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Otto Puzzell's #1515 - Monica Prototype Number Two
« on: January 30, 2010, 06:13:05 AM »


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« Last Edit: February 06, 2010, 06:46:22 AM by Otto Puzzell »
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Re: Otto Puzzell's #1515
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2010, 02:40:44 AM »
Easy expert point
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Re: Otto Puzzell's #1515
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2010, 04:52:16 AM »
That's once again the early Monica prototype.
The car is to be sold by DVLA on 25 March 2010.
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Re: Otto Puzzell's #1515
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2010, 06:45:01 AM »
That's a Monica prototype alright - this one is ID'd as prototype number two by the shop that constructed it. Is it the same car as my previous puzzle? Could be. Perhaps a Monica expert will chime in. 

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=6244.0
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Re: Otto Puzzell's #1515 - Monica Prototype Number Two
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2011, 11:13:48 AM »
Well, I'm hardly an expert, but as there seems to be a little confusion here as to which car is which I'll add this:
The two cars in your puzzles are in fact different. This one is indeed prototype #2 as built by Williams & Pritchard. the car in puzzle 1119 is #1 which was built by Maurice Gomm.
There are some nice pictures of this 2nd car completed in colour but they seem to have vanished from the internet at the moment  :-\

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Re: Otto Puzzell's #1515 - Monica Prototype Number Two
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2011, 11:26:48 AM »
The two cars in your puzzles are in fact different.

Excellent - then they shall remain un-merged. Thanks for your reply.  :)
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Re: Otto Puzzell's #1515 - Monica Prototype Number Two
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2011, 11:33:55 AM »
No problem. Please see also my replies in the other Monica puzzles, hopefully this should clear things up a little...

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Re: Otto Puzzell's #1515 - Monica Prototype Number Two
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2012, 03:57:12 AM »
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Re: Otto Puzzell's #1515 - Monica Prototype Number Two
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2012, 09:28:34 AM »
The No. 1 prototype sold at auction here in the UK within the last couple of weeks to some brave soul.  I believe it went for somewhere in the region of £12500.
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