No, looks like they have the original postcards with the entrants' guesses.
My theory on Coddington as a choice of, well, whatever... Someone said "get that car guy who ISN'T a fraud and who DIDN'T bone a bunch of investors when he filed for bankruptcy!"
And obviously whoever was being told misunderstood what was said.
1929 PLYMOUTH Model "U"
1961 CHRYSLER New Yorker 4 DR H/T
1972 PLYMOUTH Scamp
1987 CHRYSLER LeBaron GTS