AutoPuzzles - The Internet's Museum of Rare Cars!

Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2011 => Topic started by: Paul Jaray on January 06, 2011, 09:04:12 AM

Title: Solved -PJ371- Miller-Hibbard Special
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 06, 2011, 09:04:12 AM: Know what it is? Please, respond below and share your knowledge of this vehicle.

If you haven't registered yet, you need to do so in order to reply. You can do so by clicking here (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?action=register).

Also, please be sure to check out our other puzzles, and, please post a puzzle of your own if you'd like - the more, the merrier. :D

Thanks!
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 12, 2011, 04:29:33 PM: This one is not hard at all.
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 17, 2011, 04:33:11 PM: I'll move it to the Expert section soon.
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 19, 2011, 01:01:34 PM: Same project, different design.
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: barrett on January 27, 2011, 07:47:35 PM: Aero?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 28, 2011, 04:20:21 PM: Not Aero...
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: barrett on January 29, 2011, 01:23:42 AM: Praga? ;)
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: pnegyesi on January 29, 2011, 04:55:33 AM: Is it Czech at all?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 29, 2011, 08:51:24 AM: Quote from: pnegyesi on January 29, 2011, 04:55:33 AM
Is it Czech at all?
Not at all.
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: woodinsight on January 29, 2011, 08:57:52 AM: European?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 29, 2011, 09:19:24 AM: Nope...
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: pnegyesi on January 29, 2011, 11:13:08 AM: From the US of A?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 29, 2011, 04:37:55 PM: Yes!
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: João on January 29, 2011, 07:33:12 PM: Fords by Gordon Buehrig?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 30, 2011, 04:48:02 PM: These bodies were supposed to fit Ford chassis.
Not Buherig....
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: João on January 30, 2011, 05:14:17 PM: Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 30, 2011, 04:48:02 PM
These bodies were supposed to fit Ford chassis.
Not Buherig....

Made by a coachbuilt company or a designer?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 30, 2011, 05:20:56 PM: A quite known stylist, known also for his coachbuilding firms...
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: João on January 30, 2011, 05:35:30 PM: Howard A. “Dutch” Darrin?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 30, 2011, 05:38:50 PM: Any clue from now on will give you part of the answer so...
not Darrin, but terribly close!
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: João on January 30, 2011, 05:45:31 PM: Alexander Sarantos Tremulis ?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 30, 2011, 05:47:20 PM: Not Tremulis, stay close to Darrin....
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: João on January 30, 2011, 06:05:33 PM: Fernandez?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 30, 2011, 06:12:20 PM: You got the clue right...not Fernadez but close to both!
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: João on January 30, 2011, 06:20:50 PM: Must be Hibbard than :D
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 30, 2011, 06:29:01 PM: Correct!
These designs were made by Thomas L. Hibbard but the answer is not complete yet.
They were supposed to be fitted with (modified) Ford engines and chassis...but they where not Ford Specials by Hibbard, but a proposal for a new line of cars, to be sold under a different name...you found the 2nd part of this (never realized) company's name.
The 1st name is quite known too....
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: João on January 30, 2011, 06:35:20 PM: Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 30, 2011, 06:29:01 PM
Correct!
These designs were made by Thomas L. Hibbard but the answer is not complete yet.
They were supposed to be fitted with (modified) Ford engines and chassis...but they where not Ford Specials by Hibbard, but a proposal for a new line of cars, to be sold under a different name...you found the 2nd part of this (never realized) company's name.
The 1st name is quite known too....

Wow! That´s very interesting... :o
The 1st name is French?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 31, 2011, 01:24:06 PM: Not French...
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: João on January 31, 2011, 01:37:15 PM: Jensen-Hibbard? :bag:
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 31, 2011, 03:03:12 PM: Not Jensen but you have a
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: João on January 31, 2011, 03:33:53 PM: Hmmm...

It´s a car or a person?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 31, 2011, 03:35:09 PM: A well known man...not a designer-coachbuilder.
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: João on January 31, 2011, 03:38:20 PM: Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 31, 2011, 03:35:09 PM
A well known man...not a designer-coachbuilder.

Maybe Edsel ?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on February 01, 2011, 03:44:11 PM: Not Edsel...
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: João on February 02, 2011, 05:54:58 PM: Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 31, 2011, 03:35:09 PM
A well known man...not a designer-coachbuilder.

Automobile related?
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Wendax on February 03, 2011, 02:24:33 AM: I hope it doesn't have the scent of nicking a point. The name you are after is Miller-Hibbard. Miller being the well-known Harry A. Miller.
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on February 03, 2011, 08:15:03 AM: Miller-Hibbard is correct!
I'll post the article soon and award the point.
Well done Wendax, it's no more a surprise now you are running fast!
João, better luck next time. Thank you for keeping this puzzle alive...I'm sure you was going to hit it eventually!
Title: Re: PJ - 371
Post by: Paul Jaray on February 09, 2011, 04:11:14 PM: Here you are:
(source: Special Interest Autos, 1971)