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Solved - NEH 2283: Kaiser Fiberglass Concept Car - 1945
« on: December 03, 2012, 09:53:41 AM »
What's this, from when and what is unusual about it - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2012, 11:25:42 AM »
is the car,s exterior, a strange material ?
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2012, 11:42:32 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on December 03, 2012, 11:25:42 AM
is the car,s exterior, a strange material ?

Yes!
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2012, 11:44:37 AM »
plastic ?
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2012, 01:28:09 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on December 03, 2012, 11:44:37 AM
plastic ?

Not what it's usually called!
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2012, 02:39:39 PM »
Is this a resin maquette?
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2012, 05:05:37 AM »
Quote from: targhediferro on December 03, 2012, 02:39:39 PM
Is this a resin maquette?

Don't believe so, although I'm not familiar with that term!
It's a common material (now).
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2012, 09:14:38 AM »
Fiberglass?
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2012, 09:45:46 AM »
Quote from: FrontMan on December 05, 2012, 09:14:38 AM
Fiberglass?

That's what we call the stuff, yes, although strictly speaking I know it's glass-reinforced plastic..
I don't think that term had been coined when this car appeared!
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2012, 10:24:51 AM »
Owens joined up with the Corning company in 1935 and the method was adapted by Owens Corning to produce its patented "Fiberglas" (one "s"). A suitable resin for combining the "Fiberglas" with a plastic was developed in 1936 by du Pont.
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2012, 10:49:31 AM »
acryllic ?
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2012, 11:14:14 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on December 05, 2012, 10:49:31 AM
acryllic ?

No, as FrontMan said it's fiberglass, which is what we generally know GRP as.
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2012, 07:34:27 AM »
French?
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2012, 07:35:30 AM »
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2012, 05:31:56 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2012, 05:44:44 AM »
I believe your puzzle car is a 1945 Kaiser concept car built of fiberglass.
One of a number of attempts by Kaiser's engineers to come up with a sort of people's car during the latter years of the war.  None ever made it to production.
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Re: NEH 2283
« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2012, 07:43:18 AM »
Exactly.
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