Topic: White collars, blue collars - 16 ads, 16 cars. Solved by Ehhxekt, Allemano and Joao

[Ray B.]

A group puzzle inspired by Otto's "Buy that car".

16 close-ups of images from car ads or brochures. Most showing "you", the expected customer, but some showing the auto workers too, when the brand tought it was good policy to mention them.
The make and year of the corresponding car is asked. It may be not easy, but it will go better if you identifiy the cars in my second post.
As they are quite common cars mostly, I didn't make it too easy by showing front view, of course.

The rule is: 2 points for each match. No point for identifying just a car.
This puzzles stays a few days here to give the few rookies a chance, then it's a free for all.

   
Collar 1                                                                                              Collar 2

   
Collar 3                                                                                             Collar 4                                                                                   

   
Collar 5                                                                                             Collar 6

   
Collar 7                                                                                           Collar 8

   
Collar 9                                                                                          Collar 10

   
 Collar 11                                                                                        Collar 12

   
Collar13                                                                                      Collar 14

   
Collar 15                                                                                         Collar 16

[Ray B.]

And now the cars:

   
Car 1                                                                                              Car 2

   
 Car 3                                                                                           Car 4                                                                                   

   
Car 5                                                                                             Car 6

   
Car 7                                                                                           Car 8

   
Car 9                                                                                          Car 10

   
 Car 11                                                                                        Car 12

   
Car13                                                                                      Car 14

   
Car 15                                                                                         Car 16

[Ray B.]

Maybe you graduated puzzlers would like to have a go at it.

[Otto Puzzell]

Quick question: the model year of the vehicle corresponds to the model year of the vehicle advertisement, correct?

[Ray B.]

Of course. That would be too tough and less meaningful otherwise.

[Otto Puzzell]

Sorry - guess I'm dumb. 

[Ray B.]

Don't be, it was a perfectly legitimate question. I should have made it clear.

[Allemano]

car 4 is the Glas Goggomobil (Klein-) Transporter TL250 delivered to Deutsche Post (German Mail) which matches with ad/brochure 10 from 1957 I suppose. The standard brochure wasn't changed over the years, so, I guess it's from the first year of production.

[Ray B.]

I think I've deleted some of this puzzle's files by mistake, but until I get them back I have it almost all in mind.
The two images from the same brochure, dated 1956, and you are right.

EDIt: Found them.

[Ray B.]

The results:
Collar 1 (and Car 3) 1949 Cadillac Series 52 Ehhxekt
Collar 2  1941 Studebaker  (and Car 1: 1940 Studebaker Commander) Ehhxekt
Collar 3 (and Car 2) 1939 Opel Kapitän Ehhxekt
Collar 4 (and Car 16) 1940 Lincoln Zephyr Ehhxekt
Collar 5 (and Car 13): 1956 Oldsmobile Ehhxekt
Collar 6 (and Car 14): 1948 Packard Ehhxekt
Collar 7 (and Car 15): 1950 Plymouth Ehhxekt
Collar 8 (and Car 6): 1946 Oldsmobile Ehhxekt
Collar 9 (and Car 8 : 1938 Skoda 420 Popular Ehhxekt
Collar 10 (and Car 4): Goggomobil Klein Transporter 1956 brochure Allemano
Collar 11 (and Car 12): 1959 Edsel Corsair Ehhxekt
Collar 12 (and Car 5): 1936 Chevrolet Ehhxekt
Collar 13 (and Car 11): 1937 Buick Ehhxekt
Collar 14 (and Car 9): 1959 Chevrolet Ehhxekt
Collar 15 (and Car 10): 1960 Pontiac Ehhxekt
Collar 16 (and Car 7) 1956 Chevrolet Joao

[Joćo]

Collar 16 and car 7 ( chevrolet beauville and chevrolet bel air )

[Ray B.]

Collar 16 and car 7 ( chevrolet beauville and chevrolet bel air )

Right make and match. The car in the ad is a Beauville alright. Car 7 is not a Bel Air but it doesn't matter since I didn't ask for ther model.
But I asked for the year. Locked for you 72 hours.

[Joćo]

Sorry, 1956

[Ehhxekt]

Collar #01 / Car #03: 1949 Cadillac Series 62
Collar #02 / Car #01: 1941/1940 Studebaker Commander
Collar #03 / Car #02: 1939 Opel Kapitän
Collar #04 / Car #16: 1940 Lincoln Zephyr
Collar #05 / Car #13: 1956 Oldsmobile
Collar #06 / Car #14: 1948 Packard
Collar #07 / Car #15: 1950 Plymouth
Collar #08 / Car #06: 1946 Oldsmobile
Collar #09 / Car #08: 1938 Skoda 420 Popular
Collar #11 / Car #12: 1959 Edsel Corsair
Collar #12 / Car #05: 1936 Chevrolet
Collar #13 / Car #11: 1937 Buick
Collar #14 / Car #09: 1959 Chevrolet
Collar #15 / Car #10: 1960 Pontiac

I loved this puzzle…

[Ray B.]

And Ehhxekt gets the 14 pairs left without a single error.
Where were the other pros gone?
He even warned me that the Studebaker pictured was a 1940 model, while the brochure where my photo came from was a 1941 brochure (a mistake I reproduced from the website where I took the picture.

The count goes: Ehhxekt 28 points, Allemano and Joao 2 points each.

[Otto Puzzell]

Where were the other pros gone?

Personally, I had the Pontiac pair, and was working toward some others, but, per the "slow answers" thread, was out of commission for most of the past two weeks, with the exception of early morning admin work.

I'm back on a somewhat normal schedule now, and will try to do better.

[Ray B.]

Sorry you've missed it.

It's true that finding the answers required some intuition, but mostly lots of time spent on the internet.