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Solved - NEH 2623: Vertigo by Pablo and Ramon Aranda
« on: April 16, 2013, 07:37:48 AM »
What's this car and who built it - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2013, 11:37:59 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2013, 05:25:08 AM »
Professionals?
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2013, 05:33:23 AM »
Awila something?

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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2013, 05:52:07 AM »
Awila something?

No, not one of his creations!
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2013, 12:33:27 PM »
Did it start life as a late-model Ford Thunderbird?
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2013, 03:30:00 PM »
Did it start life as a late-model Ford Thunderbird?

No - it didn't start life as anything.
It's completely scratch-built from the ground up!
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2013, 07:41:49 AM »
European?

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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2013, 07:42:26 AM »
Built in 2012/2013?

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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2013, 02:35:24 PM »
Built 2012/13 yes, but not European.
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2013, 12:57:54 PM »
Aussie?

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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2013, 06:58:19 PM »
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2013, 12:35:13 AM »
South American, not?

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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2013, 06:10:57 AM »
South American, not?

No, not South American.
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2013, 10:25:24 AM »
from North America?

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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2013, 01:13:43 PM »
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2013, 01:43:52 AM »
Homebuilt / one-off car?

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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2013, 05:03:34 AM »
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2013, 05:17:22 AM »
FWIW, I'm pretty sure those headlights are 2002 Mitsubishi units. Not that that gets me any closer to a solution...
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2013, 10:34:42 AM »
Did it start life as a late-model Ford Thunderbird?

No - it didn't start life as anything.
It's completely scratch-built from the ground up!

But it does have a proprietary chassis and engine, of course.
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2013, 10:35:13 AM »
FWIW, I'm pretty sure those headlights are 2002 Mitsubishi units. Not that that gets me any closer to a solution...

Could be, but it doesn't say on the website I sourced this puzzle from.
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #21 on: May 16, 2013, 11:38:27 AM »
So it is based on some production car?
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #22 on: May 16, 2013, 01:27:35 PM »
So it is based on some production car?

It uses the chassis of a production car and of course a proprietary engine, but the body itself is completely hand-built; of course the builder will have used lights, glass etc from production cars so you could say it's a Bitsa.
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #23 on: May 16, 2013, 02:29:14 PM »
Is the production car from a US brand?
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Re: NEH 2623
« Reply #24 on: May 16, 2013, 07:41:59 PM »
Is the production car from a US brand?

It's an American company, yes, but a multinational brand and not sure if the base was made in America or elsewhere.
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