Author Topic: A Numbers Puzzle - Solved! (Read 1478 times)

barrett · « **Reply #25 on:** April 30, 2012, 12:25:09 PM »

Okay let's try this

17 and "B" - The Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood station wagon was launched 17 months after the Corvair Sedan?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #26 on:** April 30, 2012, 12:55:51 PM »

Quote from: barrett on April 30, 2012, 12:25:09 PM

Okay let's try this

17 and "B" - The Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood station wagon was launched 17 months after the Corvair Sedan?

Interesting - I didn't know that!

That's not the match I'm after.

barrett · « **Reply #27 on:** April 30, 2012, 03:00:29 PM »

It's probably not true, I just guessed! The Corvair came out in '59 and the wagon didn't appear until '61 - I thought there was a slim chance a total of 17 months had elapsed between the two events!

Tom_I · « **Reply #28 on:** May 01, 2012, 08:01:33 AM »

17 and "H", Packard Eight Station Sedan, 1948-50.

Fuel tank capacity: 17 gallons.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #29 on:** May 02, 2012, 04:19:37 AM »

Quote from: Tom_I on May 01, 2012, 08:01:33 AM

17 and "H", Packard Eight Station Sedan, 1948-50.

Fuel tank capacity: 17 gallons.

Right!

Wendax · « **Reply #30 on:** May 02, 2012, 04:24:19 AM »

33 = 'J' Chevrolet Vega Hatchback: Turning circle between curbs: 33 ft

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #31 on:** May 02, 2012, 04:44:15 AM »

Quote from: Wendax on May 02, 2012, 04:24:19 AM

33 = 'J' Chevrolet Vega Hatchback: Turning circle between curbs: 33 ft

Right!

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #32 on:** May 02, 2012, 04:47:07 AM »

Only one more left, folks!

faksta · « **Reply #33 on:** May 03, 2012, 05:07:17 AM »

28 and B - Chevrolet Corvair Station Wagon, percent:

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The aluminum in the engine weighs only 92 lbs, or 28% of the total car weight.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #34 on:** May 03, 2012, 05:08:55 AM »

Interesting guess, but no.

Wendax · « **Reply #35 on:** May 03, 2012, 05:19:43 AM »

Quote from: faksta on May 03, 2012, 05:07:17 AM

28 and B - Chevrolet Corvair Station Wagon, percent:

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The aluminum in the engine weighs only 92 lbs, or 28% of the total car weight.

Sorry, but the mathematician in me has some doubts about the quoted "fact". If 92 lb was 28 % of the car's weight, the Corvair would have weighed just 328 lb. Quite a lightweight

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #36 on:** May 03, 2012, 05:41:42 AM »

I knew they were a bit flimsy - now I know why!

Tom_I · « **Reply #37 on:** May 03, 2012, 09:40:15 AM »

I'm struggling with this last one, 28 and "B", the Corvair Lakewood Station Wagon.

All I have come up with so far, and this is from people fitting the engines into light aircraft, is that a Corvair engine is 28 inches wide and 28 inches long.

Apart from that, I'm stumped!

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #38 on:** May 03, 2012, 11:28:19 AM »

Keep at it, lads!

neilshouse · « **Reply #39 on:** May 03, 2012, 01:46:14 PM »

I've struggled to find a connection too.

The best I can come up with is that the words 'Chevrolet Corvair Station Wagon' have 28 letters.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #40 on:** May 03, 2012, 02:58:52 PM »

The answer is more mechanical in nature.

guido66 · « **Reply #41 on:** May 03, 2012, 03:20:02 PM »

28 psi rear tyre pressure?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #42 on:** May 03, 2012, 04:07:51 PM »

That's it! The rear tire pressure (cold) for a Corvair station wagon is 28 PSI. Well done!

I'll tally up the points and close this tomorrow. I'll post a pic of the tire pressure sticker then, as well.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #43 on:** May 04, 2012, 03:02:24 AM »

The points:

neilshouse   1
Paul Jaray   1
Tom_I   3
Ehhxekt   1
75america   1
guido66   1
Wendax   2
wingroad   1
barrett   1

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #44 on:** May 04, 2012, 03:08:10 AM »

And the sticker

News:

Author Topic: A Numbers Puzzle - Solved! (Read 1478 times)