Author Topic: Order, Please - A trip from Chigago to LA, on Route 66 (Read 1277 times)

Otto Puzzell · « **on:** May 21, 2011, 08:32:01 AM »

14 automobiles and trucks. Some are old, some are new.

Each of the vehicles below can paired in an indirect way with one of the other pictured vehicles. Figure out the pairings, and then use that knowledge to put the pairing in order.

Points will be awarded for correct pairings, but not for identifying the vehicles. Most of the vehicle ID's are pretty easy. Some are not easy, but this is a pro-level puzzle, isn't it? And, yes, some of them have previously been puzzles in their own right. No points for being a clever lad and telling us which ones are reposts. A wise AutoPuzzler would keep that to himself, as the information therein might point them toward the correct overall solution.

Another two points to the AutoPuzzler who first puts them in correct order, and explains why they would be ordered that way.

Enjoy!

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #1 on:** May 21, 2011, 08:33:10 AM »

Aaron65 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 21, 2011, 09:03:10 AM »

I'll try to get this going...are 3 and 7 matched up because they're both Chevy wagon-like cars? The 1992-4 S10 Blazer and the modern HHR?

Aaron65 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 21, 2011, 09:04:01 AM »

How about 1 and 5 being Chevy sedans, a 1959 Bel Air/Impala and the new Caprice police car?

João · « **Reply #4 on:** May 21, 2011, 09:13:13 AM »

Number #5 and number #12?

Caprice police car (Chicago Auto Show 2010) protects the 1905 Banker

(" A Chicago car for Chicago people")

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #5 on:** May 21, 2011, 01:23:24 PM »

Quote from: Aaron65 on May 21, 2011, 09:03:10 AM

I'll try to get this going...are 3 and 7 matched up because they're both Chevy wagon-like cars? The 1992-4 S10 Blazer and the modern HHR?

no

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #6 on:** May 21, 2011, 01:23:50 PM »

Quote from: Aaron65 on May 21, 2011, 09:04:01 AM

How about 1 and 5 being Chevy sedans, a 1959 Bel Air/Impala and the new Caprice police car?

no

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #7 on:** May 21, 2011, 01:25:13 PM »

Quote from: João on May 21, 2011, 09:13:13 AM

Number #5 and number #12?

Caprice police car (Chicago Auto Show 2010) protects the 1905 Banker (" A Chicago car for Chicago people")

A match!

Wendax · « **Reply #8 on:** May 21, 2011, 04:01:27 PM »

#4 and #13 make a pairing.
Must I say why? You and I know.

Wendax · « **Reply #9 on:** May 21, 2011, 04:06:41 PM »

#3 and #6 make a pairing, too.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #10 on:** May 22, 2011, 04:57:08 AM »

I believe these are both correct, but please be a good sport and tell us why they match.

I'm having some issues with my primary computer (where the answer key is stored). So, I can't say with certainty that you're correct. I hope to have it back online today.

Wendax · « **Reply #11 on:** May 22, 2011, 06:37:28 AM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on May 22, 2011, 04:57:08 AM

I believe these are both correct, but please be a good sport and tell us why they match.

I would have done anyway today, because the order principle I had in mind proved wrong, so that I have no idea about the order right now.

#4 is the Gregory, built in Kansas City. It matches with #13, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, pictured in Kansas City at Union Station.

#6 is the Geronimo, built in Enid, OK. It matches with #3, a Chevy Blazer in Enid. I think it is Enid, because of the grain elevators in the background (Enid having the most grain storage space in the whole USA).

Wendax · « **Reply #12 on:** May 22, 2011, 12:16:29 PM »

#10 1908 Lincoln runabout, built in Lincoln, Illinois, goes with #9 Ford Mustang parking in front of 410 Pulaski Street in Lincoln, Illinois

João · « **Reply #13 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:26:44 PM »

Number #2 - El Reno Lake with number #8 - 1910 Pioneer Model 4-30 built in El Reno, Oklahoma?

Wendax · « **Reply #14 on:** May 22, 2011, 04:14:41 PM »

Sorry, but I think it is
Number #11 - El Reno, VW beetle after a tornado and #8 - 1910 Pioneer Model 4-30 built in El Reno, Oklahoma

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #15 on:** May 23, 2011, 03:51:11 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on May 22, 2011, 12:16:29 PM

#10 1908 Lincoln runabout, built in Lincoln, Illinois, goes with #9 Ford Mustang parking in front of 410 Pulaski Street in Lincoln, Illinois

That's right

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #16 on:** May 23, 2011, 03:51:44 AM »

Quote from: João on May 22, 2011, 03:26:44 PM

Number #2 - El Reno Lake with number #8 - 1910 Pioneer Model 4-30 built in El Reno, Oklahoma?

That's wrong

Wendax · « **Reply #17 on:** May 23, 2011, 03:52:22 AM »

The next pairing is #14, a 1904 St.Louis from St.Louis, Missouri, and #7 Cathedral Basilica Saint Louis in St.Louis.

That leaves #2 and #1 as the last pair.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #18 on:** May 23, 2011, 03:53:08 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on May 22, 2011, 04:14:41 PM

Sorry, but I think it is
Number #11 - El Reno, VW beetle after a tornado and #8 - 1910 Pioneer Model 4-30 built in El Reno, Oklahoma

That's wrong

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #19 on:** May 23, 2011, 03:57:59 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on May 22, 2011, 06:37:28 AM

#6 is the Geronimo, built in Enid, OK. ~~It matches with #3, a Chevy Blazer in Enid. I think it is Enid, because of the grain elevators in the background (Enid having the most grain storage space in the whole USA)~~.

Wendax · « **Reply #20 on:** May 23, 2011, 04:01:04 AM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on May 23, 2011, 03:57:59 AM

Quote from: Wendax on May 22, 2011, 06:37:28 AM

#6 is the Geronimo, built in Enid, OK. ~~It matches with #3, a Chevy Blazer in Enid. I think it is Enid, because of the grain elevators in the background (Enid having the most grain storage space in the whole USA)~~.

Then it must be #6 Geronimo from Enid and #11 VW after tornado in Enid

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #21 on:** May 23, 2011, 04:03:27 AM »

The pairs:

Chevy BelAir & Duro Car   by Wendax
1922 Gregory & Wienermobile   by Wendax
Chevy Caprice Police Persuit Vehicle & 1905 Banker by João
1916 Geronimo & Volkswagen Beetle    by Wendax
1908 Lincoln High Wheeler & Ford Mustang by Wendax
1910 Pioneer & Chevy Blazer by Wendax
1903 St. Louis Runabout & Chevy HHR by   Wendax

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #22 on:** May 23, 2011, 04:04:12 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on May 23, 2011, 04:01:04 AM

Then it must be #6 Geronimo from Enid and #11 VW after tornado in Enid

That's the right car, pair, and tornado.

Wendax · « **Reply #23 on:** May 23, 2011, 04:18:34 AM »

The grain elevators on #3 are in El Reno, which makes it a pair with #8.

Wendax · « **Reply #24 on:** May 23, 2011, 04:56:09 AM »

Is #2 a Smith from #1 Topeka, Kansas?

That would put the pairs in the following order:

(12,5)
(10,9)
(14,7)
(4,13)
(2,1)
(6,11)
(8,3)

This would be a nice tour from Chicago to Oklahoma (following very roughly the eastern part of Route 66?).

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