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Puzzle #89 - Solved! Sbarro Filipinetti
« on: November 14, 2006, 04:56:39 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2006, 03:30:41 PM »

Conspiracy theory: The red car in the background looks like a 911 whose distinctive headlamp has been hastily removed via photoshop, perhaps to camouflage a potential clue....

Or perhaps I think too much.
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2006, 04:30:48 PM »
Hmmm...
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2006, 05:20:43 PM »
How about a Glas?

Maybe a re-bodied Porsche 356.
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2006, 02:48:20 AM »
Not a Glas; not Porsche-based.
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2006, 08:05:58 AM »
Dammit, the red herring has been kippered!
That ain't no Porsche in the background. Check the B-pillar profile on the passenger side.

Figure out that car and you're on your way!

The rest is left to you as an exercise.

His name is now Karnevil.

(As an aside, incorrectly trying to solve this puzzle led me to the Paxton Phoenix, so some good came out of it. However, nothing can explain my convoluted answer, except perhaps all the Redbull and Everclear.)
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2006, 09:35:02 AM »
Quote from: porridgehead on November 15, 2006, 08:05:58 AM
Dammit, the red herring has been kippered!
That ain't no Porsche in the background. Check the B-pillar profile on the passenger side.

Figure out that car and you're on your way!

The rest is left to you as an exercise.

His name is now Karnevil.

(As an aside, incorrectly trying to solve this puzzle led me to the Paxton Phoenix, so some good came out of it. However, nothing can explain my convoluted answer, except perhaps all the Redbull and Everclear.)


I focused on the hood, good catch on the B-pillar.

"KarnEvil" does have a certain ring to it...."Welcome back, my friends..."

For my part, my incorrect guesses led me the the Beach Mk4, which also made for interesting read.
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2006, 10:27:17 AM »
Yeah, it caught me out also. Whatever it is, it has a 911-like windshield/hood area.

You gotta keep an eye on that Karnevil. He's a tricky one.

Now I'm off to look up a Beach Mk4
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2006, 12:47:50 PM »
It is the suisse Filipinetti, with a two-seater GRP body and an air-cooled VW 1.6 litre engine. Made 1966-1967.
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2006, 03:28:44 PM »
That's the model designation. Who built it?
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2006, 05:31:03 PM »
Could it be Sbarro perhaps? It's just a guess.
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2006, 05:59:58 PM »
Guigiaro?
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2006, 03:48:06 AM »
Sbarro Filipinetti is correct!

Franco Sbarro raced in a variety of cars - including Ford GT40's owned by Scuderia Filipinetti. When he decided to build his own cars for the street, beginning with the cars pictured above, he named them Sbarro Filipinettis. The blue car is a Filipinetti MK I, introduced in 1965. The red (herring) car behind it is a MK II, which was built in 1967.


Mk I, 1965



Mk II, 1967

Photo credits: http://www.espera-sbarro.com.fr
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Re: Puzzle #89
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2006, 03:19:39 PM »
Quote from: KarnUtz on November 16, 2006, 03:48:06 AM
Sbbaro Filipinetti is correct!
Photo credits: http://www.espera-sbarro.com.fr
Sbarro, not Sbbaro. :P
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Re: Puzzle #89 - Solved! Sbbaro Filipinetti
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2006, 04:04:38 PM »
Yeah, well.... ;)
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