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Solved - NEH 3118: Vauxhall Firenza design study 1970/71
« on: November 20, 2013, 08:00:09 AM »
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Re: NEH 3118
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2013, 08:28:41 AM »
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Re: NEH 3118
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2013, 08:02:27 AM »
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Re: NEH 3118
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2013, 11:20:18 AM »
Its an early Vauxhall Firenza aerodynamic clay design conversion study that later evolved in to the "Droop Snoot  "  by Vauxhall design done primarily If I remember correctly for Bill Bydenstein/Dealer Team Vauxhall (the unofficial GM backed racing team in the UK), also to be used as a sporting road version to put some vavoom into the boring viva based Firenza line.

From around 1970/71

Wayne Cherry who later on became head of GM Design in the USA worked on it.



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Re: NEH 3118
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2013, 11:44:52 AM »
Yes.  The basic Firenza was an awkward-looking dog's breakfast of a design, but I believe the puzzle car led to the Wayne Cherry Droop-Snoot version, which transformed it into something quite attractive.
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