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About Quiz # 170...! (UPDATE: another movie ? Brooke Shield's car?)
Don't trust quizmakers and don't trust moviemakers. They try to make you believe what they have in mind on your dispense. # 170 was the last quiz this year so we gave you a very special toy to chew on. The only Hisso part on this car is probably the badge on the radiator. The whole paste-up was designed and built probably in 1964/65. When our information is correct this car has starred in "The Great Race". When putting up this quiz we were hoping you wouldn't take the hints we feeded you and that some Rolls fans would say : "Hey, but that is a 20/25 chassis !" (that's what it is...). Under the bonnet (click photo) you'll find another treasure... a 4,2 L. Daimler.. ;-). So don't feel ashamed you didn't get this one, not all of us can be moviecar buffs. Next year will packed with new chances.
UPDATE by Paul Linster (we are always glad when people do not take our words for granted...!) "I think the movie was not 'The Great Race' (about 1908!!) but 'Sahara' The movie with Brooke Shields
racing trough the desert (clic: Kinokunst.de) ... I think I heard that all the cars (about 7) were built upon Rolls Royce chassis and only the bodies were slightly different and of course radiators and national colours.
After the making of the movie most of the cars were digged
into the desert sand. So the cars were constructed about 1980 the movie was released in 1983..."
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Friday, 23 December 2005
Don't trust quizmakers and don't trust moviemakers. They try to make you believe what they have in mind on your dispense. # 170 was the last quiz this year so we gave you a very special toy to chew on. The only Hisso part on this car is probably the badge on the radiator. The whole paste-up was designed and built probably in 1964/65. When our information is correct this car has starred in "The Great Race". When putting up this quiz we were hoping you wouldn't take the hints we feeded you and that some Rolls fans would say : "Hey, but that is a 20/25 chassis !" (that's what it is...). Under the bonnet (click photo) you'll find another treasure... a 4,2 L. Daimler.. ;-). So don't feel ashamed you didn't get this one, not all of us can be moviecar buffs. Next year will packed with new chances. 
