Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset 675 - Vanden Plas saloon proposal by Laurence Pomery (and ERA?)  (Read 1799 times)

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To gain a point, who designed this car, and which company built this prototype?  Both correct answers needed to be awarded the point please.
« Last Edit: May 29, 2014, 04:49:29 PM by Djetset »
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2014, 07:41:08 PM »
Rootes swallow, designed by an ex-ERA team. A bigger rear-engined imp.

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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2014, 02:37:09 AM »
Sorry, but no Rootes connection.
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2014, 04:05:18 PM »
Up to the Experts.
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2014, 10:44:42 PM »
british ford conne3ction?

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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2014, 05:48:47 AM »
No Ford connection here.
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2014, 11:12:08 AM »
ERA built it for BMC in the late 50's to early 60's.Rear engined ,RWD Designed by Bob Koto ?

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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2014, 06:26:31 AM »
Sorry but that's not this car, although you did get one part right  ;)
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2014, 01:22:03 PM »
It looks exactly like a smaller version of the rear-engined ERA proposal for BMC. So if it's not related to Rootes or BMC, maybe it was made for Triumph ?

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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2014, 01:34:28 PM »
I see what you mean, but this is not the ERA project for Rootes, but it is BMC related (but not Triumph).
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2014, 03:03:19 PM »
Swift?

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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2014, 03:27:19 PM »
Not Swift.
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2014, 04:46:33 PM »
Hino?

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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2014, 05:18:49 PM »
Not Hino (and I can't think of any BMC relationship with Hino!).
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2014, 01:40:31 PM »
Some thing to do with Michelotti and BMC?

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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2014, 02:03:35 PM »
No Michelotti involvement here.
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2014, 03:43:56 PM »
Could "BMC related" mean Innocenti?
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #17 on: June 26, 2014, 06:01:13 AM »
Hillman Imp replacement?


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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2014, 05:23:09 AM »
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #19 on: July 24, 2014, 11:26:57 PM »
japanese?

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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2014, 09:58:06 PM »
Roots Chrysler project ?

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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #21 on: August 21, 2014, 06:21:17 PM »
Not an Innocenti project, and no Rootes connection, so it's not a Hillman Imp or Chrysler proposal.
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2014, 02:43:43 AM »
Has it been made for one specific brand of the BMC ?

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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #23 on: August 22, 2014, 02:45:28 AM »
Not really, but this prototype was prepared by one of the BMC marques.
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Re: Djetset 675
« Reply #24 on: August 22, 2014, 02:47:21 AM »
Morris ?