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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

1972.0. "Help needed with a X-mas puzzle" by GVA05::MOOSDIJK (Beer-o-crat) Mon Dec 28 1992 17:08

    Although currently living in Switzerland, I am still subscribing to a
    Dutch Car Magazine. This Magazine every year has a Christmas puzzle.
    Although most of the time relatively tough to solve I NEARLY managed to
    do so this year. Except.... one piece. Here is where I will need some
    help.
    
    The puzzle itself is very simple. They provide the 'type' names of
    certain cars, and the only thing you have to do is to find the correct
    'brand' name with it. For that brand name you will get the number of
    characters it needs and by positioning the brandnames in a certain way
    you will get a (Dutch) sentence.
    
    An EXAMPLE  _________________
                | | | | | |N|S|X|   should be HONDA NSX
                -----------------
    As I did solve all but 1 of the lines, I do know what the sentence must
    be. However in order to send in the solution I will need to know 1. The
    sentence and 2. Each individual brandname.
    
    The one lin-item I am looking for is:
    
    | | |L| | | | | |W|a|s|p|
    
    I do know that the 3rd character is an 'L' because I do have the
    sentence. What I need however is a Car brand with 8 characters, 3rd
    being an 'L' that has a car type called 'Wasp'.
    
    The car brands that came to my mind sofar were Delahaye, Delorean and
    Wolseley, but for none of them I can find a car called 'Wasp'. Anyone
    out there any idea ??
    
    Regards,
    
    MooS  
    
    PS I have x-posted this request in DLOACT::CARBUFFS

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1972.1	Old Wolseley ?	CMOTEC::JASPER		`Tue Dec 29 1992 16:28`	5
	...There was certainly a Wolseley called a Wolseley Hornet (c. 1965)... Maybe there is a more classic (older !) Wolseley.
1972.2		KURMA::IJOHNSTON		`Tue Dec 29 1992 16:30`	3
	Could wasp be the Dutch translation??? Ian.
1972.3	Wasp = Wesp	GVA05::MOOSDIJK	Beer-o-crat	`Tue Dec 29 1992 17:45`	14
	I do have a car-encyclopedia at home and checked with the Wolseley but they did not mention the Wasp in there. BTW Wasp is not a Dutch word. In Dutch this would be a Wesp (close enough to it, but still..). Of course the books I have may not be a 100% complete. But I would prefer to hear from someone who KNOWS that there was a 'brandname' Wasp. But, still thamks for your help sofar and please keep your eyes and ears open for info on the Wasp. Cheers, MooS
1972.4	A little IMPish	WOTVAX::MACDONALDI	Stalybridge Celtic	`Mon Jan 04 1993 19:25`	8
	How about a hiLlman Wasp never heard of it myself, but it is all I could think off that fitted!! mac
1972.5		COMICS::WEGG	Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts.	`Mon Jan 04 1993 20:09`	4
	The car in the opening credits for "The Pink Panther" was known as The Wasp. I've no idea who built it though. Ian.
1972.6		OASS::BURDEN_D	Well, it sure beats raising cattle	`Mon Jan 04 1993 20:32`	6
	>The car in the opening credits for "The Pink Panther" was known >as The Wasp. Maybe that was a take off on the show "Green Hornet"?? Dave
1972.7		GVA05::STIFF	Paul Stiff DCS, DTN:821-4167	`Tue Jan 05 1993 11:24`	3
	What about ReLIant Wasp ? Paul
1972.8	Wolseley it is!	OASS::BURDEN_D	Well, it sure beats raising cattle	`Wed Jan 06 1993 23:29`	4
	The Wolseley Wasp was produced sometime in the mid 30's. Found it in one of my reference books. Dave
1972.9	Thank You!!!	GVA05::MOOSDIJK	Beer-o-crat	`Thu Jan 07 1993 13:14`	7
	Thanks a lot to all of the 'noters' who helped in trying to find the solution. Special thanks ofcourse for Dave who found me the right solution and got it confirmed. Cheers, MooS
1972.10	EUREKA !	CMOTEC::JASPER		`Fri Jan 08 1993 15:56`	1

1972.11	The final solution	GVA05::MOOSDIJK	Beer-o-crat	`Mon Feb 15 1993 00:11`	46
	As promised herewith the solution to the X-mas puzzle. Thanks to the help I received from the Noters community I had a 100% correct solution. (but unfortunately no price). VOLKSWAGEN Corrado ISO Grifo CHRYSLER Saratoga DAIMLER Dart WOLSELEY Wasp FORD Mondeo LAND-ROVER Defender SUZUKI Samurai ELVA Courier RENAULT Safrane JAGUAR XK150 S HUMBER Super Snipe ALFA ROMEO Giulia TZ LANCIA Delta Integrale BUICK Park Avenue SUNBEAM Rapier HONDA NSX PEUGEOT 402 ASTON MARTIN DB4 GT SIMCA Aronde FERRARI 500 Superfast GILBERN Invader FIAT Dino HILLMAN Imp VOLKSWAGEN K70 MORGAN Plus Eight LOTUS Europa MASERATI Shamal DETOMASO Mangusta LAMBORGHINI Miura AC Ace CADILLAC Eldorado LEXUS LS400 PORSCHE 356 CITROEN SM CHEVROLET Fleetmaster Again thanks for your help, Cheers, MooS