Auto ID #157 FINISHED

[Harry P.]

Remember, don't post any hints or answers here. PM me with year, make, and model.

The answer: 1959-65 Hongqi CA72

[mr moto]

This one will be easy as soon as I can remember which manufacturer introduced the revolutionary advanced concrete brake system.

[blunc]

This one will be easy as soon as I can remember which manufacturer introduced the revolutionary advanced concrete brake system.

that was only the "parking brake".

they may have upgraded to the granite parking brake but that is easily mistaken for the salt block parking brake.

Edited April 20, 2015 by blunc

[Ace-Garageguy]

Never take your brakes for granite.

I understand one optional braking system available in this model was a bucket of nails in front of each tire, under the car. In the event a panic-stop was required, a system of cables and pulleys would dump the nails, flattening the tires, and slowing the car dramatically.

The drawback found during extensive testing was that the system only worked once, and was expensive and time-consuming to maintain if used frequently.

Edited April 21, 2015 by Ace-Garageguy

[blunc]

Never take your brakes for granite.

I understand one optional braking system available in this model was a bucket of nails in front of each tire, under the car. In the event a panic-stop was required, a system of cables and pulleys would dump the nails, flattening the tires, and slowing the car dramatically.

The drawback found during extensive testing was that the system only worked once, and was expensive and time-consuming to maintain if used frequently.

nicely played sir.

[Harry P.]

This week's car is a 1959-65 Hongqi CA72 (with the ultr-rare optional all-terrain parking brake system)... And seeing as how it looks like the car is actually on a street that's sloping uphill, the fact that the front wheels are locked to keep the car from rolling is even more amazing...

Who got it right:

PowerPlant

dw1603

Badluck 13

dimaxion

Zandmann

blunc

carsntrucks4you

Ace-Garageguy

Frank

jaymcminn

otherunicorn

[chunkypeanutbutter]

At first, I thought it was a Rambler, but the grille was upside down... Then I started searching for a GAZ, but then I just quit.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

This week's car is a 1959-65 Hongqi CA72 (with the ultr-rare optional all-terrain parking brake system)... And seeing as how it looks like the car is actually on a street that's sloping uphill, the fact that the front wheels are locked to keep the car from rolling is even more amazing...

Who got it right:

PowerPlant

dw1603

Badluck 13

dimaxion

Zandmann

blunc

carsntrucks4you

Ace-Garageguy

Frank

jaymcminn

otherunicorn

Harry, I think the car is without it's engine. That gives the impression it's going uphill. The little that appears of the curb, shows it's going downhill. The same optical illusion that makes people think a car is being pushed by ghosts uphill in San Antonio Texas, at the railroad crossing, where according to the legend a train hit a buss full of children. Now the children's ghosts "push" the cars uphill from the tracks to prevent they from being hit also.

[Badluck 13]

Here's a much nicer version I found while doing a search and this one has a "motor"