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Solved: Wendax 1400 - Bond Lilliput
« on: October 31, 2014, 03:36:18 AM »
What a face!

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2014, 02:19:06 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2014, 02:48:27 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2014, 03:30:19 AM »
Was Farina involved?  ;D

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2014, 03:33:53 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2014, 10:28:01 AM »
Italian?
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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2014, 11:32:20 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2014, 02:18:25 PM »
RHD so English ?

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2014, 02:49:03 PM »
Yes

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2014, 03:31:21 PM »
I would guess it's a Healey, from either a Swiss or Belgian coachbuilder?

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2014, 04:47:04 PM »
Not a Healey, and no foreign coachbuilder involved.

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2014, 07:02:27 PM »
Lloyd? (The British Lloyd, that is, of Grimsby.)
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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2014, 01:28:09 AM »
No

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2014, 04:17:08 AM »
There's something (like flip-bonnet and windscreen attack) suggesting me that this could be quite a modern drawing of a project for an old styled car. Is the base from 60s?

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2014, 05:20:18 AM »
Those are huge light fittings - is this car very small, maybe a proposal for a "new" Rytecraft?
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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2014, 07:06:34 AM »
Not from the 60s and not a Rytecraft

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2014, 10:58:02 AM »
I don't think this car was ever built, but I'm probably wrong.  Is it anything to do with Lawrie Bond?
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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2014, 11:01:06 AM »
Locked for you, because it is a Bond. Find its name, and you'll get that point.

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2014, 06:12:29 AM »
I have looked at every reference book I have, and checked all the relevant internet sites, but I can find no mention of this car. I suspect that this is an artists drawing of a proposed car which was never actually built - Lawrie Bond was well-known for his fertile imagination and enthusiasm, but he quickly went from one project to another.

The wheels look like those from his Type C Formula 3 500cc single-seater. Maybe this is a proposal for a sports car based on that engine and chassis. Just a guess - if the 3-wheeler was called the Minicar, was this going to be called the Minisports?
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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2014, 09:55:52 AM »
Your assumptions are mainly correct. It follows the technical design of the 500 cc Type C racing car. The picture is taken from an official brochure, but I think this car never materialized. Its name isn't Minisports, but thematically related.

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2014, 10:19:07 AM »
Miniracer?
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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2014, 10:23:11 AM »
Mini is not part of its name.

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2014, 11:32:20 AM »
Type D ?
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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2014, 11:34:17 AM »
No, it is a word of literary origin.

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Re: Wendax 1400
« Reply #24 on: November 16, 2014, 12:51:41 PM »
Bond Novel?