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SOLVED - What car #108 - 1959 Scimitar Station Wagon
« on: December 12, 2007, 11:17:28 AM »
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Re: What car #108
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2008, 11:55:17 AM »
Expert food. You probably won't have any problems recognizing this shiny sled.
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Re: What car #108
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2008, 12:47:30 PM »
Clifford Brook Steven's designed Scimitar Wagon (1958 I believe)
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Re: What car #108
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2008, 01:15:57 PM »
...correction, 1959.
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Re: What car #108
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2008, 03:16:49 PM »
Oh yes - that's it!
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SOLVED: WTH # 016 - 1959 Olin Aluminum Scimitar Wagon by Brooks Stevens
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2012, 12:54:17 AM »
For one point, name the year, make, model, and designer of this car.
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Re: WTH # 016
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2012, 02:58:39 AM »

This was designed by one of the American car designers and I think it was Tremulus...

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Re: WTH # 016
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2012, 09:14:25 AM »
This (one of the) Scimitar concepts designed by Brooks Stevens for the 1959 Geneva show.
It was built on a Chrysler platform, and used aluminum extensively in its construction.
One of the other Scimitar concepts was a retractable hardtop.
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Re: WTH # 016
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2012, 11:48:11 AM »
Locked for Bubenator.  Great answer!

1959 is the year.

Scimitar is the model.

Brooks Stevens is the designer.

Chrysler is the platform underneath.

There is a "make", or brand name, associated with this car.  It is not the name of a car manufacturer.  Provide the make to get your point.
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Re: WTH # 016
« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2012, 11:21:36 AM »
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "brand name", but here are some of the other details associated with the cars (since all three were built similarly).
The bodies were constructed by the German coachbuilding firm Reutter on behalf of the Olin-Mathieson Aluminum division.
One source mentions that at least one of the cars had a Cadillac 331 V8 rather than the expected Chrysler 413.
Stevens, being significantly involved with the Studebaker folks, applied several design elements to the Wagonaire that first appeared for the 1963 model year.
Does that cover it?
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Re: WTH # 016
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2012, 12:21:18 PM »
That covers it.  My references show the brand name as "Olin Aluminum".

Point for you.
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Re: SOLVED - What car #108 - 1959 Scimitar Station Wagon
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2012, 02:31:45 PM »
Merged.
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