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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #25 on: June 02, 2015, 03:15:47 AM »
Did this designer work for a German car make later on ?

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #26 on: June 02, 2015, 04:37:10 AM »
Did this designer work for a German car make later on ?
Depends on whether you count the design studio as a 'make' or not. I cannot find any connection to further manufacturers...

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #27 on: June 02, 2015, 05:46:07 AM »
Was he hired by an European independent design studio ?

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #28 on: June 02, 2015, 05:48:02 AM »
Was he hired by an European independent design studio ?

Not so much hired... But yes, they were independent.

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #29 on: June 02, 2015, 06:06:51 AM »
Horst Eckard, founder of Edag ?

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #30 on: June 02, 2015, 06:08:33 AM »
Horst Eckard, founder of Edag ?

Not Mr Eckard, nor EDAG, but correct job position!

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #31 on: June 02, 2015, 12:23:18 PM »
Was it one of the guys behind Delta Design ?

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #32 on: June 02, 2015, 08:19:07 PM »
Was it one of the guys behind Delta Design ?

That's more like it! Yes indeed it was. Held for your next response if you can find the name and project.

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #33 on: June 03, 2015, 01:15:06 AM »
Designed by Henner Werner ?

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #34 on: June 03, 2015, 04:28:50 AM »
Designed by Henner Werner ?

Nope, not Werner.

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #35 on: June 03, 2015, 04:32:15 AM »
Michael Conrad?

(Although I found a note that Henner Werner designed a transit bus in the 1990s together with students of the Fachhochschule Kiel ???)
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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #36 on: June 03, 2015, 04:44:06 AM »
Detlef Unger ?

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #37 on: June 03, 2015, 05:00:39 AM »
Michael Conrad?

(Although I found a note that Henner Werner designed a transit bus in the 1990s together with students of the Fachhochschule Kiel ???)

Yes indeed, Conrad is behind this one. Locked for your next reply to find out which project this was!

Detlef Unger ?

Nope, it's Conrad's design.

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #38 on: June 03, 2015, 01:40:06 PM »
You may unlock as I can't find anything about this project.

Was it done by Conrad for a manufacturer or as a freelance work?

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #39 on: June 05, 2015, 09:39:03 AM »
You may unlock as I can't find anything about this project.

Was it done by Conrad for a manufacturer or as a freelance work?
This was sort of inbetween, not directly for a manufacturer but also not solely as freelance.

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #40 on: June 05, 2015, 10:06:31 AM »
Proposal for a German public transport company, like BVG or MVG ?

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #41 on: June 05, 2015, 10:28:52 AM »
Proposal for a German public transport company, like BVG or MVG ?

Yes, neither of those mentioned, and not exactly a proposal as such.

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #42 on: June 06, 2015, 12:32:47 PM »
Prototype for Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart (VVS) ?

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #43 on: June 06, 2015, 07:44:18 PM »
Prototype for Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart (VVS) ?

Nope, not them. Different use of the not proposal as such clue. :)

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #44 on: June 07, 2015, 03:17:00 AM »
Was it designed for the transport company of a capital city of one of the German "Länder" ?

If it's neither a proposal nor a prototype, is it just a design exercise ?
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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #45 on: June 07, 2015, 03:41:18 AM »
Was it designed for the transport company of a capital city of one of the German "Länder" ?

If it's neither a proposal nor a prototype, is it just a design exercise ?

It was to your first question.

It is a proposal, but under very specific circumstances let's say...

Another image! Without any extra hints I think, haha!

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #46 on: June 07, 2015, 04:51:47 AM »
Was it made for a design contest in Hanover ?

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #47 on: June 07, 2015, 05:22:51 AM »
Was it made for a design contest in Hanover ?

That's the what! Now just the where...

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #48 on: June 07, 2015, 06:28:17 AM »
Düsseldorf ?

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Re: GTC #121 Tru...Bus special!
« Reply #49 on: June 07, 2015, 07:13:59 AM »