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It's Not a Volkswagen #412 - NC State University / 1961
« on: January 19, 2013, 05:50:23 AM »
For one point: Where was this picture taken, and in what year?

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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2013, 04:28:02 AM »
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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2013, 02:15:53 PM »
American?

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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2013, 06:50:43 PM »
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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2013, 07:11:09 PM »
Student project for a VW replacement?
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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2013, 07:16:19 PM »
It is not a Volkswagen
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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2013, 10:16:45 PM »
Any connection to the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild Model Car Competition?

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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2013, 03:47:11 AM »
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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #8 on: February 01, 2013, 04:24:10 AM »
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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #9 on: February 01, 2013, 10:35:48 AM »
Was it planned to using a two-stroke engine like the DKW´s mentioned in the background poster?

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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #10 on: February 01, 2013, 10:52:40 AM »
I don't think there was any direct DKW connection.
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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #11 on: February 01, 2013, 10:58:22 AM »
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I don't think there was any direct DKW connection.

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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2013, 03:21:21 AM »
I hope he's not modeling a probe to explore the black hole...
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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2013, 03:25:34 AM »
Nope, he was
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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2013, 12:37:39 PM »
Picture was taken in 1950 at the North Carolina State University.

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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #15 on: April 05, 2013, 02:38:09 PM »
Right place; wrong time.

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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #16 on: April 06, 2013, 02:16:59 AM »
Picture taken in 1950 by Ralph Mills is what my source says.
Maybe that's wrong but that's the only date I can come up with.
But I can PM you my source if you want.

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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #17 on: April 06, 2013, 03:34:16 AM »
I saw that source, too. Further research will show you that the magazine outtake on the wall behind renders the 1950 date impossible.

Still locked.  :)
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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412
« Reply #18 on: April 06, 2013, 04:28:04 AM »
I saw that source, too. Further research will show you that the magazine outtake on the wall behind renders the 1950 date impossible.

Still locked.  :)

You are absolutely right.  Once again an example of the fact that you can not just blindly believe sources you don't know.
I believe 11/05/1961 might be more plausible.

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Re: It's Not a Volkswagen #412 - NC State University / 1961
« Reply #19 on: April 06, 2013, 05:37:48 AM »
Well solved.
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