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Title: Arunas' 2021-02-22 SOLVED: Ford Alpencoupe Concept
Post by: Arunas on February 22, 2021, 05:29:00 AM: Let's have some fun!

Please identify what is the make and model of this car?

Starting in Pro section, because I honestly think and hope that this one is extremely hard nut to fully crack.

Good luck! :)

P.S. This car and photo is not uploaded on my website, yet.

P.P.S. Are pro puzzles open to Master puzzlers?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Carnut on February 22, 2021, 05:59:00 AM: Quote from: Arunas on February 22, 2021, 05:29:00 AM

P.P.S. Are pro puzzles open to Master puzzlers?

I'm afraid not..
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: gte4289 on February 22, 2021, 05:50:19 PM: The image appears to have been taken at Ford's Product Development Center in Dearborn in the 1960s. An early version of the Bearcat concept?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on February 23, 2021, 07:34:46 AM: Quote from: gte4289 on February 22, 2021, 05:50:19 PM
The image appears to have been taken at Ford's Product Development Center in Dearborn in the 1960s. An early version of the Bearcat concept?

That's I'd say an easy part. What is the nameof it?
It was made at the same period as the Bearcat.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: gte4289 on February 23, 2021, 08:34:19 AM: Was the name (or a version of it) also used by FMC on another car or concept?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on February 23, 2021, 08:41:30 AM: Quote from: gte4289 on February 23, 2021, 08:34:19 AM
Was the name (or a version of it) also used by FMC on another car or concept?
No
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: gte4289 on February 23, 2021, 11:36:56 AM: Lancer?
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Post by: Arunas on February 24, 2021, 12:57:12 AM: Quote from: gte4289 on February 23, 2021, 11:36:56 AM
Lancer?
No
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: gte4289 on February 24, 2021, 12:59:48 AM: I assume you've altered the lettering in the puzzle image, but was it a six-letter word?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on February 24, 2021, 04:06:12 AM: Quote from: gte4289 on February 24, 2021, 12:59:48 AM
I assume you've altered the lettering in the puzzle image, but was it a six-letter word?
No, I did not. Strangely, the name I have for it is more than 6 letters.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: gte4289 on February 24, 2021, 04:08:41 AM: Was it named after an animal?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on February 26, 2021, 06:12:46 AM: Quote from: gte4289 on February 24, 2021, 04:08:41 AM
Was it named after an animal?
No
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: gte4289 on February 26, 2021, 06:32:35 AM: Was it named after a place?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on February 26, 2021, 12:48:34 PM: Quote from: gte4289 on February 26, 2021, 06:32:35 AM
Was it named after a place?
No
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: gte4289 on February 26, 2021, 01:15:58 PM: Did it have a space-themed name?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on February 26, 2021, 01:33:48 PM: Quote from: gte4289 on February 26, 2021, 01:15:58 PM
Did it have a space-themed name?
No.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: gte4289 on February 26, 2021, 02:06:27 PM: Did it have a Latin/Italian-sounding name?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on March 01, 2021, 12:57:12 PM: Quote from: gte4289 on February 26, 2021, 02:06:27 PM
Did it have a Latin/Italian-sounding name?
No.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: gte4289 on March 01, 2021, 07:19:28 PM: Was it branded/intended as a Ford (as opposed to Mercury, etc)?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on March 02, 2021, 01:39:29 PM: Quote from: gte4289 on March 01, 2021, 07:19:28 PM
Was it branded/intended as a Ford (as opposed to Mercury, etc)?
Yes, Ford.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Carnut on March 03, 2021, 02:59:31 PM: Looks a bit like this early sketch for a Ford Capri:
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Post by: gte4289 on March 03, 2021, 05:58:28 PM: Was it named after a person (e.g., Bordinat)?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on March 04, 2021, 10:57:39 AM: Quote from: gte4289 on March 03, 2021, 05:58:28 PM
Was it named after a person (e.g., Bordinat)?
No. It has a special name combined of two words.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: norberthanke on April 26, 2021, 07:37:39 AM: some resemblance with Crespi Tulia GT
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Post by: 727 on April 30, 2021, 10:12:17 AM: A model name related to speed?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: 727 on April 30, 2021, 07:16:08 PM: Here's some more of the hard nut.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: 727 on June 16, 2021, 07:15:56 AM: Is @Arunas still around? :popcorn:
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on June 17, 2021, 02:49:12 PM: Quote from: 727 on April 30, 2021, 10:12:17 AM
A model name related to speed?
No
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: 727 on June 17, 2021, 07:45:05 PM: Welcome back!
A model name related to birds?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on June 18, 2021, 10:21:35 AM: Quote from: 727 on June 17, 2021, 07:45:05 PM
Welcome back!
A model name related to birds?
No.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: 727 on June 18, 2021, 11:21:40 AM: Is the model a name that is considered a compound word?
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Post by: Carnut on June 22, 2021, 05:20:27 PM: Could it be one of the 'Quarter Horse' Shelby Mustangs, a couple of prototypes of which were built in the late 1960s before Ford pulled the plug on them in 1970?

A picture of one is below and it has some similarities to the puzzle car, which does look to me like some kind of Mustang prototype, but perhaps a Mach 1...
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on June 23, 2021, 12:43:25 PM: Quote from: 727 on June 18, 2021, 11:21:40 AM
Is the model a name that is considered a compound word?

Yes! It is combined of two words. One of them describes body type.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on June 23, 2021, 12:44:15 PM: Quote from: Carnut on June 22, 2021, 05:20:27 PM
Could it be one of the 'Quarter Horse' Shelby Mustangs, a couple of prototypes of which were built in the late 1960s before Ford pulled the plug on them in 1970?

A picture of one is below and it has some similarities to the puzzle car, which does look to me like some kind of Mustang prototype, but perhaps a Mach 1...

No. Unfortunately it is much much more obscure.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Carnut on June 24, 2021, 05:13:39 AM: Any Tom Tjaarda input?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on June 28, 2021, 01:57:41 PM: Quote from: Carnut on June 24, 2021, 05:13:39 AM
Any Tom Tjaarda input?
No
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Carnut on June 28, 2021, 02:32:40 PM: Is it a pick-up?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on June 28, 2021, 04:03:40 PM: Quote from: Carnut on June 28, 2021, 02:32:40 PM
Is it a pick-up?
No
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Carnut on June 28, 2021, 05:39:30 PM: Quote from: Arunas on June 23, 2021, 12:43:25 PM
Yes! It is combined of two words. One of them describes body type.

Is it a coupé, which is then part of the car's name?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on June 29, 2021, 06:06:24 AM: Quote from: Carnut on June 28, 2021, 05:39:30 PM
Quote from: Arunas on June 23, 2021, 12:43:25 PM
Yes! It is combined of two words. One of them describes body type.

Is it a coupé, which is then part of the car's name?

Yes!!
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: 727 on June 29, 2021, 10:08:40 AM: Mullicoupe?
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Post by: Carnut on June 29, 2021, 10:48:43 AM: Sportcoupé?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on June 29, 2021, 02:57:33 PM: No x 2, but coupe is indeed the second part of the name.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Carnut on June 29, 2021, 03:26:10 PM: OK, so the first part of the word is:

Not a name that has been used by Ford on any other car, which rules out names like Galaxie or Thunderbird
Not an animal, so that rules out anything like Mustang
Not a place, so that rules out anything like Milano or Monaco
Not space-themed, which rules out anything like Venus or Zephyr
Not Latin/Italian so it's probably English
Not a person's name, so rules out anything like Edsel
Not related to speed so that rules out any words like Jet
Not a bird, so anything like Eagle is ruled out
Not a body type as the other part of the word is already that.

