Author Topic: Solved - NEH 33: Hilten Panhard X85  (Read 716 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Carnut

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 40949
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 423
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Solved - NEH 33: Hilten Panhard X85
« on: October 08, 2009, 07:35:12 AM »
1 point for the first Puzzler to correctly identify this car:
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Offline als15

  • Expert
  • *
  • Posts: 2662
  • Country: it
  • Puzzle Points 196
  • Fiat Author
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • Società Editrice Il Cammello
Re: NEH 33
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2009, 08:33:38 AM »
1960 Fiat 1100 Special!
Or perhaps your are not asking what's the sedan in the right corner?  ;)

Offline Carnut

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 40949
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 423
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: NEH 33
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2009, 09:21:18 AM »
 :lmao:
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Offline Carnut

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 40949
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 423
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: NEH 33
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2009, 06:44:42 AM »
All right then, we'll just have to give it to the Experts to tell us!
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Offline guido66

  • Expert
  • *
  • Posts: 4233
  • Country: nl
  • Puzzle Points 289
  • Nice Chains
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: NEH 33
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2009, 07:05:23 AM »
Hilten Panhard

Offline Carnut

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 40949
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 423
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: NEH 33
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2009, 07:30:08 AM »
Yes, I knew it wouldn't take you long!
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Offline franck.kegelart

  • Expert
  • *
  • Posts: 329
  • Country: be
  • Puzzle Points 216
  • High point to post ratio
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Solved - NEH 33: Hilten Panhard X85
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2009, 06:12:17 AM »
Some informations about Hilten ( which country, etc... ) ?

Offline guido66

  • Expert
  • *
  • Posts: 4233
  • Country: nl
  • Puzzle Points 289
  • Nice Chains
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Solved - NEH 33: Hilten Panhard X85
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2009, 07:02:08 AM »
from the Netherlands. Mr. Hilten was an engineer working at Philips, so he's most likely from the Eindhoven region.

the car still exists:

Offline Otto Puzzell

  • Founder and
  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 31556
  • Country: us
  • Puzzle Points 444
  • Open field, with a window.
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • AutoPuzzles
Re: Solved - NEH 33: Hilten Panhard X85
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2009, 07:59:14 AM »
Neat car - too bad it's been neglected so.
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Offline DynaMike

  • Expert
  • *
  • Posts: 921
  • Country: nl
  • Puzzle Points 230
  • Amsterdam, cool.
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: Solved - NEH 33: Hilten Panhard X85
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2009, 09:47:39 AM »
Self-built tubular chassis and centrally mounted engine (so rear wheel drive, quite unusual with post-war Panhard mechanics). I couldn't find any extra infos, but I'm pretty sure these pictures were not taken in Eindhoven. The architecture doesn't fit. Rather somewhere in the West of the Netherlands... Maybe Haarlem?

Here's a rear view: