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Made in Germany - The Automaker #12 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 2/6/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache IS NOT at the listed coordinates.
 
There IS a BONUS CACHE so please make a note of the bonus number in the logbook.

Some of the logbooks are in the wrong caches but this will not matter for the bonus as long as you find #9 - #16.

This is a series of caches that I was inspired to create by Red_Family's series of Homburg caches called Grosse Namen and Ich Trage Einen Grossen Namen.

Each of the people in this series were born (MADE) in Germany. Later in life they immigrated to the USA and became citizens of America.  Many of them had a great influence on the USA and the rest of the world.  I hope that each person who completes this series learns a little bit more about how our two countries, German and The United States of America, are forever connected.

HINT:


I am a man.
I was born in what is now Nordrhein-Westfalen.
I am dead.

Too Difficult?  Maybe this will help:


I immigrated to the United States with my family when I was 5.
I founded a company with my brother in 1913 which was partially financed by the maker of a well known American washing machine.
After World War I my brother and I sold 2 of our factories, moved to Indianapolis and started another company.

Do you know who I am now? No?


I was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 1963.
In the 1930's what I made dominated a sport popular in Indianapolis.
I was greatly influenced by a French product my brother and I produced during World War I for the French government.

You can find the final at:

N 49.A.BCD
E 7.E.FGH


A = (1,2) + (2,3)
B = (2,6) - (1,3)
C = (2,1) + (1,1) + (2,7)
D = (1,5) - (2,4)
 
E = ((2,3) x 2) + (2,4)
F = (2,2) - (1,5)
G = (1,1) + (2,10)
H = (1,6) - (2,4)
Bonus Number Is - 943



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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Obahf - 943

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)