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Solved -PJ507- Bill Gingras 'No-Gas' electric car 1974
« on: February 19, 2013, 03:23:10 AM »
What is this?
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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2013, 02:10:54 PM »
Experts?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2013, 02:12:19 PM »
Reminds me of the vauxhall calyso car?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2013, 02:14:33 PM »
Not a Vauxhall.

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2013, 02:16:33 PM »
Is it a wedge-shaped one-off creation?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2013, 02:47:35 PM »
I can't say it's a bubble car!  ;D
It is a one-off.

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2013, 06:28:42 PM »
Was the creator of this car famous?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2013, 06:32:32 PM »
Nope, but this car received some press coverage.

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2013, 06:35:16 PM »
Just curious,was John Harlow behind this?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2013, 02:38:12 AM »
Not the name I have...

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2013, 09:34:26 PM »
Is this car mini-based,you know like the Hobo,Hustler and so on?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2013, 02:20:36 AM »
Not based on any other car.

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2013, 09:25:41 AM »
Is this car British?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2013, 12:52:47 PM »
Not British.

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2013, 06:31:14 PM »
American?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2013, 06:57:28 PM »
Yes!

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #16 on: March 01, 2013, 08:21:26 PM »
Is it parked next to a Bell Company Model A Ford Sedan?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2013, 02:53:59 AM »
Is this car, a beach car one-off?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #18 on: March 02, 2013, 03:43:27 AM »
Is it parked next to a Bell Company Model A Ford Sedan?
I don't know, it was also on display in a museum...
Is this car, a beach car one-off?
Not a beach car but a one-off.

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2013, 09:38:36 AM »
Was it made to promote something?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #20 on: March 02, 2013, 11:56:05 AM »
Was it anything to do with Vanguard-Sebring?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #21 on: March 02, 2013, 05:20:57 PM »
Was it made to promote something?
Nope.
Was it anything to do with Vanguard-Sebring?
Nope.

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #22 on: March 02, 2013, 05:24:55 PM »
Was it built in the 1960,s?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2013, 10:39:31 AM »
Was it electric?

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Re: PJ - 507
« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2013, 10:45:32 AM »
Yes!