Author Topic: Solved -PJ402- Lysell Streamliner 1937  (Read 4043 times)

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #25 on: May 04, 2011, 09:45:12 AM »
did he designed a technical product?
Such as?
Sorry but it's a generic definition and I don't want to mislead you...I'll guess it's a technical product but don't know if we mean the same...
He build also another streamlined special in another country.

Was the other streamliner seen on this site?
Nope, but I have some pics.

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #26 on: May 04, 2011, 01:07:22 PM »
did he designed a technical product?
Such as?



something  like a radiator or a mixer or a kitchen-aid etc.

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #27 on: May 04, 2011, 01:19:17 PM »
Nothing like that.
This one is very easy if you follow my clues: you have 2 ways.
If you got the nation, you'll got the Company and the object he designed...then google will give you the name.
If you got the object, you'll have directly the name.

Very common object...it can be found in each home...(but not in 1 it seems....)

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #28 on: May 05, 2011, 09:02:15 AM »
OK Experts, show me what are you able to do!
Remember, the key is the european nation....

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #29 on: May 05, 2011, 09:13:26 AM »
Back to experts?
And then "forward" to the Rookies? ;D

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #30 on: May 05, 2011, 09:16:36 AM »
just trying to have this solved...
...and I'll add that you'll need an easy detective work and not superpowers to solve it now:
this nation can be connected to few companies, so you can exclude Italy, UK, Germany, France....

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #31 on: May 05, 2011, 11:31:56 AM »
Switzerland. Swiss Army knife. So then the name is Knife or Victorinox or Karl Elsener.   Victor Motors Inc.
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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #32 on: May 05, 2011, 12:06:55 PM »
Good guess, but not from Switzerland...and not a knife.


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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #33 on: May 05, 2011, 06:23:49 PM »
There is something wrong here: this puzzle is in the expert section, and here we are several professionals answering and posting...
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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #34 on: May 06, 2011, 05:46:03 AM »
It didn't start here....
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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #35 on: May 06, 2011, 06:09:19 AM »
just trying to have this solved...
Wouldn't it be more clever to let all join in? :scratch:

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #36 on: May 06, 2011, 03:49:52 PM »
There is something wrong here: this puzzle is in the expert section, and here we are several professionals answering and posting...
I know...was trying to shake things a bit...
It didn't start here....
..but the result is the same, it seems...
just trying to have this solved...
Wouldn't it be more clever to let all join in? :scratch:
Go ahead, then...back to the Pros!

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #37 on: May 06, 2011, 03:56:02 PM »
Denmark maybe? though I still don't match one particular design product to that country.

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #38 on: May 06, 2011, 03:57:31 PM »
Not Denmark...but quite close...

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #39 on: May 06, 2011, 03:58:46 PM »
Sweden?

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #40 on: May 06, 2011, 04:11:06 PM »
Perhaps IKEA - Ingvar Kamprad?

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #41 on: May 06, 2011, 04:12:17 PM »

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #42 on: May 06, 2011, 04:13:19 PM »
Rausing and TetraPak?

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #43 on: May 06, 2011, 04:16:21 PM »
Not that...remember, the company is not named after this designer...he just designed 1 object of that company....like that Brionvega TV color...(ring a bell?)

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #44 on: May 06, 2011, 04:28:37 PM »
Ericofon = Ericcson company? Ralph Lysell formerly Rolf Åre Nystedt.

Thanks for the "bell" hint.  ;D
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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #45 on: May 06, 2011, 04:32:19 PM »
 :thumbsup:

If you check Lysell's bio you'll see that he was in the USA in the 30s, where he built a streamliner, then back to Sweden, where he designed the Ericofon for Ericsson and he had the time to build another streamliner in Norway!

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #46 on: May 06, 2011, 05:10:59 PM »
I found the streamliner he built in Norway, but that would be another puzzle...

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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #47 on: May 07, 2011, 10:04:07 AM »
Is this spectacular design from 1937?

I found this to be one of the more attractive out of the streamlined and  tear drop designs of the era.
Seems, even though he was not first, but his rear engine design and general layout of this special car was set aside from others thoughts and designs.
Perhaps Tucker was inspired by this particular tear drop and chassis?
Did I get the year right???
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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #48 on: May 07, 2011, 11:35:54 AM »
Thanks to you, motorcar, I guess I found it:
"The 1937 Lysell was developed by Ralph Lysell, a Swedish engineer. He was able to persuade investors that a streamlined automobile with an engine in the rear could be produced in sufficient quantity to make it a profitable financial venture.

The Lysell prototype was fitted with a Ford 85hp V8. According to the corporation prospectus, a gas turbine was originally envisioned for the car. The transmission and front wheel assembly was borrowed from an L-29 Cord and moved to the rear of the car. The original steering mechanism was welded in position so that the wheels could not turn left or right. The Cord brakes were retained. The suspension was beefed up with another set of rear leaf springs.

The fuel tank was mounted high behind the rear seat passenger and can be filled from either side of the car. Petrol was gravity fed to the engine, removing the need for a pump. The car has hydraulic brakes fed from a master cylinder up front. The floorboards have to be lifted to fill the master cylinder.

The body was largely hand crafted from sheet metal and incorporated “borrowed” parts from various cars. The front bumper was from the 1934 Cadillac “flying wing”, the front fenders may be from a 1937 Chevrolet and the rear fenders from a mid-30’s Cadillac.

Five to seven men worked full shifts for over a year to produce the Lysell concept in a back garage of the Lee Metals company (described by one employee as “...nothing but a sledge hammer shop”). However, the car never made it into production."


Sorry, I was too lazy to make and type a short version of this.
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Re: PJ - 402
« Reply #49 on: May 08, 2011, 07:20:03 AM »
When this is declared "solved", I have a "before" picture to share, of the car when it was new.
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