What's left? A made-up word or one that would be in a dictionary, like Excel for instance?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on June 29, 2021, 04:24:50 PM: Not an artificial word. It is a proper noun.
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Post by: Carnut on June 29, 2021, 05:27:04 PM: A car-related word or something common, like Super (hence Ford Supercoupé)?
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Post by: 727 on June 30, 2021, 05:52:50 AM: Recoupe?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on July 06, 2021, 12:19:22 PM: Quote from: Carnut on June 29, 2021, 05:27:04 PM
A car-related word or something common, like Super (hence Ford Supercoupé)?
No. Not car related. Think geography.
Quote from: 727 on June 30, 2021, 05:52:50 AM
Recoupe?
No
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: 727 on July 06, 2021, 04:58:18 PM: City Coupe?
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Post by: Carnut on July 06, 2021, 05:21:06 PM: Sierra?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on July 07, 2021, 01:06:09 AM: Quote from: 727 on July 06, 2021, 04:58:18 PM
City Coupe?
No.
Quote from: Carnut on July 06, 2021, 05:21:06 PM
Sierra?
No.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Carnut on July 07, 2021, 07:06:58 AM: Named after a river?
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Post by: 727 on July 07, 2021, 05:12:56 PM: Worldcoupe?
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Post by: Arunas on July 08, 2021, 06:32:33 AM: Quote from: Carnut on July 07, 2021, 07:06:58 AM
Named after a river?
No.
Quote from: 727 on July 07, 2021, 05:12:56 PM
Worldcoupe?
No.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Carnut on July 08, 2021, 08:09:22 AM: Is it named after a mountain or mountain range?
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Post by: 727 on July 08, 2021, 08:37:13 AM: Atlascoupe?
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Post by: Arunas on July 08, 2021, 01:09:36 PM: Quote from: Carnut on July 08, 2021, 08:09:22 AM
Is it named after a mountain or mountain range?
BINGO!!! Now it's just a matter of time...
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Arunas on July 08, 2021, 01:11:49 PM: Quote from: 727 on July 08, 2021, 08:37:13 AM
Atlascoupe?
No
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Carnut on July 08, 2021, 02:03:59 PM: A US mountain?
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Post by: Wendax on July 08, 2021, 04:54:32 PM: Alpscoupe?
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Post by: kwgibbs on July 08, 2021, 07:08:53 PM: Uralcoupe?
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Post by: Arunas on July 09, 2021, 12:40:27 AM: Quote from: Wendax on July 08, 2021, 04:54:32 PM
Alpscoupe?
No. LOCKED for three guesses. No more hints.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Carnut on July 09, 2021, 04:03:06 AM: Wendax - sorry but you're not allowed to take part in puzzles on the Pro's board!

I was going to say Alpine Coupé if Arunas answered my question about whether it was a US mountain in the negative..
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Post by: Wendax on July 09, 2021, 05:26:31 AM: :bag: Sorry, must have been in vacation mode.
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Post by: Arunas on July 09, 2021, 10:30:33 AM: Quote from: Carnut on July 09, 2021, 04:03:06 AM
Wendax - sorry but you're not allowed to take part in puzzles on the Pro's board!

I was going to say Alpine Coupé if Arunas answered my question about whether it was a US mountain in the negative..

Sorry. I saw all three answers at once..

Carnut. Go ahead with your three guesses.

Alpine Coupe is NOT the correct answer, but 99% close..
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 - Who knows this car?
Post by: Carnut on July 09, 2021, 10:49:44 AM: Thanks.

Alpencoupé:
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Post by: Arunas on July 09, 2021, 12:22:16 PM: Quote from: Carnut on July 09, 2021, 10:49:44 AM
Thanks.

Alpencoupé:

BRAVO!!! :applause: :applause: :applause:
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 SOLVED: Ford Alpencoupe Concept
Post by: Carnut on July 10, 2021, 07:32:50 AM: A great find and amazing it's so almost unknown.
Do you have any more pictures of it Arunas?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 SOLVED: Ford Alpencoupe Concept
Post by: Arunas on July 10, 2021, 12:07:19 PM: Quote from: Carnut on July 10, 2021, 07:32:50 AM
A great find and amazing it's so almost unknown.
Do you have any more pictures of it Arunas?
Yes, I do.
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 SOLVED: Ford Alpencoupe Concept
Post by: Carnut on July 10, 2021, 12:09:54 PM: Will you be adding them here or are they already on your Index site?
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 SOLVED: Ford Alpencoupe Concept
Post by: Carnut on July 28, 2021, 06:56:03 AM: Here's a little more information about this interesting car.
Note that the lettering on the front of the bonnet (hood) just above the grille says "TAUNUS", which figures if you read the article.
It's odd that this car is so unknown, even on the Ford websites which claim they picture "every Ford concept car ever"!
Title: Re: Arunas' 2021-02-22 SOLVED: Ford Alpencoupe Concept
Post by: Allemano on September 09, 2023, 04:54:48 PM: Another pic: