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Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« on: March 17, 2010, 12:05:44 PM »
Let me be the first to say welcome and that all of us here at AutoPuzzles are glad you have decided to join us.  Hopefully you will take the time to introduce yourself here.

Enjoy the puzzles.

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Re: Hello and Welcome new Members!!!
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2010, 11:23:47 PM »
I came here when I realized my van  was part of a auto puzzle that was solved ..I am an artist  . I started my career in 1973 with an airbrush by muraling my first new car .Automotive murals became my passion for many years . The Cosmic Cruiser was my first design of what I thought a van should look like in 1976 .

 Interesting site you have here . Lots of great cars

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Re: Hello and Welcome new Members!!!
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2010, 07:53:14 AM »
Ciao Ivan,

wellcome to Autopuzzles.
Take a look around, try to solve some puzzles and you can even post yours!
(BTW: the side view of your van reveals your skills with the airbrush more than the front! nice job indeed!)

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Re: Hello and Welcome new Members!!!
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2010, 03:31:41 PM »
Hi everyone.

Just thought I'd say a quick hello, having recently joined AutoPuzzles. I'm a member of a couple of classic car forums, and came across this site when trawling for information for a "mystery car" competition.

Having had a quick look around, I think I may be a bit out of my depth here, but you never know. I'm feeling a bit more encouraged today, as I have just made my first correct identification. Hopefully I'll manage some more in due course, but even if not, I'm sure I'll learn a lot along the way.

I'm based in the UK, and have been a motoring enthusiast all my life. Other interests include photography, music, electronics (old radios and hifi), and I'm a bit of a crossword freak.

Anyway, just a brief introduction, and I look forward to (hopefully) putting in an appearance from time to time.

Tom




Oh, and by the way, if anyone recognises my pedal car in the avatar photo, I'd love to know who made it. It was bought secondhand in the late 1950s. :)



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Re: Hello and Welcome new Members!!!
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2010, 05:00:17 PM »
I have no idea what your pedal car is.

Welcome.  :)
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Re: Hello and Welcome new Members!!!
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2010, 05:36:54 PM »
Got to be an Austin...

Hello, Tom!  ;D
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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2010, 03:10:02 PM »
Hi there everybody,

My name is Jan and I run a small automotive website. Which is, by the way, one man's work.
I got interested in this site, as I saw how many automotive experst were working here. Names I've seen in International literature. I might be reading books to which you contributed. I thought that this had to be one of the best places to be.

Am I an expert in recognising cars, which this site seems mostly about, ehh... no.

I don't drive a fancy car (I mean Subaru Justy, Ford Escort ('93 model), Suzuki Swift, Ford Mondeo... not hot cars. Then again, I want a car that bring me where I need to go, not break down, must be relatively comfy and not take a lot of fuel. Still don't know how I got myself to buy a Seat Leon.

To continue the introduction, I'm 28 in a couple of days, spend my spare time collecting cars, writing for my site, spending time on fora like these or do nothing at all. I am lucky with my work in that I am kind of in automotive and kind of I'm not, therefore my hobby is still that, a hobby. Oh yeah and I sometimes am allowed away from the office and travel. Not bad at all.

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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2010, 03:13:12 PM »
Glad to have you aboard, Jan.   If you have any questions feel free to ask.  You are amongst a friendly, helpful bunch.
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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2010, 03:36:37 AM »
Ciao Tom-I

I'm sure your pedal car will be featured here eventually!

Ciao Jan!

as I wrote before I'm often visiting your site, and I'm working in a project just like that.

good puzzling!

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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2010, 04:25:40 AM »
Welcom, Jan! I dig your site, too.  :)
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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2010, 03:50:10 PM »
I thought I joined this site a few years ago, but registered today with my typical user name.

Anybody got spring fever yet?

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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2010, 04:39:31 PM »
You know it! I'd say "welcome", but already did that in another thread.  ;D
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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2010, 04:46:00 PM »
I thought I joined this site a few years ago, but registered today with my typical user name.

Anybody got spring fever yet?


I had fever in the winter, but because there was no day really what I would call "warm", I can't say I do. I do hope that in 2 weeks time I will be sitting enjoying the "Schickeria" with a Weissbier in the hand.

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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2010, 10:16:15 AM »
Hi!

Been busy solving some quizes here the later days.
My name is Tor Henning Ertsland Engen, but on close to all forums I've registered I use the username Bugace. The reason is simple. In my small group of friends, I'm known as the one who know most cars, thereby I choosed the "ace". This might not be correct inside a forum like this, there I see plenty real "Doctors in Automobile". "Bug", I love T Ford, and Beetles espacially. Maybe not that many that used the word "bug" for a car when the T was launched, but I've seen it used. I don't think I need to mention the Beetle connection.
I'm a '66 model my self. At the moment I'm dissabled, meaning a lot of time for what I like. I'm in the prosses of getting a lifetime dissabillity, as I don't wish to have the pressure of maybe one day, maybe, be able too do some work. The reason for my dissabillity are pshycic, so I have some great days, but a lot of worse days.
My carinterest begun earlier then my memory. When I was 4 year old, my mother had too learn the trafficrules, as I'm no longer asked about the cars we saw on the roads. I knew them all. I asked about the trafficsigns, and different rules insted. She didn't had her driverlices for another 4 years, but then she knew the theory.
From the teenages upwards, I lived with my mother and sister. My moters income was far under what was consider poor in Norway, but I never missed anything important. It only ment that first now, just three, four years ago I have had the possibillity too use time, and money on cars. I now have three project cars, one rolling, or close too rolling. Two Beetles, and a Fiat 130 Berlina.
First the later months have I learned that the early years of automobiles facinates me the most, and I've decided to try to learn as much as possibel. This Forum is spot on doing so. Thank You too those who made this site!

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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #14 on: July 04, 2010, 10:30:35 AM »
Ciao Bugace,

welcome to Autopuzzles!
I thought you were a Bugatti fan  ;D!
This place will help to lighten you days and you'll find a lot of nice people here...

Have fun,

PJ

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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #15 on: July 04, 2010, 11:24:18 AM »
Welcome Bugace. I'm glad you like our place.
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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #16 on: July 04, 2010, 04:30:04 PM »
Ciao Bugace,

welcome to Autopuzzles!
I thought you were a Bugatti fan  ;D!
This place will help to lighten you days and you'll find a lot of nice people here...

Have fun,

PJ

I'm a fan of all cars. I might turn my head on a nice Lada, but not a nice 911. Not because I don't love the 911, but because I hardly see some nice old Ladas. Most of all I love the '70s.  :P

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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2010, 06:15:51 AM »
Well, I am not a new member any longer. In fact, today is the 1st anniversary of me joining AutoPuzzles.

Now about 3000 posts and 347 points later, I feel like, AutoPuzzles has become an integral part of my life.

Excuse my personal ramblings, but if I look at back to the Summer of 2009, it's incredible how life changes. Last Summer I felt truly and really miserable. Too much work was taking its toll on me.
And then I thought I'd need something to take my mind off of all these troubles. I knew about AutoPuzzles but never had the time to really look at the puzzles here. So a year ago I took a deep breath to typed in www.autopuzzles.com
As they say, the rest is history...

Today I have turned my company around, became a succesful university lecturer, found new goals (e.g. decided to try my luck on getting a PhD)  and life settled into a new, rather more pleasing rhyme. And solving puzzles here still gives me thrill. I am truly grateful for the community's support, whether it is ideas for new articles (Estonian hybrid minivans), helping out with my new site  (automuseums.info) or just being a nice, helpful bunch of people here.

So thank you AutoPuzzles and thank you AutoPuzzlers. Onwards and upwards.
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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2010, 05:30:11 PM »
I wish I could use your talent with the words to express what I found here...

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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2010, 03:42:19 AM »
I wish I could use your talent with the words to express what I found here...
Both of you are putting some of us to shame by doing it all in a second language.

I notice that Pal is also a member of the Society of Automotive Historians - we have a group (chapter as they call it) in Britain and very interesting it can be too.
http://www.autohistory.org.uk/
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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2010, 09:52:08 AM »
Well, I am not a new member any longer. In fact, today is the 1st anniversary of me joining AutoPuzzles.

Now about 3000 posts and 347 points later, I feel like, AutoPuzzles has become an integral part of my life.

Excuse my personal ramblings, but if I look at back to the Summer of 2009, it's incredible how life changes. Last Summer I felt truly and really miserable. Too much work was taking its toll on me.
And then I thought I'd need something to take my mind off of all these troubles. I knew about AutoPuzzles but never had the time to really look at the puzzles here. So a year ago I took a deep breath to typed in www.autopuzzles.com
As they say, the rest is history...

Today I have turned my company around, became a succesful university lecturer, found new goals (e.g. decided to try my luck on getting a PhD)  and life settled into a new, rather more pleasing rhyme. And solving puzzles here still gives me thrill. I am truly grateful for the community's support, whether it is ideas for new articles (Estonian hybrid minivans), helping out with my new site  (automuseums.info) or just being a nice, helpful bunch of people here.

So thank you AutoPuzzles and thank you AutoPuzzlers. Onwards and upwards.


Honored to have been part of your good year.

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« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2011, 12:25:32 PM »
Hi everyone, just joined today - I was just mooching through the 'internerd' & I saw a reference on this site to my car.  Congratulations to you all for discovering its identity.
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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2011, 05:51:41 PM »
Hi
Just stumbled across this site.
Looks like fun.
I have posted a couple of photos already, one on the Saxon puzzle thread. there is now one up and running.
Also one from the 1950's in the pedal car thread,
and my toy in the members car thread.

A unique car called a DLM after the man who made it in 1958/9.

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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #23 on: October 08, 2011, 05:53:26 PM »
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Joe Gertler Jr. I found this site after seeing of some of my late father's custom cars in the puzzles. He built some 200 racing, sports racing, and custom cars, including many for major auto shows. Everything from his restoration of 1938 Adler Rennlimousine Grand Prix car, to the famous Bluebird work. Many midget and sprint cars, and many very exotic and radical customs of U.S. and foreign sports cars. I joined him in 1969 and we built and restored a lot more pre-WWII type racing cars, for the next 20 years. I see so many interesting cars on this site, and lopk forward to learning more, and perhaps sharing some history and photos of same.
Joe G.<br />Hundreds of photos of race and sports and custom cars at<br />www.memaerobilia.com

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Re: Hello and Welcome New Members!!!
« Reply #24 on: October 08, 2011, 07:44:24 PM »
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Joe Gertler Jr. I found this site after seeing of some of my late father's custom cars in the puzzles. He built some 200 racing, sports racing, and custom cars, including many for major auto shows. Everything from his restoration of 1938 Adler Rennlimousine Grand Prix car, to the famous Bluebird work. Many midget and sprint cars, and many very exotic and radical customs of U.S. and foreign sports cars. I joined him in 1969 and we built and restored a lot more pre-WWII type racing cars, for the next 20 years. I see so many interesting cars on this site, and lopk forward to learning more, and perhaps sharing some history and photos of same.

Welcome Joe! Glad to have you abord!
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