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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #25 on: June 14, 2016, 06:55:08 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #26 on: June 14, 2016, 07:13:00 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #27 on: June 14, 2016, 07:13:57 AM »
BTW, nobody picked up this hint so far:
Quote from: Wendax on June 08, 2016, 02:17:30 AM
Hard to answer without giving it away. Let's say it this way: it was not built as it was initially supposed to be.
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #28 on: June 14, 2016, 07:56:29 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #29 on: June 14, 2016, 08:06:45 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #30 on: June 14, 2016, 09:10:44 AM »
Was it the guy who designed the Marcos Mantis?  Maybe this design was the original intention but it somehow morphed into the Mantis?
Usually Dennis Adams is credited with the design of the Mantis but in fact he only designed the interior and did the first rough sketches.  Someone else actually designed the body we saw..
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #31 on: June 14, 2016, 09:22:18 AM »
Nothing to do with the Marcos Mantis
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #32 on: June 14, 2016, 10:42:13 AM »
Does he still work as a lecturer?
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #33 on: June 14, 2016, 11:48:04 AM »
No, he died 20 years ago.
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #34 on: June 15, 2016, 07:30:28 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #35 on: June 15, 2016, 07:33:40 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #36 on: June 15, 2016, 09:51:10 AM »
Quote from: Wendax on June 08, 2016, 02:17:30 AM
Hard to answer without giving it away. Let's say it this way: it was not built as it was initially supposed to be.

So a version of it was built by a small British manufacturer; not an MPV like this proposal then?
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #37 on: June 15, 2016, 10:00:20 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on June 15, 2016, 09:51:10 AM
Quote from: Wendax on June 08, 2016, 02:17:30 AM
Hard to answer without giving it away. Let's say it this way: it was not built as it was initially supposed to be.

So a version of it was built by a small British manufacturer; not an MPV like this proposal then?
A version of it was successfully built by a big British company, and it still looked like the proposal!
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #38 on: June 15, 2016, 10:20:02 AM »
It's not the Shado Jeep built for the old British TV series UFO is it?
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #39 on: June 15, 2016, 10:22:49 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #40 on: June 15, 2016, 10:24:25 AM »
Thought not..
Built by a big British car manufacturer?
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #41 on: June 15, 2016, 10:32:50 AM »
Was it a big company but not an automotive company? A company that normally made different stuff but made a car based on this?
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #42 on: June 15, 2016, 10:40:45 AM »
Quote from: el_monty on June 15, 2016, 10:32:50 AM
Was it a big company but not an automotive company?
Correct

Quote from: el_monty on June 15, 2016, 10:32:50 AM
A company that normally made different stuff but made a car based on this?
No
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #43 on: June 15, 2016, 11:26:10 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on June 15, 2016, 10:24:25 AM
Thought not..
Built by a big British car manufacturer?

I guess that answers my question too, although your reply to el_monty seems to be a bit contradictory.
If they were not an automotive company but built this how come they didn't normally make other stuff?
Unless they didn't normally make anything at all but were an investment company or something like that?
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #44 on: June 15, 2016, 11:27:57 AM »
A film production company?
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #45 on: June 15, 2016, 03:09:20 PM »
Quote from: Carnut on June 15, 2016, 11:26:10 AM
Quote from: Carnut on June 15, 2016, 10:24:25 AM
Thought not..
Built by a big British car manufacturer?

I guess that answers my question too, although your reply to el_monty seems to be a bit contradictory.
If they were not an automotive company but built this how come they didn't normally make other stuff?
Unless they didn't normally make anything at all but were an investment company or something like that?

Sorry to have confused you more than necessary. The "no" was the answer to the question in all its detailedness. Parts of it are right assumptions, others are not. It was a company that made different stuff, but they didn't make a car based on this. I know that sounds contradictory unless you know the answer.  ;)

PS. And I am sure you all know the company.
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #46 on: June 15, 2016, 03:10:12 PM »
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #47 on: June 16, 2016, 06:04:34 AM »
Was it a Bill Towns design (from before he bought a ruler!), with just one being made for publicity purposes?
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #48 on: June 16, 2016, 06:28:46 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #49 on: June 16, 2016, 06:44:13 AM »
So more than one were built?
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