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Title: Whatsit-2 - Solved! Angelo R. Noble's streamlined car and trailer
Post by: Ray B. on May 29, 2008, 04:08:56 AM

Here is a special one: I don't know what it is at all.
The pictures come from a german documentary called "Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen". This doesn't mean the car and trailer are german. It's obviously a kind of one-off.
2 points will go to the puzzler who can identify the maker and give sufficient evidence.

Title: Re: Whatsit-2
Post by: grobmotorix on May 29, 2008, 03:01:09 PM

I came across this at IMCDB some time ago, but I´ve got no idea. There were several private attempts to streamline a car in the late 30´s or early 40´s.

All of them (think of the Phantom Corsair...) remind me of those atavistic horseshoe crabs...

(http://oz.plymouth.edu/~chrisc/limulus!.jpg)

Title: Re: Whatsit-2
Post by: Ray B. on May 30, 2008, 04:10:41 AM

Quote from: grobmotorix on May 29, 2008, 03:01:09 PM

I came across this at IMCDB some time ago, but I´ve got no idea. There were several private attempts to streamline a car in the late 30´s or early 40´s.

All of them (think of the Phantom Corsair...) remind me of those atavistic horseshoe crabs...

Maybe horseshoe crabs and men share more DNA than commonly believed, then.

Title: Re: Whatsit-2
Post by: grobmotorix on May 30, 2008, 11:31:07 AM

 :D

Title: Re: Whatsit-2
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 20, 2008, 06:41:46 AM

The builder is Angelo R Noble

Title: Re: Whatsit-2
Post by: Ray B. on July 21, 2008, 05:01:04 AM

AMAZING! That's it.
Two points for this one. I'm away from home and will award the points and move it when I get back.

Title: Re: Whatsit-2 - Solved! Angelo R. Noble's streamlined car and trailer
Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 03, 2011, 05:23:38 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3yjPoF6zQ0

Title: Re: Whatsit-2 - Solved! Angelo R. Noble's streamlined car and trailer
Post by: Ray B. on July 03, 2011, 05:35:02 AM

Swell!