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Solved - NEH 3877: 'Budmobile' Budweiser Land Cruiser - 1924
« on: January 22, 2015, 07:46:54 AM »
What's this, built by whom, when - for 1 point?:
(I know it's been pictured on AP before but it's never had its own puzzle).

Remember - solving puzzles using 'Google Search by Image' is BANNED on AutoPuzzles!
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Re: NEH 3877
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2015, 05:09:30 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3877
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2015, 05:30:21 AM »
was it the Anheuser-Busch vehicle?
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Re: NEH 3877
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2015, 06:18:37 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on February 12, 2015, 05:30:21 AM
was it the Anheuser-Busch vehicle?

Yes it was, so I'll lock it for you to post the full answer.
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Re: NEH 3877
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2015, 07:17:21 AM »
I believe it was called Bevo-Boat,1925, built on a pierce-arrow chassis.it to promote beer
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Re: NEH 3877
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2015, 08:29:57 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on February 12, 2015, 07:17:21 AM
I believe it was called Bevo-Boat,1925, built on a pierce-arrow chassis.it to promote beer

It's possible that these vehicles were made for different customers; my puzzle is not called a Bevo-Boat and is not (quite) from 1925.
Still locked for you to say its name, who this one was built for and when.
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Re: NEH 3877
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2015, 10:36:57 AM »
I did find more information stating it was in 1924,it was Anheuser-Busch car. it was shown in a picture depicting the miss America contestant from Washington d.c.the vehicle was usually used to promote  the company,s beverages.,Helen G. Sweeney who was miss Washington.
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Re: NEH 3877
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2015, 11:25:08 AM »
Just a clarification, if I may . . . kwgibbs is correct that it is definitely one of the vehicles commonly referred to as "Bevo Boats", built by Anheuser-Busch to promote their beverage lines both before, during and after Prohibition. But Carnut is correct in that this was a generic name, and not the name A-B used for them. I assume that is the name that Carnut is looking for?
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Re: NEH 3877
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2015, 11:33:31 AM »
Thanks fyreline and you're right.  Anheuser-Busch made 8 of these in 4 different versions and they were generically known as Bevo Boats, but the first one was named Bevo-Boat after their Bevo non-alcoholic beer (it was Prohibition time!) then the others had different names (3 more names).
So I need to know what was this specific vehicle's name?  The final answer to the puzzle is still locked for kwgibbs since he's got 98% of it and he's very nearly there..
Below is the original Bevo Boat:

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Re: NEH 3877
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2015, 12:00:30 PM »
was it the Land Cruiser?
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Re: NEH 3877
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2015, 03:25:00 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on February 12, 2015, 12:00:30 PM
was it the Land Cruiser?

It was known as that but that's not quite what I'm looking for.
Think of their other beers!
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Re: NEH 3877
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2015, 03:30:06 PM »
was it budmobile?
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Re: NEH 3877
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2015, 04:25:50 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on February 12, 2015, 03:30:06 PM
was it budmobile?

Yes, that's the name I was looking for!
It can also be seen called the 'Budweiser Land Cruiser'; there seem to be so many different names I'm not sure which were 'official' and which were not, but you've given me what I wanted so it's another point for you.

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Re: Solved - NEH 3877: 'Budmobile' Budweiser Land Cruiser - 1924
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2015, 04:29:07 AM »
thank you for the point!
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Re: Solved - NEH 3877: 'Budmobile' Budweiser Land Cruiser - 1924
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2015, 09:11:11 AM »
Apparently in this guise it was advertising Anheuser-Busch Ginger Ale . . . the breweries did whatever they had to in order to weather the Prohibition years. Good puzzle.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3877: 'Budmobile' Budweiser Land Cruiser - 1924
« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2015, 09:39:14 AM »
Quote from: fyreline on February 13, 2015, 09:11:11 AM
Apparently in this guise it was advertising Anheuser-Busch Ginger Ale . . . the breweries did whatever they had to in order to weather the Prohibition years. Good puzzle.

Or was it Budweiser in Ginger Beer bottles..?!
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Re: Solved - NEH 3877: 'Budmobile' Budweiser Land Cruiser - 1924
« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2016, 05:00:05 AM »
A different angle
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Re: Solved - NEH 3877: 'Budmobile' Budweiser Land Cruiser - 1924
« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2016, 04:37:05 AM »
An un-cropped version of the 1918 model in Jackson, Mississippi
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Re: Solved - NEH 3877: 'Budmobile' Budweiser Land Cruiser - 1924
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2017, 01:05:12 PM »
One photo from a 1916 German magazine:
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Re: Solved - NEH 3877: 'Budmobile' Budweiser Land Cruiser - 1924
« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2017, 09:45:36 AM »
The key to all this seems to be the New York car dealer and coachbuilder Conover T. Silver who started this style of body on an Overland circa 1916.  The late Keith Marvin educated me many years ago in respect of the Overland, but the brewery connection, I think, was mentioned on the "Old Motor" website relatively recently. 8)
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