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Can you identify this car? For a point, what is it, who designed it, and when does it date from?


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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2015, 08:16:28 AM »
Experts?

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2015, 02:29:38 PM »
Looks a bit llike a Hillman from the 1950's

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2015, 02:50:26 PM »
1950s is right, but it has nothing to do with Hillman.

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2015, 02:53:43 PM »
Vauxhall?

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2015, 03:14:23 PM »
No, not Vauxhall.

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2015, 03:25:05 PM »
is it a british ford?

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2015, 03:48:25 PM »
No.

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2015, 05:09:43 PM »
simca?

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2015, 05:12:00 PM »
No Simca connection.

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2015, 05:54:50 AM »
Singer Gazelle?

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #11 on: August 08, 2015, 06:16:44 AM »
Not a Singer of any type.

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #12 on: August 08, 2015, 10:36:04 AM »
standard?

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #13 on: August 08, 2015, 11:52:13 AM »
Not Standard either.

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #14 on: August 08, 2015, 08:50:03 PM »
German Taunus concept from about 1956 design by Pinin Farina?

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #15 on: August 09, 2015, 05:23:00 AM »
"Concept from about 1956" is very close - just one year out. But it's not a Taunus, and not by Pininfarina.

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #16 on: August 09, 2015, 08:26:15 AM »
It's really neat - it looks 'GM-family' to me, so how about a1956 proposal for an Opel Rekord for 1958, to match the similarly-styled Opel Kapitan?

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #17 on: August 09, 2015, 10:57:39 AM »
You are right that there are conscious elements of contemporary GM styling about it, but apart from that, there is no connection with General Motors. And therefore it's not an Opel.

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #18 on: August 10, 2015, 08:05:49 AM »
Could it be East German or Russian?

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #19 on: August 10, 2015, 08:28:23 AM »
It can't be described as being of a particular nationality, as the base car and designer are from different countries. Neither of them is East German or Russian.

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #20 on: August 13, 2015, 03:59:33 AM »
Professionals?

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #21 on: August 13, 2015, 04:06:16 AM »
By a British designer?

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #22 on: August 13, 2015, 04:28:13 AM »
Studebaker?

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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #23 on: August 13, 2015, 04:36:04 AM »
A mid-50s design for a Japanese marque, such as Prince?
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Re: TEI #42 - Solved. VW Beetle design concept by R.H. Gurr, 1957
« Reply #24 on: August 13, 2015, 04:42:20 AM »
The 1950s date has been established, but apart from that, it's not Japanese or a Studebaker, and the designer is not British.