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Re: NEH 3275
« Reply #25 on: February 25, 2014, 10:57:10 AM »
Western European
Spain (sorry for duplicating), Germany, Britain, Italy, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Austria
Where's left?

Switzerland?
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Re: NEH 3275
« Reply #26 on: February 25, 2014, 11:12:03 AM »
Western European
Spain (sorry for duplicating), Germany, Britain, Italy, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Austria
Where's left?

Switzerland?

Not Switzerland..
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Re: NEH 3275
« Reply #27 on: February 25, 2014, 11:29:03 AM »
Belgium?

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Re: NEH 3275
« Reply #28 on: February 25, 2014, 12:10:53 PM »
Saab design sketch for a 1970 model.
« Last Edit: February 25, 2014, 12:22:49 PM by Majeko »

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Re: NEH 3275
« Reply #29 on: February 25, 2014, 01:56:13 PM »
Saab ??

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Re: NEH 3275
« Reply #30 on: February 25, 2014, 01:59:56 PM »
Sorry,my mistake.

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Re: NEH 3275
« Reply #31 on: February 25, 2014, 02:55:00 PM »
Belgium?

No...

Saab design sketch for a 1970 model.

..but Yes!
Locked for you to say which model.
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Re: NEH 3275
« Reply #32 on: February 25, 2014, 02:59:26 PM »
Saab Sonnett

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Re: NEH 3275
« Reply #33 on: February 25, 2014, 03:37:28 PM »
Now you have identified it as a Saab, I can see the tail has a family resemblance to the Saab 99
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Re: NEH 3275
« Reply #34 on: February 25, 2014, 03:40:19 PM »
That's exactly what I saw. Still it took me some time to find it.

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Re: NEH 3275
« Reply #35 on: February 26, 2014, 04:05:08 AM »
Saab Sonnett

Exactly!

Now you have identified it as a Saab, I can see the tail has a family resemblance to the Saab 99

Yes, I thought it was so obvious someone would at least get the Saab bit straight away.  Actually I nearly edited it and posted only the front end but thought better of it!

Here's the unmodified puzzle photo:

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