New Zealand Classic Car

QUICK QUIZ / CROSSWORD

By David Cass

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Clues across

7. British racing driver, winner in the British Hillclimb Championsh­ip and Monte Carlo Rally, plus a third-place finisher in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, all in cars from his own factory (6) 8. The process of delaying the timing of the ignition spark: once manually controlled, for many years, the process has been automated (6) 10. Subaru’s compact family car, now in its fifth generation after its introducti­on in 1992 to succeed … (7) 11. … Subaru’s 1971-onwards family vehicle, built in three generation­s until 1994 (5) 12. Project name for the Rootes-design small car that was built from 1963 as the ‘Imp’ (4) 13. Model name shared by Oldsmobile, Lancia, and GSM (5) 17. The Latin word for ‘I Roll’, seemingly first thought of as a tradename for ball-bearings, but later applied to a famous vehicle brand (5) 18. You’ve heard of ‘four on the floor’ but how about ‘three on the ----’? (4) 22. Model name for Frank Costin’s low production (eight or nine? only) GT coupé built in the early ’70s — a rumour floats around of one in New Zealand, anyone know for sure? (5) 23. Welsh GT car, with well over 1000 built from 1959 to 1973 (7) 24. Brand name used twice by GM from 1968 to ’76 in South Africa and Belgium to produce locally built vehicles from a confection of GM parts from other places in the world (6) 25. GM’S classic Chevrolet sedan, built from 1950 to 1975, and to 1981 in Canada, in eight generation­s, the last being Canada only (3,3)

Clues down

1. Opel’s upmarket model range in Europe, built in eight main generation­s from 1938 to 1970, usually with a six-cylinder engine (7) 2. Model name for Packard, 1941–’47 and 1953–’56, and also briefly a three-wheel microcar from 7 across (7) 3. Carl ----- was a US automobile designer, who did good work for Studebaker, followed by Chrysler, where he was the brains behind the Airflow sedan (5) 4. Saloon (1963–’73) from Isuzu that was one of the first Japanese cars to be seen in numbers in overseas markets (7) 5. Six-cylinder side-valve Morris saloon built from 1931 to ’33, while BMC Australia built a four-cylinder Morris saloon from 1958 to ’64 looking like an inflated Wolseley 1500 (5) 6. Ford US’S classic example of how late-’50s market research could go wrong (5) 9. Classic 1954–’58 French grand tourer with Chrysler V8 engine. Later versions followed to 1964, before a move down-market ended production (5,4) 14. Dodge model name, for full-size cars 1949–’59 and intermedia­tes 1965–’76; seven main generation­s were built (7) 15. BMC Australia’s six-cylinder B-series– engined Austin saloon, built from 1962 to ’65 (7) 16. Well-remembered New Zealand racing driver, very successful in 1970s tin-top racing — think Chargers and PDL Mustang! (7) 19. French aerospace company, also active in motor racing with screaming V12 single-seaters and sports-racing cars (5) 20. Short-lived 1925–’28 US carmaker, a subsidiary of the Moon Motor Car company: not by chance, the name equates in Roman mythology with the goddess of the moon (5) 21. Maurice ----- was an ex–rolls-royce engineer, credited with GM suspension design and developmen­t improvemen­t in the 1930s (5)

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