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Orb O' Mystery #560 - "There's a Ford in your Future" / Crystal Ball Billboard
« on: November 23, 2013, 04:59:37 AM »
For one point: what is happening here, and what is the automotive connection?

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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2013, 07:01:11 AM »
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2013, 11:54:16 AM »
Are they lowering an underground fuel tank into a newly-dug hole on the forecourt of a soon-to-be-completed petrol station?
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2013, 02:55:32 PM »
Are they placing a globe in position as a feature for a new petrol  - or rather, gasoline - station?
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2013, 03:36:14 AM »
Nothing to do with the storage or dispensing of petrol/gasoline
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2013, 06:16:06 AM »
An auto dealership??

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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2013, 06:40:41 AM »
No
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2013, 06:56:37 AM »
Mc Donald's ?
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2013, 07:15:39 AM »
The connection is strictly automotive, and not gastronomical.
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2013, 10:51:00 AM »
Automative connectio , but not a car dealer or a petrol/gasoline station.  Is it a tire/tyre dealer?
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2013, 11:01:02 AM »
AAA automobile club?
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2013, 01:14:37 PM »
Quote from: D-type on November 30, 2013, 10:51:00 AM
Automative connectio , but not a car dealer or a petrol/gasoline station.  Is it a tire/tyre dealer?

No
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2013, 01:15:21 PM »
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2013, 05:08:02 AM »
Reply #5 hewed closest to the correct path.
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2013, 05:53:05 AM »
Motorcycle dealership, possibly Indian?

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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2013, 06:31:44 AM »
No bikes - the connection is to automobiles
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2013, 08:11:46 AM »
Auto factory?
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2013, 08:36:44 AM »
This was related to one automotive brand, and the products of their factories.
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2013, 08:47:25 AM »
Ford Tractor Dealer?

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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2013, 08:50:00 AM »
Not a dealer; the connection is automotive, not agricultural.
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2013, 09:35:49 AM »
AC-Delco Auto Parts Store?
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2013, 10:17:23 AM »
No sir
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2013, 12:37:11 PM »
Are they constructing some sort of advertising billboard?
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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2013, 02:55:59 PM »
Construction of an advertising billboard for Ford in Detroit.

In the mid-1940s, the Pontiac Outdoor Advertising Co. installed this Ford Motor Company advertisement on the northwest corner of Woodward Avenue and W Kirby Street.

the billboard was three dimensional with a “crystal ball” bulging from the palm of an outstretched hand.







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Re: Orb O' Mystery #560
« Reply #24 on: December 02, 2013, 05:27:34 AM »
Quote from: Jean-Marie H on December 01, 2013, 02:55:59 PM
Construction of an advertising billboard for Ford in Detroit.

In the mid-1940s, the Pontiac Outdoor Advertising Co. installed this Ford Motor Company advertisement on the northwest corner of Woodward Avenue and W Kirby Street.

the billboard was three dimensional with a “crystal ball” bulging from the palm of an outstretched hand.

Right you are.
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