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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2012 => Topic started by: Wendax on December 05, 2012, 06:43:19 AM

Title: Solved: Wendax 741 - Vichy, Rue de Reims, where Guy Ligier built his JS1
Post by: Wendax on December 05, 2012, 06:43:19 AM: A nice house.

For one point, please respond and tell me which car was built here.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on December 05, 2012, 06:52:49 AM: A small one, I suppose....
Is it from Germany?
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Post by: Wendax on December 05, 2012, 06:57:00 AM: Not in Germany
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Post by: Ray B. on December 05, 2012, 09:13:41 AM: I see some photoshopping on the side, close to the roof. Was there a clue there?
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Post by: Wendax on December 05, 2012, 09:46:32 AM: No, just a Street View imperfection
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Post by: Djetset on December 05, 2012, 10:35:03 AM: The house looks very French, so I assume we are looking for a French car?
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Post by: Wendax on December 05, 2012, 11:24:57 AM: Yes, this is a French house and we are looking for a French car.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on December 05, 2012, 11:59:11 AM: One-off?
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Post by: Wendax on December 05, 2012, 12:08:32 PM: No
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Post by: Ray B. on December 06, 2012, 04:26:33 AM: Quote from: Wendax on December 05, 2012, 11:24:57 AM
Yes, this is a French house and we are looking for a French car.
Sure, it looks just like my neighbours' house when I was a teenager...
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 05:37:55 AM: Quote from: Ray B. on December 06, 2012, 04:26:33 AM
Quote from: Wendax on December 05, 2012, 11:24:57 AM
Yes, this is a French house and we are looking for a French car.
Sure, it looks just like my neighbours' house when I was a teenager...
The interesting things happened there when you just weren't a teenager anymore, and it was not in Niort.
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 06, 2012, 05:57:10 AM: was this a microcar?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 06:20:38 AM: No, the house ain't that small! :D
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Post by: Djetset on December 06, 2012, 07:12:02 AM: The first DB?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 08:21:16 AM: No, but another first.
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 06, 2012, 08:25:50 AM: was this a sportscar?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 08:32:21 AM: Yes
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 06, 2012, 08:33:51 AM: a GT-car or a true coupe?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 08:35:28 AM: It was used on road and track.
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Post by: Ray B. on December 06, 2012, 08:44:30 AM: Quote from: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 05:37:55 AM
Quote from: Ray B. on December 06, 2012, 04:26:33 AM
Quote from: Wendax on December 05, 2012, 11:24:57 AM
Yes, this is a French house and we are looking for a French car.
Sure, it looks just like my neighbours' house when I was a teenager...
The interesting things happened there when you just weren't a teenager anymore, and it was not in Niort.
Niort? I left that place forever when I was only a month old, Wendax (apparently, there are too many infos about anyone of us on the internet...)

I have no idea about the place and car, though, but I 'd say it dates from the 1970s
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Post by: Tom_I on December 06, 2012, 09:01:08 AM: Is it where Jidé cars were made, starting around 1969?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 09:03:25 AM: Right year, wrong make
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 09:06:46 AM: Quote from: Ray B. on December 06, 2012, 08:44:30 AM
apparently, there are too many infos about anyone of us on the internet...
You are even mentioned in the German Wikipedia!
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Post by: pnegyesi on December 06, 2012, 10:11:47 AM: Marcadier?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 12:47:07 PM: No
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Post by: woodinsight on December 06, 2012, 01:06:08 PM: Gecem by Michel Pernoud, Annecy?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 01:26:09 PM: Neither Gecem nor Annecy
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Post by: woodinsight on December 06, 2012, 02:55:10 PM: Georges Queron, St. Etienne?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 03:09:06 PM: No
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Post by: woodinsight on December 06, 2012, 04:18:53 PM: BBM by Pierre Bertin-Boussu, Salouel-les-Amiens?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 04:26:01 PM: No, better known
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Post by: woodinsight on December 06, 2012, 04:44:09 PM: Don't really know if it's better known but could it be BSH by Francois Benais & Max Saint-Hilaire at Issy-les-Moulineaux?
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 04:46:35 PM: It isn't.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on December 06, 2012, 04:56:32 PM: Vichy, Ligier?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on December 06, 2012, 04:59:59 PM: Found it, Rue de Reims!
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 05:01:24 PM: Yes! Give me the Ligier model built there and the point is yours. Locked for you.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on December 06, 2012, 05:03:10 PM: Type JS1, according to Automobile Hors-Serie #31. ;)
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Post by: Wendax on December 06, 2012, 05:07:28 PM: Yes, this is the garage where Guy Ligier started building his cars.

One well-earned point for you.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 741 - Vichy, Rue de Reims, where Guy Ligier built his JS1
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 06, 2012, 05:21:11 PM: Thank you, that was fun! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 741 - Vichy, Rue de Reims, where Guy Ligier built his JS1
Post by: Wendax on December 07, 2012, 02:13:17 AM: It won't be the last puzzle of its kind. ;D