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Puzzle #1857 - Bantam "Buzz Box" @ Southampton Speedway
« on: January 12, 2011, 05:17:43 AM »
Know what it is? For 1 point, please respond below and identify what the vehicle is, and at what venue the picture was taken

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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2011, 03:38:38 AM »
Experts?
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2011, 05:45:17 PM »
dunno about the event - but is it soapbox or gocart (depending on where you come from) racing?
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2011, 04:14:00 AM »
This vehicle - one of a small group constructed to this spec - is gasoline powered.
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2011, 01:36:36 AM »
Pros?
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2011, 02:08:28 AM »
Is it related to one of the formerly solved group puzzles?

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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2011, 02:38:12 AM »
None that I recall
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2011, 04:33:16 AM »
Car-eening toward the Black Hole - who will save this little car from that ignominious fate?
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2011, 05:35:10 PM »
Used as a lure for greyhound racing?   :D

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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2011, 05:42:45 PM »
the infamous bumper car robber (masked) on the run...

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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2011, 07:32:21 PM »
That is so sleek that I might just build my own.

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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2011, 04:35:13 AM »
Black Hole it is
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2011, 06:58:31 PM »
Time to have a go on this.
Was it a contest for selfbuilt vehicles?

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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2011, 01:26:03 AM »
No sir
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2011, 04:31:42 AM »
Is this car pink?
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #15 on: February 20, 2011, 04:44:17 AM »
The driver looks like a jockey.
Is this taking place on a horse racing track?

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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #16 on: February 20, 2011, 05:19:27 AM »
Is this car pink?

I don't know - I only have this black-and-white photo
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #17 on: February 20, 2011, 05:20:31 AM »
The driver looks like a jockey.
Is this taking place on a horse racing track?

Not a horse track.
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #18 on: February 20, 2011, 05:49:42 AM »
Soapmobile.

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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #19 on: February 20, 2011, 09:57:33 AM »
Are there other vehicles like that in that event (like in a race) or is this thing running alone (like a test car, a pace car...)

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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #20 on: February 20, 2011, 01:17:58 PM »
It's a race among similar vehicles
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #21 on: February 20, 2011, 01:20:12 PM »
Not at Red Bull Soapbox races, right?

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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #22 on: February 20, 2011, 02:01:03 PM »
Not that
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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #23 on: February 22, 2011, 09:14:31 AM »
Anything to do with Aurora Thunderjet TV spots?

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Re: What's going on here? Puzzle #1857
« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2011, 09:40:06 AM »
No sir
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