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Fixit! #2 -Solved! Toronado / Drum Brakes
« on: February 26, 2011, 06:02:08 AM »

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others (and why)
By the time this puzzle is gone?

Only complete answers will earn a point
      
Fixit 1                                                                                                                                                          Fixit 2


      
Fixit 3                                                                                                                                                          Fixit 4
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2011, 06:06:18 AM »
It get crowded in Cookie land. Er, Rookie land.

Me move to Experts
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2011, 06:21:42 AM »
The Toronado is a FF? Front-engine and front wheel drive?
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2011, 06:22:57 AM »
While that's true, it is not the disconnection I'm looking for.
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2011, 06:26:58 AM »
The Chrysler was made by the only brand still extant?  Studebaker, Oldsmobile, and Crosley are no longer automakers...
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2011, 06:43:58 AM »
 ;D

The Chrysler is a 4-door sedan, the Avanti, the Crosley and Toronado have coupe body.
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2011, 07:47:41 AM »
The list is probably endless..

How about this one?
The Chrysler, Studebaker and Crosley all use the surname of their founder/s in full - the odd one out is the Oldsmobile, which doesn't (Olds+mobile!)
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2011, 07:53:01 AM »
All interesting points, but not the answer that pays the point.

The nature of the difference (not visible in these pictures) is mechanical, and not one of nomenclature.
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2011, 07:55:31 AM »
The material of the body perhaps?
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2011, 09:11:28 AM »
Not that. The bodies (though painted) can be seen.
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2011, 10:11:12 AM »
Common: Flat floors, except for the Crosley.
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2011, 11:53:45 AM »
No, the Avanti had a console and driveline hump.
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2011, 12:31:02 PM »
Front suspension?  The Toronado used torsion bars and I believe the others used double A-Arms...
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2011, 12:33:46 PM »
Quote from: Aaron65 on March 02, 2011, 12:31:02 PM
Front suspension?  The Toronado used torsion bars and I believe the others used double A-Arms...


That's not it, but you are getting closer!
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2011, 12:41:37 PM »
They all have cast iron engine blocks except the Crosley which has the CoBra welded steel engine??
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2011, 12:42:41 PM »
The Chrysler is the odd one out, because it doesn't have disc brakes.
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2011, 12:51:58 PM »
Quote from: barrett on March 02, 2011, 12:41:37 PM
They all have cast iron engine blocks except the Crosley which has the CoBra welded steel engine??

That's a good one, too, but no.
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2011, 12:52:23 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on March 02, 2011, 12:42:41 PM
The Chrysler is the odd one out, because it doesn't have disc brakes.

Hmm...

Better check your manuals.
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #18 on: March 02, 2011, 03:12:30 PM »
The Crosley has a solid front axle, while the other cars have independent front suspension...
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2011, 06:20:11 PM »
Chrysler was the only one designed to run on cross ply tyres ?
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2011, 03:50:25 AM »
Quote from: Aaron65 on March 02, 2011, 03:12:30 PM
The Crosley has a solid front axle, while the other cars have independent front suspension...

Maybe I should re-name this one "Never Ending Chain #3"  :D

Not the answer I'm after.
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2011, 03:51:41 AM »
Quote from: gilescooperuk on March 02, 2011, 06:20:11 PM
Chrysler was the only one designed to run on cross ply tyres ?

Not sure if that's correct, but not the answer I'm after.

Wendax' most recent reply, while incorrect, honed closest to the correct solution.
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2011, 05:00:20 AM »
So the puzzle should have been what have these cars got in common? :P just joking
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2011, 05:31:39 AM »
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on March 03, 2011, 03:51:41 AM
Wendax' most recent reply, while incorrect, honed closest to the correct solution.

The Studebaker Avanti is the odd one out, because it has disc brakes?
The Crosley got them with the 1949 model, and the Toronado as an option with the 1967 model.
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Re: Fixit! #2
« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2011, 05:58:55 AM »
Argh!

I meant to include a pic of the '49 Crosley (fixed now), but you've cracked it.

The '49 Crosley, the '49 Crown Imperial, and the '63 Avanti all had disc brakes (though the Chrysler discs were of an unusual, fully-enclosed variety). The Toronado didn't offer discs until its second year of production. The 1966 model pictured had big ol' drum at all four corners. Holy smoking brake linings!  
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