The 33 1/3 second mystery #21 - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

kazoo · 03-28-2004, 01:26 PM

While we anxiously await the solution to Fimble's basement water in #20, here is another conundrum:

You couldn't buy one before 1915.

You couldn't buy a powered one before 1939.

You couldn't buy one at all after the late 1960's in the US unless it was imported.

Now most major manufacturers sell them.

What is it?

redarrow · 03-28-2004, 05:46 PM

ChickenNinja · 03-28-2004, 06:56 PM

It's not cars, there were domestic cars made in the late 60's. It's something else. . .

Bossnass · 03-28-2004, 08:01 PM

edit...

nope, that guess doesn't make anysense, so I had to edit myself.

Lokus · 03-28-2004, 08:03 PM

Phonograph/record player?

cait987 · 03-28-2004, 10:38 PM

Hmm, crazy guess but the radio? They use radio frequency but wasnt till late 30s that they became electric powered (ex plugins like a walkman)?

kazoo · 03-29-2004, 10:49 AM

No to all, but one answer has an edge.

dxa1 · 03-29-2004, 05:35 PM

razors

shakran · 03-29-2004, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cait987
Hmm, crazy guess but the radio? They use radio frequency but wasnt till late 30s that they became electric powered (ex plugins like a walkman)?

I just had to ask. . What radio does not run on electricity?

My guess is a convertible. Before 1915 cars were either open or closed, not convertible. Peugeot motorized them in '39. In the 70's you were pretty much limited to euro-imports for convertibles (bug, etc)

ChickenNinja · 03-29-2004, 07:55 PM

You've got to wonder though, they still sold older models in the late 60's, and you could buy used. . . (nitpick)

kazoo · 03-29-2004, 07:58 PM

Well done, shakran. A few points of order, though. The 1939 Plymouth Coupe could be had with a powered top, also. Not a bad deal for $900, wouldn't you agree?

Although some will argue the point, a crystal radio is independent of a power source, e.g. battery.

You win a convertible bunny.

shakran · 03-29-2004, 09:29 PM

If you allow yourself to forget about inflation you can get pretty sick looking at 1930's car prices. Dusenbergs could be had for what a minivan costs today

stingc · 03-29-2004, 10:20 PM

Um, US-made convertibles were available in the late 60's. They didn't leave until 1976.

03-28-2004, 01:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
kazoo Psycho Location: Where the night things are	The 33 1/3 second mystery #21 While we anxiously await the solution to Fimble's basement water in #20, here is another conundrum: You couldn't buy one before 1915. You couldn't buy a powered one before 1939. You couldn't buy one at all after the late 1960's in the US unless it was imported. Now most major manufacturers sell them. What is it? __________________ There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of mendacity -Big Daddy

03-28-2004, 05:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
redarrow Banned Location: i gotta go	Cars

03-28-2004, 06:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
ChickenNinja Crazy	It's not cars, there were domestic cars made in the late 60's. It's something else. . . __________________ Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.

03-28-2004, 08:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lokus I can't think of a good title Location: East Bay Area, CA	Phonograph/record player? __________________ The black wind howls...

03-29-2004, 10:49 AM	#7 (permalink)
kazoo Psycho Location: Where the night things are	No to all, but one answer has an edge. __________________ There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of mendacity -Big Daddy

03-28-2004, 08:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bossnass Détente Location: AWOL in Edmonton	edit... nope, that guess doesn't make anysense, so I had to edit myself.

03-28-2004, 10:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
cait987 Insane	Hmm, crazy guess but the radio? They use radio frequency but wasnt till late 30s that they became electric powered (ex plugins like a walkman)?

03-29-2004, 07:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
ChickenNinja Crazy	You've got to wonder though, they still sold older models in the late 60's, and you could buy used. . . (nitpick) __________________ Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.

03-29-2004, 07:58 PM	#11 (permalink)
kazoo Psycho Location: Where the night things are	Well done, shakran. A few points of order, though. The 1939 Plymouth Coupe could be had with a powered top, also. Not a bad deal for $900, wouldn't you agree? Although some will argue the point, a crystal radio is independent of a power source, e.g. battery. You win a convertible bunny. __________________ There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of mendacity -Big Daddy

03-29-2004, 09:29 PM	#12 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	If you allow yourself to forget about inflation you can get pretty sick looking at 1930's car prices. Dusenbergs could be had for what a minivan costs today

03-29-2004, 10:20 PM	#13 (permalink)
stingc Psycho Location: PA	Um, US-made convertibles were available in the late 60's. They didn't leave until 1976.

03-29-2004, 05:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
dxa1 Upright	razors