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Q569 - solved - Harbilt/National Electricty diamond-wheeler
« on: August 03, 2009, 05:25:19 PM »
What's the identity of this car?
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Re: Q569
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2009, 06:34:07 AM »
A weird prototype for a London taxi, maybe by some of the smaller competitors of BMC - Winchester or Beardmore?
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Re: Q569
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2009, 10:15:41 AM »
Still quite cold ...
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Re: Q569
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2009, 05:44:22 PM »
I've never seen a picture of one, but I have heard of a car called the Earnshaw Diamond which has a diamond-shaped wheelbase like this one.

Could that be it?
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Re: Q569
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2009, 07:19:07 AM »
A Gordon Diamond?
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Re: Q569
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2009, 04:24:52 PM »
Two 'diamond' answers but neither is correct ...

[Wasn't the Earnshaw Diamond a spoof car invented by the late lamented Jalopy magazine?]
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Re: Q569
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2009, 12:47:48 PM »
It was, although it wasn't that clear (to me) at the time. 
At least not until they published a record of the spoof factory visit.

I was only a teenager.  What did I know about cars?  I bought an Austin Allegro!
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Re: Q569
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2009, 03:58:40 PM »
time for a move
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Re: Q569
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2009, 05:54:36 PM »
moved for a time
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Re: Q569
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2009, 11:20:58 AM »
Harborough Construction
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Re: Q569
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2009, 01:39:47 PM »
That's close enough! Made by Harbilt and adopted by National Electricity in the UK

Here's an interesting video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DswpAhH2NDE
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