When I first joined Autopuzzles, I was stunned that members could find the answer to most of the photos, and so quickly. I must admit I was sure that some of them were "cheating", although to me it's just a bit of fun, so I didn't really care. The website has opened my eyes - I had no idea that there were people who kept such huge archives. What on earth do they do all day long apart from updating these and constantly looking for obscure cars ? Do they have jobs or families?
I have only the Georgano tome and a few racing books. My answers come from my head, and a broad knowledge of motoring over the last 50 years. That's why I post a lot but only solve a few - I create openings for others to take advantage of! There's more to life, in my opinion. than "living" obscure cars. Each to their own.
I'm surprised there aren't far more cars in the Black Hole. Some of the puzzles are home-built cars from way back, and nobody can remember them apart from the person who built them. How they're solved is beyond me. For example, at the present there are a couple of puzzles involving 1172cc Formula cars from the 60s - now that's my era but I haven't got a clue . There were thousands of them built , all at home, and very few records. Even the 750MC don't have them on their site.
Now that I'm an expert I'm pretty much out of my depth. I refuse to cheat. I'll just keep hoping for luck to send me one I know before anyone else sees it. which isn't easy when you have a business to run daytime and a job at night. (By the way, the present bunch of Rookies are useless).
