Thursday Car Quiz [a winner is fintail]

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 09/27/2018 at 11:28 • Filed to: car quiz

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Back with another old car to ID. This one is not nearly as obscure as the last one but, like the Velie from the other day, this one also has an aeronautical tie-in. I have obscured the hubcaps, because that would be just too easy.

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Answer: This is a Rickenbacker D-6 Coach-Brougham photographed in 1925. It was built by the Rickenbacker Motor Company, which was founded by WWI ace Eddie Rickenbacker, the most successful American pilot of the war. Rickenbacker Motors vehicles also featured the Hat-in-the-Ring logo that was the symbol of the 94th Fighter Squadron.

The Rickenbacker Motor Company was only active from 1921-1927, but Eddie Rickenbacker enjoyed a career as a race car driver, military consultant, and served for many years as the president of Eastern Air Lines. He oversaw the expansion of Eastern into a major airline, had a hand in the development of new passenger aircraft, and worked to transform the airline industry into the modern era.

fintail > ttyymmnn 09/27/2018 at 11:25

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Rickenbacker Brougham ~1925 (the aeronautical hint helped)

Nibby > ttyymmnn 09/27/2018 at 11:26

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2003 mercury sable

ttyymmnn > Nibby 09/27/2018 at 11:27

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Very close. Keep trying,

Nibby > ttyymmnn 09/27/2018 at 11:28

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2002 mercury cougar

ttyymmnn > Nibby 09/27/2018 at 11:29

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Warmer....

Nibby > ttyymmnn 09/27/2018 at 11:32

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2019 BMW X5

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 09/27/2018 at 11:32

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Orson Bean’s character has a Rickenbacker in the Twilight Zone episode Mr. Bevis. He even refers to it as such.

His is a ‘23.

ttyymmnn > Nibby 09/27/2018 at 11:33

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Colder.

Nibby > ttyymmnn 09/27/2018 at 11:34

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i win

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/27/2018 at 11:35

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That’s cool. You can even  see the hat-in-the-ring logo on the front.

ttyymmnn > Nibby 09/27/2018 at 11:36

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 09/27/2018 at 11:40

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Rickenbacker had a keen interest in automobiles dating back to well before he founded the company. Actually, that’s how he managed to get into flying - IIRC he didn’t have the connections, but he saved a general’s bacon by seeing to a repair of a Packard’s main bearings himself, which made an impression .

Nibby > ttyymmnn 09/27/2018 at 12:12

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vondon302 > ttyymmnn 09/27/2018 at 13:59

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Even though I don’t comment much on these I really enjoy the guess the car posts.

Keep em coming

ttyymmnn > vondon302 09/27/2018 at 14:11

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Thanks. Probably won’t be a daily thing. It’s turned from just a guess-the-car thing into more of a little history snapshot, which I enjoy writing. And hopefully, folks might learn a little bit along the way.

vondon302 > ttyymmnn 09/27/2018 at 15:17

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I learned a thing today. So mission accomplished.

ttyymmnn > vondon302 09/27/2018 at 15:39

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So did I!