Topic: Who did that to those poor cars? N°1 - Solved by Ehhxekt, jotage 21, Allemano &

[Ray B.]

Following Otto's What-was-that puzzle, here is rather a Who-did-that.

Nine cars, all modified or especially build for advertising, films, TV shows, whatever. The company's names have been blurred or erased. For each car you get one point if you can identify the guilty party, that is the product advertised, the company,  film, show, etc. Naturally, there is little chance that you make it unless you stumble upon the same web page where I found them.
Difficult, but not impossible at all: how do you think I found them first?

Once done you can also earn, for all cars but N°9, an extra point if you can tell the make (and sometimes model and year) of the car it is based upon. Guesses about what the car was won't be answered or rewarded if posted before the first question is answered.

[Ehhxekt]

#1seems to have originally been a 1951 Chevrolet Styleline Station Wagon. It was modified into a railway track inspection car, and used, as I have just learnt, by the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway.
#4 is a Citroën 2CV with Antem body from 1957; it was advertising Champagne Delamotte on the right side, and „PORTO A.J. da SILVA” on the left.

[jotage21]

#8 - Moxiemobile, made by Moxie Beverage Company based on a 1928 LaSalle

[jotage21]

#5 - The Bevo Boat, made by Anheuser-Busch Company (Budweiser). Pierce-Arrow based

[jotage21]

#6 - Top Cat, made by Bill Carter based on a Jaguar XJ 12, promo car for Ordnance Survey and Bosch.

[Allemano]

#3  1951 Fiat 500 C modified by Carrozzeria Boneschi, advertising car for Binaca toothpaste.

[Ray B.]

#1 - Railway track inspection car, used by the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway. Originally a 1951 Chevrolet Styleline Station Wagon. Ehhxekt, 2 pts
#3 - 1951 Fiat 500 C modified by Carrozzeria Boneschi, advertising car for Binaca toothpaste. Allemano, 2pts
#4 -  Citroën 2CV with Antem body from 1957; it was advertising Champagne Delamotte on the right side, and „PORTO A.J. da SILVA” on the left. Ehhxekt, 2pts
#5 - The Bevo Boat Budweiser III, made by Anheuser-Busch Company, Pierce-Arrow based jotage 21, 2pts (thanks to Allemano).
#6 - Top Cat, made by Bill Carter based on a Jaguar XJ 12, promo car for Ordnance Survey and Bosch. jotage 21, 2pts
#8 - Moxiemobile, made by Moxie Beverage Company based on a 1928 LaSalle. jotage 21, 2pts I have it as a 1930 LaSalle, but certainty is frail in these matters.

You guys are too good! I am adding a wditt #9 (the server wouldn't let me do it last night). Let's see if you find that one (just one point, no make and model required).

[Allemano]

#5 - The Bevo Boat, made by Anheuser-Busch Company (Budweiser). Pierce-Arrow based:
There were several Bevo Boats, based on different ars. Which one is it?

Budweiser III

[Ray B.]

Sorry, Allemano, it was obvious but I should have said it, I was asking jotage21 to complete his answer. I'll have to think what I'll do with the points now...

[Allemano]

I know, I would never claim any point for this.

Maybe you doing better by writing @...... next time! The point is jotage's of course! (expect he's able to find the correct number!)

[Ray B.]

I know, I would never claim any point for this.

... but you couldn't restrain yourself... I know that feeling.

[Ray B.]

Only 2 left. Is that all you experts can do?

[Ray B.]

Well, so it seems. Goin' up, then!

[Ray B.]

The rescue car has some clues for you, puzzlers!

#1 - Railway track inspection car, used by the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway. Originally a 1951 Chevrolet Styleline Station Wagon. Ehhxekt, 2 pts
#2  Father Christmas on his way to Selfridge's riding on a 1934 Humber Snipe Ehhxekt, 2 pts
#3 - 1951 Fiat 500 C modified by Carrozzeria Boneschi, advertising car for Binaca toothpaste. Allemano, 2pts
#4 -  Citroën 2CV with Antem body from 1957; it was advertising Champagne Delamotte on the right side, and „PORTO A.J. da SILVA” on the left. Ehhxekt, 2pts
#5 - The Bevo Boat Budweiser III, made by Anheuser-Busch Company, Pierce-Arrow based jotage 21, 2pts (thanks to Allemano).
#6 - Top Cat, made by Bill Carter based on a Jaguar XJ 12, promo car for Ordnance Survey and Bosch. jotage 21, 2pts
#7 
#8 - Moxiemobile, made by Moxie Beverage Company based on a 1928 LaSalle. jotage 21, 2pts. I have it as a 1930 LaSalle, but certainty is frail in these matters.
#9 - Made for movie car, base unknown, built for "La Rue Sans Loi", based on Albert Dubout's cartoons pnegyesi 2 points

Still unsolved are numbers 2, 7 and 9. Preferably before next week, I am going to add 3 pictures.
Between each unsolved car and one of the pictures, there is a connection.

[Ray B.]

I am getting desperate. So here is a little more help.
Wditt #2: here is another clue. Do you want me to spell it out?
Wditt #7 and Clue 7: find the name of that jumping girl and maybe you'll find Wditt #7
Wditt #9: if you have an idea of where the picture of Clue 9 comes from -which shouldn't be too hard- and know where to search, Wditt #9 shouldn't be too far away.

[Ehhxekt]

Wditt #2: "Selfridges publicity car travelling through Central London publicising the store's Christmas Bazaar" in 1938. It appears to be a Humber Snipe 80 from about 1934.

[Ray B.]

Fine! Did you recognized the Selfridge's building, the grotto,  or did you stumble upon the same web page?
As for the car, I'm no specialist of british cars but I checked your ID and it seems spot on.
2 points.

[Ehhxekt]

Fine! Did you recognized the Selfridge's building, the grotto,  or did you stumble upon the same web page?

Luckily for me, I didn't recognize the building, I only thought for some reason that it was in London and typed, still rather clueless, something like santa car london in Google image search. To my surprise, the picture came up among the first results. If I had been more specific and added "Selfridges" to the query I probably would never have found that photograph because the name of the store happens to be mistyped on the page

[GRAYWOLF]

Wasn't #7 built as some kind of rodeo or wild west show promotion? I have no idea who or what...I just seem to remember seeing it on TV

[Ray B.]

This particular one: no. But I've seen lots of similar things on the  internet that may have. And they usually have the same nickname.

[Ray B.]

Would another view of car N°9 help?

[Ray B.]

Is there more light here?

[Otto Puzzell]

Let's see - the clue car for #9, was the made-up (VW floorpan?)car for the movie Follow That Bird. In that movie, the Bird returns to his home in  Oceanview, Illinois. Then he runs away, persued by the rest of the Sesame Street cast, and the movie plot takes place in a whole host of places.

In other words, I got nothin'.

[Ray B.]

Let's see - the clue car for #9, was the made-up (VW floorpan?)car for the movie Follow That Bird.

The relation between this clue and car#9 had nothing to do with VW or Oceanview for sure.
But the Follow That Bird car was also part of my "Who did that... N°2 puzzle. In my last post to this one I did tell more about it.

[Ray B.]