Mystery Car Clue Contest Redo: Pit Yourself Against PN [Contest Over]

Paul Niedermeyer
by Paul Niedermeyer

It seems obvious that I’m making the CC Clues too easy. So we’re going to do something else here: a replay of a very difficult Mystery Car Identification contest that ran on another site back in the day when they still did such mundane things. And what made me think of it? It ran for several days, and yours truly finally nailed it; my life’s greatest achievement. It gave me the inspiration for the CC Clue a few years later. We’re going to have to use the honor system: if you actually remember it (I doubt you will), please refrain. Because the guesses alone are going to be fun. And we will duly acknowledge said author and web site when the contest ends.

Hint: This is a production scoop, not an aftermarket or custom item.

Update: This car was not necessarily found on the street!

Contest Over: We have a correct guess: Dave Shulze, who said 1954 Fiat 8V. Excellent job!

I realize in retrospect that this may not have been such a brilliant idea given the how easy it is to find everything on Google. Oh well; seemed like a good idea at the time. BTW, I gave away the Mazda Rotary Kit to the first ever CC Clue winner. Sorry about not having prizes. It’s for the honor!

Here’s the link to my cyber-buddy Murilee Martin’s contest at Jalopnik:

http://jalopnik.com/301258/what-was-that-mystery-car-1954-fiat-8v

Ironically, I thought it was the front facing hood scoop I was identifying; I didn’t realize it also had two smaller rear facing extraction scoops too.

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  • John John on Apr 28, 2010

    Still too many clues Paul! I cheated and ran a search, which brought me to a certain website, where I found the post in question. This may have ran longer if you had omitted the fact that it had been a clue on another site a few years back. Did you enjoy the Visible Mazda Rotary model kit? My hats off to the winner if he gets it without using my method:)

    • Racebeer Racebeer on Apr 28, 2010

      Agreed ...... the minute I saw that picture, I remembered it from that "other" site as well. A quick search turned it up in no time. Did you get permission from MM?????????

  • Kadett72 Kadett72 on Apr 28, 2010

    AC Cobra

    • Kadett72 Kadett72 on Apr 28, 2010

      Or not. Now that I cheated too, I see that I was all wrong. Dämn

  • Relton Relton on Apr 28, 2010

    This has the look of a Studebaker, ca 1956. One of the Hawks, with a supercharged Stude engine or a Packard engine. Bob

  • Revver Revver on Apr 28, 2010

    Glasspar G-2. Being a sailor, I know crappy fiberglass work when I see it.

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