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Solved - NEH 2629: Cougar by Bruce Goldwater
« on: April 15, 2013, 07:31:22 AM »
What's this, by whom, from when and where - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2013, 10:15:35 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2013, 02:45:22 PM »
Triumph base?

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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2013, 04:32:07 PM »
Elva?
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2013, 06:51:58 AM »
The "when and where" part of the question intrigues me. Is this car British ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2013, 11:10:20 AM »
Triumph base?

I don't know..
I'm trying to find out.

Edit:  No!

Elva?

No, it's not an Elva..


The "when and where" part of the question intrigues me. Is this car British ?

..and it's not even British!
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2013, 05:24:04 PM »
Italian?
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2013, 07:14:11 PM »
It's RHD. Australian ?
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2013, 12:03:06 PM »
Neither Italian nor Australian..
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2013, 06:50:11 AM »
South Africa ?
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2013, 07:49:23 AM »
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2013, 08:29:57 AM »
Then, New Zealand ?
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2013, 09:47:36 AM »
Then, New Zealand ?

You got there..!
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2013, 01:32:12 PM »
Is it a one-off or a proprietary fibreglass body ?
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2013, 06:20:05 AM »
Is it a one-off or a proprietary fibreglass body ?

Don't know if any more were made, but the intention was to put it into production.
It didn't use proprietary bodywork.
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #15 on: May 01, 2013, 06:44:50 AM »
Anything to do with Bob Blackburn and Graeme Dennison ?
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2013, 06:51:46 AM »
Anything to do with Bob Blackburn and Graeme Dennison ?

Nothing!
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2013, 05:15:15 AM »
Up to the Pro's...
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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2013, 05:18:26 AM »
Cougar by Bruce Goldwater, Singer SM 1500 engine, from 1958, built in New Zealand

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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #19 on: May 09, 2013, 05:46:42 AM »
The article about it:

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Re: NEH 2629
« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2013, 06:25:10 AM »
Cougar by Bruce Goldwater, Singer SM 1500 engine, from 1958, built in New Zealand

Exactly!
I was going to post the article above to complete my puzzle once it was solved but Dzima has beaten me to it..
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Re: Solved - NEH 2629: Cougar by Bruce Goldwater
« Reply #21 on: January 21, 2016, 11:18:18 AM »
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