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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #25 on: February 22, 2014, 02:53:17 AM »
Wotzit?

The rear half definitely has come from a Diva GT (sadly!)
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #26 on: February 22, 2014, 01:09:00 PM »
Quote from: woodinsight on February 22, 2014, 02:53:17 AM
Wotzit?

The rear half definitely has come from a Diva GT (sadly!)

What a mash-up!

Not a Wotzit.  It does start with a "W" though...
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #27 on: February 23, 2014, 05:59:29 AM »
Perhaps a Wotsit then?
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #28 on: February 23, 2014, 07:37:46 AM »
Quote from: woodinsight on February 23, 2014, 05:59:29 AM
Perhaps a Wotsit then?

No!
It does start with "Wo..." though!
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #29 on: February 23, 2014, 07:50:50 AM »
Wombat ?
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #30 on: February 23, 2014, 09:22:31 AM »
Woodinsight?  ;D
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #31 on: February 23, 2014, 11:20:06 AM »
Quote from: dzima1985 on February 23, 2014, 09:22:31 AM
Woodinsight?  ;D

Haha.......even though I used to own a Diva (as per my avatar) I certainly had no involvement with this thing!
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #32 on: February 23, 2014, 11:21:44 AM »
Maybe a Wozzat?
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #33 on: February 23, 2014, 01:05:45 PM »
None of those replies are there yet..
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #34 on: February 23, 2014, 01:18:38 PM »
Is the name beginning "Wo.." a "joke" name or based on the owners name?
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #35 on: February 23, 2014, 01:41:38 PM »
Woeful?
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #36 on: February 24, 2014, 04:44:38 AM »
Quote from: woodinsight on February 23, 2014, 01:41:38 PM
Woeful?

Appropriate maybe but not right..!

Quote from: nicanary on February 23, 2014, 01:18:38 PM
Is the name beginning "Wo.." a "joke" name or based on the owners name?

It's a joke name and a word you'd never find in a dictionary.  The beginning bit is derived from an owner's name.
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #37 on: February 24, 2014, 06:47:01 AM »
Wotcar?
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #38 on: February 24, 2014, 07:44:20 AM »
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #39 on: February 24, 2014, 11:29:37 AM »
It looks like something the Wombles had constructed - weren't they known for collecting and recycling rubbish?

Is it worthwhile searching for the name of the owner who built it or is he an unknown?
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #40 on: February 24, 2014, 11:54:51 AM »
Quote from: woodinsight on February 24, 2014, 11:29:37 AM
It looks like something the Wombles had constructed - weren't they known for collecting and recycling rubbish?

Is it worthwhile searching for the name of the owner who built it or is he an unknown?

I thought you had it there jsut for a moment when I first saw your post..

I just tried Googling the former owner's name but got nothing; it wasn't him who built it anyway. The builder is not known.
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #41 on: February 24, 2014, 02:57:08 PM »
Thanks Carnut,

I decided to revert to my Thesaurus for possible solutions and found one possible however unlikely it may sound.

Let me explain - one of the opposites to 'wonderful' was 'awful', hence my guess as 'woeful' - unlikely but was worth a guess nonetheless!

One of the only other possibles was 'horrible' where the second letter was an 'o'.

Therefore I have come up with 'worrible' (it combines the expression 'it's 'orrible' with your hint of the Wombles if that makes sense!)

I'm presuming the man behind the car had a surname beginning 'Wor.....'

I've googled worrible with no result except for a squashable toy...........
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #42 on: February 25, 2014, 04:52:52 AM »
Brilliant!
So good in fact I've given you 2 points.
If you squint at 'Womble' the 'm' could look like 'rri', which is what I meant.
But Worrible it is, after previous owner Peter Worrall.
Very, very well done; Sherlock Holmes has nothing on you!
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Re: NEH 3214
« Reply #43 on: February 25, 2014, 05:14:13 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on February 25, 2014, 04:52:52 AM
Brilliant!
So good in fact I've given you 2 points.
If you squint at 'Womble' the 'm' could look like 'rri', which is what I meant.
But Worrible it is, after previous owner Peter Worrall.
Very, very well done; Sherlock Holmes has nothing on you!
Thanks Carnut, I think deduction by Thesaurus was the only way of solving this one.

I'm sure I've seen this car somewhere before - perhaps in an early Motoring News or Autosport?

I'd love to know which Diva was vandalised in the building process. - hopefully it was a write-off!
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