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Q#77 - solved - 1971 Dingbat by CCC
« on: August 30, 2008, 10:40:27 AM »
What's the name of this car?
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2008, 06:35:02 PM »
Any clues expertos?
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2008, 04:27:30 AM »
I know what it is, but have to wait to see if it goes to the pro section.  :)
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2008, 04:31:32 AM »
I'm yet afraid that being a 'Pro' means having lots of patience. But there's fortunately still a long way to go!
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2008, 04:59:47 AM »
Indeed...

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Re: Q#77
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2008, 06:15:27 AM »
Mini-based ? Looks a little bit like Biota...
« Last Edit: September 16, 2008, 06:18:54 AM by Arunas »
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2008, 08:36:19 AM »
Not Mini-based
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2008, 08:42:21 AM »
VW (Buggy) based?
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2008, 01:24:43 PM »
Not VW based either. In fact it has a front-mounted engine.
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2008, 01:45:41 PM »
Quote from: Quiller on September 16, 2008, 01:24:43 PM
Not VW based either. In fact it has a front-mounted engine.

British car?
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2008, 01:58:48 PM »
Due to the pic it's seems to be scanned from a book. Is it to find on the internet at all?
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2008, 03:44:55 PM »
British? Yes  :)

Can it be found on the internet? Hmmm. Google doesn't throw up any useful pages I'm afraid...
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2008, 07:50:58 AM »
Over to you...
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #13 on: October 02, 2008, 09:58:54 AM »
Could be a Bespoke Buggy. I suspect you got this photograph from the same place as the modified Fiat 500 picture.

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Re: Q#77
« Reply #14 on: October 02, 2008, 06:24:04 PM »
You are correct about the source, and that source states Bespoke Buggy - but that's the only reference I have to it being called that. It is more commonly (?) referred to as something different
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2009, 01:12:54 PM »
Clue time: this car was created by a well known motoring magazine
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2009, 01:50:31 PM »
Looks like a weird Bond Bug
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2009, 06:18:31 PM »
Quote from: KVAB on February 06, 2009, 01:50:31 PM
Looks like a weird Bond Bug

Same era...
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2009, 03:39:51 PM »
From memory I think that this was a buggy conceived and built by Hot Car magazine in the UK in the early 1970s, but I can't recall the name or mechanical base.  Darn it!!  Is there such a thing as half a point?!!
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2009, 06:16:18 PM »
Quote from: Djetset on February 09, 2009, 03:39:51 PM
From memory I think that this was a buggy conceived and built by Hot Car magazine in the UK in the early 1970s, but I can't recall the name or mechanical base.  Darn it!!  Is there such a thing as half a point?!!

The grey cells are still more black than white here... Apart from the 'early 1970s' bit, I can't award any stars, let alone points  ;)
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2009, 07:14:00 PM »
Some clues to get this out of its Holy Blackness

1. Not Hot Car magazine but its close contemporary
2. This car used a British front-engined chassis that was easy to take the body off
3. Its name is the same as a well-known font  ;)
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #21 on: August 11, 2009, 07:16:34 PM »
Didn't Otto Puzzel once post he would know this car? ???
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #22 on: August 12, 2009, 03:35:43 AM »
Quote from: Quiller on August 11, 2009, 07:14:00 PM
Some clues to get this out of its Holy Blackness

1. Not Hot Car magazine but its close contemporary
2. This car used a British front-engined chassis that was easy to take the body off
3. Its name is the same as a well-known font  ;)
Ah, the Times New Roman (or more likely Ariel), based on a Triumph Herald chassis made for Cars and Car Conversions Magazine ;D
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2009, 06:35:08 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on August 12, 2009, 03:35:43 AM
Quote from: Quiller on August 11, 2009, 07:14:00 PM
Some clues to get this out of its Holy Blackness

1. Not Hot Car magazine but its close contemporary
2. This car used a British front-engined chassis that was easy to take the body off
3. Its name is the same as a well-known font  ;)
Ah, the Times New Roman (or more likely Ariel), based on a Triumph Herald chassis made for Cars and Car Conversions Magazine ;D

Two out of three correct! Just the name to go...
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Re: Q#77
« Reply #24 on: August 12, 2009, 08:00:53 AM »
Courier perhaps
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