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Solved - MJW #569 - Frank Hamblin design for a small saloon
« on: August 18, 2011, 10:40:32 AM »
This is a mock-up for a small saloon.
I know very little about it and I believe it was not intended for any specific manufacturer.
For one point, who was the designer?

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Re: MJW #569
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2011, 03:06:08 PM »
Experts?

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Re: MJW #569
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2011, 02:26:30 PM »
No response so up it goes

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Re: MJW #569
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2011, 01:49:57 AM »
Michelotti?

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Re: MJW #569
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2011, 02:16:09 AM »
Michelotti?
Not Michelotti and as a hint, not from Italy

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Re: MJW #569
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2011, 02:19:01 AM »
I've seen it somewhere before, but..

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Re: MJW #569
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2011, 04:44:50 AM »
Looks like a '58 Vauxhall Velox/Cresta that's been left out in the rain!
Wonder if it was designed by the same bloke? Wayne Cherry?
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Re: MJW #569
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2011, 05:31:21 AM »
Not by Wayne Cherry...

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Re: MJW #569
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2011, 11:55:45 AM »
Dragonfly ?

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Re: MJW #569
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2011, 12:20:58 PM »
Dragonfly ?
It's not a Dragonfly - as far as I know it doesn't have a name.
However you'll be pleased to learn there is a connection with the Dragonfly......

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Re: MJW #569
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2011, 12:26:33 PM »
a connection with Duncan ?

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Re: MJW #569
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2011, 09:26:05 AM »
Styled by Frank Hamblin?

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Re: MJW #569
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2011, 11:48:00 AM »
Styled by Frank Hamblin?
That's the man!
It was one of designs when he wasn't involved with any particular manufacturer.

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Re: Solved - MJW #569 - Frank Hamblin design for a small saloon
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2011, 02:35:39 PM »
Interesting, and very different from his earlier designs

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Re: Solved - MJW #569 - Frank Hamblin design for a small saloon
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2013, 09:29:25 AM »
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Re: Solved - MJW #569 - Frank Hamblin design for a small saloon
« Reply #15 on: September 22, 2013, 09:34:36 AM »
The Hamblinetta - electric car. Only 1 made. Still sat where pictured 49 years on; in my grandfathers (Frank Hamblin's) workshop

If anyone has any information on this car or Frank Hamblin's designs / work, please let me know. I'll be very interested to hear from you.

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Re: Solved - MJW #569 - Frank Hamblin design for a small saloon
« Reply #16 on: September 22, 2013, 09:37:01 AM »
Equally, if anyone has any questions; please feel free to contact me :)