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Re: Q270
« Reply #25 on: April 05, 2011, 11:14:38 AM »
It's not a city - more of a region...

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Re: Q270
« Reply #26 on: April 05, 2011, 11:29:01 AM »
Cotswold?
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Re: Q270
« Reply #27 on: April 05, 2011, 11:54:54 AM »
Not Cotswold. I'm reluctant to give away too many clues as it will instantly give away the answer

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Re: Q270
« Reply #28 on: April 05, 2011, 11:56:57 AM »
Chiltern.
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Re: Q270
« Reply #29 on: April 05, 2011, 12:08:49 PM »
Think much more distinctive...!  ;)

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Re: Q270
« Reply #30 on: April 05, 2011, 05:36:35 PM »
Wales?!
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Re: Q270
« Reply #31 on: April 06, 2011, 01:08:46 AM »
Severn? (as in Severn Valley)

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Re: Q270
« Reply #32 on: April 06, 2011, 03:54:04 AM »
WAs the builder know for other things? Say, aircraft?
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Re: Q270
« Reply #33 on: April 06, 2011, 04:03:01 AM »
Otto, I've just done as you asked as said 'aircraft'!

Could it be Highlands?
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Re: Q270
« Reply #34 on: April 06, 2011, 04:05:20 AM »
Otto, I've just done as you asked as said 'aircraft'!
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Re: Q270
« Reply #35 on: April 10, 2011, 10:44:34 AM »
WAs the builder know for other things? Say, aircraft?

You said it!
Yes  :nod: this car came from an aircraft designer
(But not one from Wales or Scotland)

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Re: Q270
« Reply #36 on: April 11, 2011, 04:52:45 AM »
Tara?
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Re: Q270
« Reply #37 on: April 15, 2011, 11:38:39 AM »

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Re: Q270
« Reply #38 on: April 18, 2011, 07:50:45 AM »
Is this manufacturer listed in any book?
(I mean in any book you know...)

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Re: Q270
« Reply #39 on: April 18, 2011, 11:59:36 AM »
Yes, it can be found listed (but not pictured) in one book I know

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Re: Q270
« Reply #40 on: April 19, 2011, 07:03:34 PM »
Westland?
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Re: Q270
« Reply #41 on: April 25, 2011, 06:42:31 AM »

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Re: Q270
« Reply #42 on: April 25, 2011, 07:59:33 AM »
Scottish Aviation?
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Re: Q270
« Reply #43 on: April 25, 2011, 08:01:39 AM »
Midland(s)?

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Re: Q270
« Reply #44 on: April 25, 2011, 01:23:00 PM »
Neither Scottish nor Midlands ...

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Re: Q270
« Reply #45 on: April 26, 2011, 04:45:22 PM »
Berwick? (as in English aircraft makers F.W. Berwick and Co.)
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Re: Q270
« Reply #46 on: April 26, 2011, 07:50:41 PM »
Not Berwick ...

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Re: Q270
« Reply #47 on: May 29, 2011, 01:54:04 PM »
Brooklands?

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Re: Q270
« Reply #48 on: May 29, 2011, 03:45:29 PM »
Bristow?

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Re: Q270
« Reply #49 on: June 04, 2011, 10:08:25 AM »
Neither of those...
Clue: the area this car was named after (and was built in) has a population of 80,000 people