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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #25 on: July 30, 2014, 04:06:59 PM »
I don't know

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #26 on: July 31, 2014, 09:23:36 AM »
Is there a connection to a known american aerodynamic pioneer?

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #27 on: July 31, 2014, 09:27:32 AM »
I guess not the kind of aerodynamic pioneer you are thinking of, but the designer in question was also known for some fine streamline designs.

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #28 on: July 31, 2014, 10:47:50 AM »
Paul Jaray ?

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #29 on: July 31, 2014, 10:59:46 AM »
Brooks Stevens ?

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #30 on: July 31, 2014, 11:03:28 AM »
Neither of these two, but Brooks Stevens is closer to the answer than Paul Jaray.

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #31 on: July 31, 2014, 11:19:22 AM »
Norman Bel Geddes ?

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #32 on: July 31, 2014, 11:22:40 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #33 on: July 31, 2014, 04:50:08 PM »
Frank Spring ?

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #34 on: July 31, 2014, 05:34:37 PM »
No, better known

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #35 on: August 01, 2014, 11:22:51 AM »
John Tjaarda ?

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #36 on: August 01, 2014, 11:59:11 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #37 on: August 01, 2014, 01:04:13 PM »
Amos Northrup

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #38 on: August 01, 2014, 01:16:08 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #39 on: August 01, 2014, 01:21:23 PM »
Richard Buckminster Fuller?
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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #40 on: August 01, 2014, 01:24:36 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #41 on: August 03, 2014, 12:37:09 PM »
Was he better known for designing rail locomotives ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #42 on: August 03, 2014, 01:20:17 PM »
Henry Dreyfuss?

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #43 on: August 03, 2014, 01:57:33 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #44 on: August 03, 2014, 03:13:51 PM »
Edward G Budd ?
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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #45 on: August 03, 2014, 03:44:16 PM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #46 on: August 04, 2014, 05:29:27 AM »
C'mon guys! We are looking for a world famous designer and a well-known automobile brand. If you search our site, you get several pages of results for each of them.  :o

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #47 on: August 04, 2014, 05:33:19 AM »
Raymond Loewy ? (3 pages of results on AutoPuzzles)

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #48 on: August 04, 2014, 05:37:30 AM »
Yes, locked for you to name the car brand he did this design for.

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Re: Wendax 1275
« Reply #49 on: August 04, 2014, 08:44:30 AM »
Studebaker ?