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Solved - NEH 3187: David Thorp design for kit car based on '55 Ford Anglia - 1957
« on: December 16, 2013, 07:14:44 AM »
What's this, by whom, from when - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 3187
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2013, 05:14:07 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3187
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2013, 05:57:17 AM »
Corvette project?
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Re: NEH 3187
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2013, 06:31:35 AM »
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Re: NEH 3187
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2014, 09:33:52 AM »
Ford of England from the late 50's early 60's?
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Re: NEH 3187
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2014, 04:44:20 AM »
Quote from: WayneB on January 05, 2014, 09:33:52 AM
Ford of England from the late 50's early 60's?

Yes, you're right it's a Ford, but not by Ford themselves.
Late 50's is correct too.
I'll lock it for you for 48 hours to see what else you can find.
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Re: NEH 3187
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2014, 11:28:34 AM »
Found out its a 1957 design concept for a glass fibre body (kit car) for a 1955 Ford Anglia 100E sidevalve chassis, by ex Ford of Dagenham, England designer David Thorpe.

It looks like he was heavily influenced by the 1955 Ford Thunderbird and the Chrysler Ghia dream cars of the 50's.

Was interested to read he was responsible for the design of the front of the Ford Consul Classic which means he must have worked along side the legendary Ron Hickman back then.

Good Puzzle that. :)
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Re: NEH 3187
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2014, 11:32:05 AM »
Yes, you're right.
You did well to find that one as it only seems to figure on 2 websites, neither of which are anything to do with cars - 1 British one and 1 Spanish one.

Here's an article about David Thorp from a Spanish magazine (or is it Portuguese?!):

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Re: Solved - NEH 3187: David Thorp design for kit car based on '55 Ford Anglia - 1957
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2014, 01:34:47 PM »
It is neither Spanish nor Portuguese, but Catalan.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3187: David Thorp design for kit car based on '55 Ford Anglia - 1957
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2014, 02:24:01 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on January 07, 2014, 01:34:47 PM
It is neither Spanish nor Portuguese, but Catalan.

Thanks Wendax. Now that you mention it, I actually knew that but had forgotten - only because I'd asked my computer for an auto-translation of the source and it told me it had detected Catalan and was translating it into English!  Without that I would never ever have known it..
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