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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2013 => Topic started by: Wendax on June 16, 2013, 03:12:31 AM
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A man's personal dream car.
For one point, please respond and identify this car by telling base car, builder and the year.
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up
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Is this an American homebuilt dream car?
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No
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Advertising car made on Fiat by Boneschi.
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autobleu-based?
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Neither Fiat nor Autobleu-based
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Is this a Swedish dream car?
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No
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Is there any thunderbird base for this car?
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I reckon it's more likely to be based on a small rear-engined European car. VW engine ?
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Is there any thunderbird base for this car?
No
I reckon it's more likely to be based on a small rear-engined European car. VW engine ?
Yes, VW-based.
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based-on a small Italian car with vw-engine perhaps?
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Just based on a plain VW I think.
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Besides using a vw engine,was the rest of the entire car his own body design?
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I think so
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I,ve got a feeling this little gem was built in Germany?
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Yes
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Did this man build anyother cars?,or is this the only one?
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I've seen this picture before but can't remember where, it's very frustrating.
Wasn't it built for advertising some beverage?
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Is there a photo of the front,just curious?
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Did this man build anyother cars?,or is this the only one?
I just know of this single one.
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I've seen this picture before but can't remember where, it's very frustrating.
Wasn't it built for advertising some beverage?
No, it wasn't, but there is a beverage-related detail in the car. ;D
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Is there a photo of the front,just curious?
None that I know of.
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It sort a looks like a little travel bar in the door?
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Yes, but I fear it won't help you identifying the car's builder.
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its a shame there isn,t more pictures,I do understand your frustration on where you saw the picture, I experience that once in a while,I,ll keep trying just the same.
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up again
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Does this car ,carry the builders name?
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I don't know whether it ever had a proper name, but it is referred to by its builder's name.
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oh,man,that could be a million and a half german names,
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Fritz Mayer?
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Frank Weber?
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No to both
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He appears to have been a chimney sweep :lmao:
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He appears to have been a chimney sweep :lmao:
No kidding, he was one.
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Werner Kugelfisher
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No
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Thomas Scharwatz?
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No
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Norbert Skrobek?
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No. I hope you won't go through all names of German chimney sweeps.
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I won,t,any luck finding additional pictures?
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I won,t,any luck finding additional pictures?
I've tried every combination of words for Google images, from homemade cars to chimney sweep and everything in between. Nothing. Next stop is to check if his name is Dick van Dyke.
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The picture can be found online, but I have to admit that it is not easy to find, although you have all the necessary bits at hand. ;)
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got a feeling its headed to the black hole,hopefully not.
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Rear lights seem to come from a Ford Taunus 12m..may this be a clue?
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I wonder what this car has for an engine,Im guessing 4,cyL?
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I did know it had a vw engine,but how many cyL,s that's all
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Rear lights seem to come from a Ford Taunus 12m..
Yes
..may this be a clue?
I don't think so.
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I wonder what this car has for an engine,Im guessing 4,cyL?
I did know it had a vw engine,but how many cyL,s that's all
Back in those days when this one was built, all VW engines had 4 cylinders.
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pic from ebay?
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No, from a VW-related site
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looks like it could be 1965?
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Earlier
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my next guess 1960?
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Earlier
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1957?
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Earlier
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So this car is older than it appears,well 1953?
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No, but close
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1955, the same year I was born?
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Between your last two guesses ;)
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1954?
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Yes
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Now that we know the year it's quite easy!!! We can take off the list all Germans born since 1955 till now. ;)
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Wow, you weren,t kidding when you said this would be very hard to obtain information on this car ,I can,t find anything.
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I,ll take a shot in the dark,was his name Krause?
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No, thousands of names left
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I try a different approach. Is the site where the pic comes from German?
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The picture is not from a German site.
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an English-language site?
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No, despite its name ;)
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french?
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Yes, from a French site
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let's try to narrow it down a bit. From one of the personal galleries?
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No, from a car-related forum
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the vintage volkswagen section?
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Yes
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are you sure? I just waded through 45 pages of topics and couldn't find anything.
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Perhaps I misunderstood your last question. I found it on a French forum dedicated to vintage Volkswagens. Which one, you have to find out yourself.
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I know the forum (at least I hope I am on the right one), I am asking about the different sections. There are personal galleries, a section for vintage VWs etc. So my question was, which section I'd look into? Personal galleries?
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Doesn't sound like the right forum to me. One hint: If the forum doesn't have this picture [attachimg=1]
on its homepage, it's not the right one.
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Is this a French forum or a french blog?
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They describe themselves as a forum.
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I tried a different approach and here we go
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En plein dans le mille !
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Four screws to hold the body in place ??!! Could be a bit of flexing there, a wee bit of scuttle shake......Best to keep on smooth roads.
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Your effort will be rewarded with the obligatory point, Pal. It is Paul Neumann's VW roadster. As far as I know there is no more information available than this single press photo.
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Thanks for the point. This Keystone photo agency had a lot of pictures on one-off cars from all over the world. Wonder where's that archive now