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Time to try something a little different. Three pictures, with little or no relation to each other, except - this being AutoPuzzles - there is a car in each. How does this puzzle work?       

The Rules:      

  • You must provide the required information specified for all three pictures
  • You must wait 24 hours from the time of your most recent guess in this puzzle before guessing again
  • No hints or clues will be proffered.
  • No partial points will be awarded, nor will the points be split. Only a complete solution to all three parts will result in a win
  • If I detect even a hint of cheating, you had better be prepared to tell me how you reached your solution. Failure to do so will result in no points for you

The Payoff:

Three points will be awarded to the first person to provide all of the required information for all three pictures.       

Bonus - If the correct trifecta solution is posted with 24 hours of this initial puzzle post move to the open-for-all pro section, the person who does so will receive double (i.e., six) points.       

Here is the specific information you must provide in order to qualify for the points, and then the pictures:      

PAFW All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag #1 : Who are the two people in front of the race car? And what did that young lady have in common with a an automobile that went into production 54 years after she was born?
 
PAFW All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag #2 : Name that car, the year, and the company that crafted that bodywork (there had to be a least one easy one - right?)

PAFW All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag #3 : What is that car? Who built it? And what is the significance of the this math equation, in relation to this car: 4+3+4=11? And, why did a huge corporation allegedly see to it that only this single example was built?
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Nice puzzle!

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Thanks guys. I trust the detective work will be enjoyable.
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2012, 02:05:47 PM »
OK - open to all.
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2012, 04:41:52 PM »
This is going absolutely nowhere.  :-\

OK - I'll now pay 1 point each for the first correct solution each of the three puzzle questions:

One point for the first correct answer to this multi-part puzzle question: PAFW All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag #1 : Who are the two people in front of the race car? And what did that young lady have in common with a an automobile that went into production 54 years after she was born?
 
One point for the first correct answer to this multi-part puzzle question:  All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag #2 : Name that car, the year, and the company that crafted that bodywork (there had to be a least one easy one - right?)

One point for the first correct answer to this multi-part puzzle question:  PAFW All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag #3 : What is that car? Who built it? And what is the significance of the this math equation, in relation to this car: 4+3+4=11? And, why did a huge corporation allegedly see to it that only this single example was built?
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2012, 05:10:03 PM »
One point for the first correct answer to this multi-part puzzle question: PAFW All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag #1 : Who are the two people in front of the race car? And what did that young lady have in common with a an automobile that went into production 54 years after she was born?

The man is Don Cameron, and the girl is a 19-year-old model called Jo Raquel Tejada, who would become much better known under her married name as Raquel Welch.

She was born in 1940, so 54 years on is 1994. I think the car is the Chrysler Neon, and the link is via the duo band Neon Neon, whose 2007 single "Raquel" was based on an alleged affair in the 1970s between Raquel Welch and John DeLorean. The song also appeared on their 2008 album "Stainless Style" in which all the songs were in some way associated with DeLorean.
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2012, 05:15:44 PM »
One point for the first correct answer to this multi-part puzzle question:  All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag #2 : Name that car, the year, and the company that crafted that bodywork (there had to be a least one easy one - right?)

I can't find the exact picture, but I have found a car which looks more or less identical, and is a 1932 Chrysler bodied in the style of an "Airline Saloon" by a small British coachbuilder called R.E.A.L. I haven't been able to find out anything much about this company, except that they tended to reproduce the styles of more prestigious coachbuilders on relatively inexpensive chassis.

As you may have guessed, it's Part 3 that I haven't made any progress with...
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2012, 04:00:43 AM »
One point for the first correct answer to this multi-part puzzle question: PAFW All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag #1 : Who are the two people in front of the race car? And what did that young lady have in common with a an automobile that went into production 54 years after she was born?

The man is Don Cameron, and the girl is a 19-year-old model called Jo Raquel Tejada, who would become much better known under her married name as Raquel Welch.

She was born in 1940, so 54 years on is 1994. I think the car is the Chrysler Neon, and the link is via the duo band Neon Neon, whose 2007 single "Raquel" was based on an alleged affair in the 1970s between Raquel Welch and John DeLorean. The song also appeared on their 2008 album "Stainless Style" in which all the songs were in some way associated with DeLorean.

You have correctly ID'd the persons. I'm looking for a different car-girl connection. Not DeLorean, nor Neon.
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2012, 04:01:52 AM »
One point for the first correct answer to this multi-part puzzle question:  All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag #2 : Name that car, the year, and the company that crafted that bodywork (there had to be a least one easy one - right?)

I can't find the exact picture, but I have found a car which looks more or less identical, and is a 1932 Chrysler bodied in the style of an "Airline Saloon" by a small British coachbuilder called R.E.A.L. I haven't been able to find out anything much about this company, except that they tended to reproduce the styles of more prestigious coachbuilders on relatively inexpensive chassis.

You have correctly ID'd the 'easy' one.  ;)
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2012, 04:02:19 AM »
#1 and #3 are up for grabs.
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2012, 04:18:12 AM »
It seemed like a fun idea at the time. Off to the Black Hole
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2016, 02:14:01 PM »
#1 : is Raquel Welch related to a mass-produced American car launched in 1994 ?

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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2016, 03:51:16 PM »
Is it really nearly four years since I last had a go at this one?

In reply #6 I identified Don Cameron and Jo Raquel Tejada, better known as Raquel Welch. Is the 1994 car the Ford Contour? As a teenager Raquel won a beauty pageant in San Diego which gave her the title of Miss Contour.

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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2016, 03:11:23 AM »
#1 : is Raquel Welch related to a mass-produced American car launched in 1994 ?

Yes...
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #15 on: November 04, 2016, 03:11:51 AM »
Is it really nearly four years since I last had a go at this one?

In reply #6 I identified Don Cameron and Jo Raquel Tejada, better known as Raquel Welch. Is the 1994 car the Ford Contour? As a teenager Raquel won a beauty pageant in San Diego which gave her the title of Miss Contour.

Voila!

Miss Contour = Ford Contour
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #16 on: November 04, 2016, 03:22:34 AM »
Perhaps, in 2020, the third piece will fall into place.  ;)
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #17 on: November 04, 2016, 03:33:15 AM »
#3: was this car built in the USA between 1952 and 1956 ?

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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2016, 04:58:32 AM »
Sort of...

The car is older than that, but came to be modified in the 1950's
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #19 on: November 04, 2016, 05:02:17 AM »
Based on a car made by one of the Big Three ?

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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2016, 07:05:30 AM »
Based on a car made by one of the Big Three ?

Yep
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2016, 07:10:51 AM »
Based on a Ford ?

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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #22 on: November 05, 2016, 07:18:01 AM »
Oh, no
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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2016, 07:28:47 AM »
Based on a GM car ?

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Re: It's an All-or-Nothing Trifecta Grab-Bag Puzzle!
« Reply #24 on: November 06, 2016, 03:12:12 AM »
Indeed it is
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