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Solved NIC#500 - 1929 Whippet-6 Fuerza Libre car
« on: December 09, 2015, 04:04:45 PM »
A milestone - my 500th puzzle. The problem is, the photo comes from a webpage in a foreign (to me) language, and I'm not too sure what it says. I think I understand the general meaning of the text - so, what is this car?

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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2015, 04:00:35 AM »
Great milestone!
You need Google translate.. I have my computer set to automatically translate certain languages (like Russian and Japanese) so the website I visit always appears in English..
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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2015, 04:44:30 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on December 10, 2015, 04:00:35 AM
Great milestone!
You need Google translate.. I have my computer set to automatically translate certain languages (like Russian and Japanese) so the website I visit always appears in English..

As I suspected - you are in fact under 10 years old  ;D
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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2015, 04:56:27 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on December 10, 2015, 04:44:30 AM
Quote from: Carnut on December 10, 2015, 04:00:35 AM
Great milestone!
You need Google translate.. I have my computer set to automatically translate certain languages (like Russian and Japanese) so the website I visit always appears in English..

As I suspected - you are in fact under 10 years old  ;D

I wish!
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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2015, 05:48:04 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on December 10, 2015, 04:56:27 AM
Quote from: nicanary on December 10, 2015, 04:44:30 AM
Quote from: Carnut on December 10, 2015, 04:00:35 AM
Great milestone!
You need Google translate.. I have my computer set to automatically translate certain languages (like Russian and Japanese) so the website I visit always appears in English..

As I suspected - you are in fact under 10 years old  ;D

I wish!

If only. I wasn't trying to be rude, just a reference to the undeniable fact that kids are sooooo adept at IT, it makes me ashamed.
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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2015, 06:07:48 AM »
I got it!
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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2015, 07:46:21 AM »
That's a lot of puzzles and you can still offer things I feel I should know, unlike most of the rest ::).
As is often the case, I wonder if I will have this one sorted out by the time I'm allowed to answer.
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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2016, 07:15:33 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2016, 08:38:36 AM »
Happy New year !
I've no reason for thinking this, but could it be a Diatto ?
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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2016, 08:47:05 AM »
Quote from: Willie McCrum on January 01, 2016, 08:38:36 AM
Happy New year !
I've no reason for thinking this, but could it be a Diatto ?
Happy New Year to you too. (I've just been watching a Youtube video of a guy filming his paraglide flight over Kirkistown, taking in Ballyhalbert and Portavogie. It was to do with the old WW2 airfields. Very picturesque.)

Sadly, not a Diatto.
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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #10 on: February 02, 2016, 11:03:41 AM »
The continent holds the answer.
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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2016, 03:19:40 PM »
To the Pros - only those Pros with 400 points or less.
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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2016, 04:41:01 PM »
"Prototipo" Whippet-6 (1929) made in Argentina
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Re: NIC#500
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2016, 04:50:16 PM »
Quote from: ropat53 on February 12, 2016, 04:41:01 PM
"Prototipo" Whippet-6 (1929) made in Argentina

I guessed you might be the solver of this puzzle!

I assume this is a car based on a Whippet 6, which had formerly been the Overland. It was driven by Raul Riganti at the time of this photo. It must have been a very narrow body, because there is a huge "stagger" between the driver's and mechanic's seats.

One more point to you.
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Re: Solved NIC#500 - 1929 Whippet-6 of Raul Riganti
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2016, 04:59:11 PM »
Picture shows the proud mechanics that built this car for Argentina's "Fuerza Libre" category. Standing in the middle with dark suit is Raul Riganti, but he wasn't the driver. This car was driven to fifth place by Ernesto Bossola at the "V Premio Audax" in the Province of Córdoba in 1929, the race was won by Carlos Zatuszek in his Mercedes SSK.
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Re: Solved NIC#500 - 1929 Whippet-6 of Raul Riganti
« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2016, 05:05:11 PM »
Thanks. I'll change the title.
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