Don't be puzzled Otto, there is still Car No. 3 and Star No. 14 left to be identified, unless, of course, I have made a mistake (which is not uncommon for me to do!).

[Otto Puzzell]

That would be actress Heather Thomas (#14), and the 1909 Thomas Flyer Model L (#3), on display at the Toyota Automobile Museum

[neilshouse]

Correct!
Thats them all solved, well done everyone, after a quick tally up the points awarded are as follows -

@re - 2 points
DHoffmann - 2 points
Otto Puzzell - 1 point
Allan L - 5 points
Ray B - 5 points

[Allan L]

Thanks for that, even though I have no feel for the "stars", and have never before heard of most of them (but as Google has, I was saved!).

I must say that most Thomas Flyers you find look more like this:

[Otto Puzzell]

I wasn't really familiar with Ms Thomas, but I once I figured out the Flyer, a google image search for "actress thomas" made short work of that.