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Re: NEH 2525
« Reply #50 on: November 25, 2013, 08:26:37 AM »
Does the name relate to its Mini base?
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Re: NEH 2525
« Reply #51 on: November 25, 2013, 09:57:25 AM »
Quote from: Djetset on November 25, 2013, 08:26:37 AM
Does the name relate to its Mini base?

Not at all, but you could say it's sort of city-car related, for an enthusiastic driver!
And I'll lock this for you for 24 hours to avoid someone nipping in with an answer based on your question...
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Re: NEH 2525
« Reply #52 on: November 25, 2013, 01:32:09 PM »
Thanks for the Lock Carnut.  I have some old Sports Car Catalogs at home from the early 1960s, but I'm struggling to find this project, although I know I have seen it before, many years ago!  So, it this stge, it's pure guess work.  How about the Runabout Roadster?
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Re: NEH 2525
« Reply #53 on: November 25, 2013, 04:36:57 PM »
Quote from: Djetset on November 25, 2013, 01:32:09 PM
Thanks for the Lock Carnut.  I have some old Sports Car Catalogs at home from the early 1960s, but I'm struggling to find this project, although I know I have seen it before, many years ago!  So, it this stge, it's pure guess work.  How about the Runabout Roadster?

You could work on Renault's naming committee!

No, think about the 'city' bit of 'city car' and what type of car enthusiasts like to drive..
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Re: NEH 2525
« Reply #54 on: November 25, 2013, 04:51:18 PM »
City Racer?
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Re: NEH 2525
« Reply #55 on: November 25, 2013, 06:22:47 PM »
Quote from: Djetset on November 25, 2013, 04:51:18 PM
City Racer?

Not that.  How would describe a city area?  At least the 2nd word has the right number of letters (although I think I recall both words are joined into one).
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Re: NEH 2525
« Reply #56 on: December 21, 2013, 01:15:28 PM »
Ah ha, I think I've found it!  So, is it the Urban Sport?
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Re: NEH 2525
« Reply #57 on: December 21, 2013, 02:35:09 PM »
Quote from: Djetset on December 21, 2013, 01:15:28 PM
Ah ha, I think I've found it!  So, is it the Urban Sport?

Great sleuthing Djetset!
Once you got the fact it was in the Sports Car Guide it was just a matter of finding which one as the name was featured on the front cover of the March 1960 issue!

Well done and point awarded.  Nice to clear up this geriatric puzzle at last!
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Re: Solved - NEH 2525: SCG Urbansport idea - 1960
« Reply #58 on: December 28, 2013, 06:27:28 AM »
Since the article was by by one Robert ("Bob") Cumberford, I expect he designed it, as well.

Cumberford was a rabid auto enthusiast from a youndg age. As a teen, he helped build the 1949 Jaguar Parkinson Special ( http://bit.ly/Jz1Ljb ), and of course later was the driving force behind the Cumberford Martinique ( http://bit.ly/1eL2cpk ). He spent years working at GM as a designer, has written for auto magazines for decades, and is on the masthead at Automobile Magazine. Occasionally, he submits articles to AutoPuzzles under his nom de plume Crowbar Rumbleford.
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