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Tom Mc Cahill 3-In-1 Dream Car, a 1954 design
« on: April 10, 2016, 02:45:46 AM »
Who knows this car?
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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2016, 08:22:10 AM »
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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2016, 04:38:10 PM »
Healey-based ?

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2016, 07:26:32 AM »
MG based?
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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2016, 11:28:34 AM »
Cunningham?

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2016, 12:15:41 PM »
No direct Healey, MG or Cunningham connection here.

This is the brainchild of a very well known automotive person.

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2016, 02:15:37 PM »
Is/was he American?
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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2016, 03:14:47 PM »
Yes.

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2016, 04:11:53 AM »
Anything to do with the Mercer Cobra (by Virgil Exner)?
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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2016, 08:34:46 AM »
No...

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2016, 03:04:00 PM »
Brooks Stevens involment?

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2016, 04:13:44 PM »
Not him.

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2016, 07:08:12 PM »
Raymond Loewy?

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2016, 03:11:41 PM »
Good guess, but no...

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2016, 01:37:04 PM »
Did he work freelance like Raymond Loewy?

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2016, 08:30:15 AM »
Tom Tjaarda ?

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2016, 08:52:09 AM »
Bill Mitchell?

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2016, 08:56:18 AM »
Larry Shinoda?

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #18 on: August 02, 2016, 11:21:28 AM »
Virgil Exner
Raymond Loewy
Bill Mitchell
Larry Shinoda
Brook Stevens
Tom Tjaarda

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2016, 03:49:13 AM »
John De Lorean 8)

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2016, 11:22:52 AM »
John De Lorean
Virgil Exner
Raymond Loewy
Bill Mitchell
Larry Shinoda
Brook Stevens
Tom Tjaarda


The man never built a car - however he was and I think is still quite well known...

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #21 on: August 08, 2016, 11:33:28 AM »
Was he a illustrator in a magazine?

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #22 on: August 08, 2016, 12:33:03 PM »
He was a well known car test journalist...

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #23 on: August 08, 2016, 01:08:07 PM »
Tom Mc Cahill?

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Re: grob 2016.04.10 (03)
« Reply #24 on: August 08, 2016, 03:51:55 PM »
LOCKED for you.

What was the designation of this design and from when it was?