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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #25 on: January 28, 2010, 11:46:41 AM »
No, it's not Trevor Fiore, especially as he was English by birth, not Australian.
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #26 on: January 28, 2010, 11:50:50 AM »
 :bag:

So, the designer is from Australia as well...
Designed for a still existing brand?
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #27 on: January 28, 2010, 02:21:37 PM »
As I mentioned in one of my earlier replies, the car was designed for a British project, but as we've now establish, the designer was not British ('cause he's Australian).  The designer went on to work for an existing car brand (not British), but this sketch was not made for a specific car marque.
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #28 on: January 28, 2010, 03:38:16 PM »
A sketch for a design competition?
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #29 on: January 29, 2010, 10:01:09 AM »
Ah ha, it is indeed a sketch for a design competition.  So, do you know what the competition was, and more importantly for the point, who sketched it?
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #30 on: January 29, 2010, 01:39:50 PM »
mid to end of the 1960s?
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #31 on: February 01, 2010, 08:29:20 AM »
Late 1960s.
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #32 on: February 01, 2010, 11:39:51 AM »
for a British design contest?
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #33 on: February 01, 2010, 03:29:18 PM »
Yes.
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #34 on: February 02, 2010, 07:59:07 AM »
Was it an annual design award esp. for car design?
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #35 on: February 02, 2010, 08:07:46 AM »
Was it for a special car company?
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #36 on: February 02, 2010, 08:50:44 AM »
It was an annual car design competition at the time, but not for a car company; special or otherwise.
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #37 on: July 23, 2010, 08:21:27 PM »
As I'm currently in Melbourne, I've discovered this one in person!
There's a small exhibition at Melbourne Museum about the work of Phillip Zmood, Holden's chief designer for a long period. This is one of his designs, and a very interesting project.
This won the 1963 Institute of British Carriage & Automobile Manufacturers design award, and was intended to have a 1.0-litre rotary engine mounted centrally. Zmood designed it while studying industrial design at RMIT.
And its name? It's called the Gannet 1000.

PS I'm back home next month and will get back on the Autopuzzles case - and will post some pics of the Zmood exhibition
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #38 on: July 23, 2010, 08:50:28 PM »
Fantastic! There's a PDF available on the net with pictures of a front-view and techincal drawings therein! :)
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #39 on: July 24, 2010, 05:50:07 AM »
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Re: Djetset #266
« Reply #40 on: July 26, 2010, 05:13:17 AM »
G'day Quiller!  Wow, on the other side of the world and still solving Puzzles.  That's what I call dedication!

You are of course 100% correct, and gain a well-earned international jet-setter point.

Have a safe return home soon, and look forward to seeing some of your new global discoveries on AutpPuzzles.  ;D
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Re: SOLVED: Djetset #266 - Phillip Zmood Gannet 1000 proposal
« Reply #41 on: July 28, 2010, 05:20:07 AM »
Yes I do have a few snaps of some strange cars ...
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Re: SOLVED: Djetset #266 - Phillip Zmood Gannet 1000 proposal
« Reply #42 on: July 28, 2010, 08:38:27 AM »
Happy you're back!  :cheer:
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