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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2011 => Topic started by: Carnut on November 01, 2011, 12:15:39 PM

Title: Solved - NEH 1354: Sports Car Prototype by A.J. White Motor Vehicle Research Co., Boston, MA - 1953
Post by: Carnut on November 01, 2011, 12:15:39 PM: What's this, who designed it and when?
For 1 point.
Title: Re: NEH 1354
Post by: Carnut on November 08, 2011, 04:57:45 AM: Experts?
Title: Re: NEH 1354
Post by: mymokke on November 09, 2011, 09:09:25 PM: Is this American? By a manufacturer still in business?
Title: Re: NEH 1354
Post by: Carnut on November 10, 2011, 04:03:23 AM: Quote from: mymokke on November 09, 2011, 09:09:25 PM
Is this American? By a manufacturer still in business?

Yes, it's American, but by a little-known company that's long gone..
Title: Re: NEH 1354
Post by: mymokke on November 10, 2011, 10:13:01 PM: Rear engined? (very long deck)
Title: Re: NEH 1354
Post by: Carnut on November 11, 2011, 05:12:04 AM: Quote from: mymokke on November 10, 2011, 10:13:01 PM
Rear engined? (very long deck)

Good question!
This is only a concept and the car itself was not built.
Can only guess at where the engine was intended to be..
Title: Re: NEH 1354
Post by: mymokke on November 12, 2011, 08:15:17 PM: This was a concept drawing from 1953 for the A.J. White Motor Vehicle Research Company in Boston MA. I found several references to the company in old Popular Science magazines about this company but only one auction site that shows the puzzle car.
Title: Re: NEH 1354
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 13, 2011, 08:34:59 AM: wow, that was hard...may I ask you how did you find it? I was looking for this in many known sites but it seems that the only reference is on a couple of auction sites.
Title: Re: NEH 1354
Post by: mymokke on November 13, 2011, 11:04:29 PM: I typed in "1953 sports car concept prints" (started with 1950) into Google and it came up on the 11th page of images (over a million two hundred thousand results). I then followed the link to the auction site to research the background info. regarding A. J. White and his Motor Vehicle Research company, where the Popular Science magazine shows there were books published by this company. I can find no other information regarding either A.J. White or his company. There is another print from them on the auction site though.
Title: Re: NEH 1354
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 14, 2011, 05:18:30 AM: That's impressive.
...and everybody should follow this example: Google is a nice tool and there is fun acting like mymokke.

If you use Google Image Search, on the other hand, you will have the solution right away, no fun and more important, and unfair and upsetting behaviour. We are all against Google Image Search.
Title: Re: NEH 1354
Post by: Carnut on November 14, 2011, 05:48:42 AM: Well done mymokke, that's what it is.
I believe A.J. White is the same Alan White who used to race MGs in the US in the early/mid 1950s.
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 1354: Sports Car Prototype by A.J. White Motor Vehicle Research Co., Boston, MA - 1
Post by: mymokke on November 14, 2011, 07:36:34 PM: He is one in the same.
A performance evaluation by him with regard to the MG TD was published in 1952? in Popular Science.