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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #25 on: October 05, 2013, 09:55:27 AM »
And it's not unsolveable.  After all, I arrived at the site quite by chance!
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #26 on: October 05, 2013, 11:07:03 AM »
From Liechtenstein ?
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #27 on: October 05, 2013, 02:27:55 PM »
Quote from: pguillem on October 05, 2013, 11:07:03 AM
From Liechtenstein ?

No.
Don't know of any cars from there, but I suppose there must be some!
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #28 on: October 05, 2013, 02:35:17 PM »
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #29 on: October 05, 2013, 04:24:52 PM »
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #30 on: October 05, 2013, 07:13:00 PM »
Of course, yes - Jehle!  I should have remembered.

I wonder how many Grand Duchies there are?
Anycase, this is definitely not from any of them!
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #31 on: October 05, 2013, 10:58:00 PM »
Regardless of from where the site is, please lets get our political geography straight, Liechtenstein is a Principality and the only Grand Duchy that exists today is Luxembourg.
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #32 on: October 06, 2013, 12:29:16 AM »
Quote from: ropat53 on October 05, 2013, 10:58:00 PM
Regardless of from where the site is, please lets get our political geography straight, Liechtenstein is a Principality and the only Grand Duchy that exists today is Luxembourg.

Exact.  But I had a vague souvenir about a site showing cars made by a fictive Grand Duchy,  The same happens with coins issued by fictive states.
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #33 on: October 06, 2013, 12:46:06 AM »
Maybe it was the same place where Peter Sellers, reigned, ruled and led the army? ;D
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #34 on: October 06, 2013, 06:39:55 AM »
Quote from: pguillem on October 06, 2013, 12:29:16 AM
I had a vague souvenir about a site showing cars made by a fictive Grand Duchy,  The same happens with coins issued by fictive states.

I think you're referring to this one, where you listed all the models made by Monteluci in the fictional Grand Duchy of von Luxemburg!:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=19788.msg201343#msg201343
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #35 on: October 06, 2013, 10:08:52 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on October 06, 2013, 06:39:55 AM
Quote from: pguillem on October 06, 2013, 12:29:16 AM
I had a vague souvenir about a site showing cars made by a fictive Grand Duchy,  The same happens with coins issued by fictive states.

I think you're referring to this one, where you listed all the models made by Monteluci in the fictional Grand Duchy of von Luxemburg!:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=19788.msg201343#msg201343

Yes, Monteluci.  But the puzzle car is completely different.
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #36 on: October 06, 2013, 10:15:33 AM »
Quote from: pguillem on October 06, 2013, 10:08:52 AM
Yes, Monteluci.  But the puzzle car is completely different.

You're right; it's not a Monteluci!
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #37 on: October 06, 2013, 11:09:09 AM »
Was it built by an other fictional nationstate ?
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #38 on: October 06, 2013, 06:25:15 PM »
Quote from: pguillem on October 06, 2013, 11:09:09 AM
Was it built by an other fictional nationstate ?

No, the address on the website could be a perfectly feasible genuine place.
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #39 on: October 07, 2013, 02:18:26 AM »
From Great Britain?
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #40 on: October 07, 2013, 05:00:03 AM »
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #41 on: October 26, 2013, 01:13:46 PM »
A long long shot: was this internet joke (if that's the correct term) called a Pignatelli?
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #42 on: October 27, 2013, 06:01:20 AM »
Was this car ever built for real or just a proposal of some kind ?
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #43 on: October 27, 2013, 08:59:16 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on October 03, 2013, 09:10:21 AM
it's a site which gives names to various different cars including this Maserati, claiming they were made by them!  It's not fraudulent at all, just someone having some fun.
That's not the famous Goldth kg site that claimed the Eyston diesel record-breaker as their own is it?
If it is, I cannot find it now.
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #44 on: October 28, 2013, 03:19:38 PM »
Quote from: mekubb on October 27, 2013, 06:01:20 AM
Was this car ever built for real or just a proposal of some kind ?
Yes it was.  It is a 1952 Maserati A6GCS.  But the answer to this puzzle is a website that claims it is something else.  And using "Search by image" to find the site is still prohibited.
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #45 on: October 29, 2013, 02:34:39 PM »
When I compare wheels and the steering wheel with other A6GCS photos, I think, some proportions may be wrong.

Is this by chance a kind of early Maserati (works?) replica?
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #46 on: October 30, 2013, 08:25:08 AM »
It's none of the sites mentioned.
The puzzle picture is, I'm sure, a Maserati, but it might perhaps have been photoshopped a bit.
In any case, whether or not the picture is a Maserati that's not the answer to the puzzle!
For interest below is another car they say they made/make and which bears their own name!:
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #47 on: November 04, 2013, 11:29:28 AM »
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #48 on: November 04, 2013, 11:38:59 AM »
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Re: NEH 2978
« Reply #49 on: June 02, 2014, 06:07:27 PM »
Time to go to the Black Hole...
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