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Title: SOLVED - NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on December 23, 2011, 10:26:03 AM

A variation on the theme found in my previous puzzle.

No points for guessing the theme, but once you know it, guessing cars will be easier... maybe.

As usual, I am only concerned with the make name -- not models, technical details, etc. Also, there may be reposts.

More to come!

P.S.: Thanks to pnegyesi for his generosity in allowing me a "steal" a car from him. As his reward... he's not allowed to say what the car is!  ;)

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on December 30, 2011, 08:35:58 AM

Tossing this one to the Pros next...

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: Wendax on December 30, 2011, 08:36:49 AM

Car 2: Dennis
Car 4: Dort
Car 5: Edis
Car 8: SPAG
Car 9: Erad

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on December 30, 2011, 08:43:07 AM

What? You mean there are some you don't know?  ;)
And do you see the theme this time?

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: Wendax on December 30, 2011, 08:46:09 AM

If I knew the theme, I probably would have solved more.    ;)

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on December 30, 2011, 09:02:20 AM

Let's just say a knowledge of English will be helpful...

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: Wendax on December 30, 2011, 09:06:12 AM

I do know and understand the resulting words, but I miss the background to find the context.  :(

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on December 30, 2011, 09:15:13 AM

It's actually pretty simple. The name of each make, when spelled backwards, becomes a not-too-obscure (and not-too-short) English word. So far we have: sinned, trod, side, gaps, dare.

(And, yes, these are pretty much all the makes I could find pics of that meet that criteria.)

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: Wendax on December 30, 2011, 09:48:31 AM

#6: Semag

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on December 30, 2011, 11:45:12 AM

Correct again!

Coincidentally, a puzzle of a Semag (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=18624.0 (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=18624.0)) was solved right around the time I came up with this puzzle idea, so I had to dig up a different pic.

The ones I expected to be the toughest remain...

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: Wendax on January 10, 2012, 10:02:21 AM

Is #1 French?
Is #3 from Eastern Europe?
Is #7 European?

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on January 10, 2012, 11:46:49 AM

#1 is French.
#3 is not from Eastern Europe.
#7 is European.

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: Wendax on January 13, 2012, 09:30:38 AM

Is #3 British?
Is #7 from Eastern Europe?

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on January 13, 2012, 12:00:05 PM

#3 is not British.
#7 is not from Eastern Europe.

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: Wendax on January 13, 2012, 01:24:50 PM

Is #7 the Nug built from 1921 to 1925 by the Nug-Kleinautowerke Niebaum, van Horn & Co?

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on January 13, 2012, 02:00:07 PM

Yes it is!

BTW, that's the one pnegyesi graciously let me "steal" from him.

Note that it will be the only one with only 3 letters.

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: Wendax on January 13, 2012, 02:10:01 PM

I don't have a picture of it, but #3 isn't the Remag, isn't it?

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on January 13, 2012, 03:00:28 PM

Nope. I couldn't find a picture of it either!

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: Wendax on January 14, 2012, 03:07:41 PM

Is #3 German?

BTW, the only Nug picture I knew so far was this chassis:

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on January 15, 2012, 10:41:04 AM

#3 is not German.

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: Wendax on January 15, 2012, 12:54:38 PM

Is #3 French?

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on January 16, 2012, 08:55:21 AM

#3 is not French. It's from somewhere that didn't have as much of an auto industry as France or Germany.

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: Wendax on January 16, 2012, 09:04:13 AM

Is #3 Swiss?

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on January 16, 2012, 11:09:32 AM

#3 is not Swiss.

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: pnegyesi on January 16, 2012, 12:58:04 PM

Is No3 European at all?

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: Wendax on January 16, 2012, 01:29:57 PM

#3 is the Flac from Denmark

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: pnegyesi on January 16, 2012, 01:37:14 PM

No1: Luap otherwise known as Mignonette?

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on January 16, 2012, 04:11:01 PM

Flac is correct!

#1 is not a Mignonette-Luap. I did have that one on my original tentative list, but it ended up not fitting any of the final puzzles' rules.

Hint on #1: Its name backwards makes a longer, and less common, English word than the rest. It is also not the only make with its name.

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: woodinsight on January 17, 2012, 11:36:22 AM

#1 - Rossel (Lessor)?

Title: Re: NTM #58 - Reverse Gear (Part 2)
Post by: ftg3plus4 on January 17, 2012, 02:05:28 PM

That's it! And we're done! (OK, "lessor" was a longer word than most of the rest. Sorry for that goof.)

1 - Rossel - woodinsight
2 - Dennis - Wendax
3 - Flac - Wendax
4 - Dort - Wendax
5 - Edis - Wendax
6 - Semag - Wendax
7 - Nug - Wendax
8 - SPAG - Wendax
9 - Erad - Wendax

Car I most wanted to include but couldn't find a pic of (if indeed any even exist): Stesroc!