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Offline Wendax

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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #50 on: June 16, 2016, 06:57:22 AM »
The actual car was never built, but that what finally became of it was built many, many times.
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #51 on: June 16, 2016, 07:28:04 AM »
Quote from: Wendax on June 16, 2016, 06:57:22 AM
The actual car was never built, but that what finally became of it was built many, many times.

But not by a car manufacturer (which sounds like a repeat question...); so did it have another purpose, like a fairground ride?
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #52 on: June 16, 2016, 09:49:43 AM »
Yes, it did have another purpose. It was not a fairground ride, although that guess is not completely off target, as it was meant to produce fun, too.
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #53 on: June 16, 2016, 10:09:31 AM »
Quote from: Wendax on June 16, 2016, 09:49:43 AM
Yes, it did have another purpose. It was not a fairground ride, although that guess is not completely off target, as it was meant to produce fun, too.

A boat?
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #54 on: June 16, 2016, 10:15:09 AM »
Is the company Matchbox?
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #55 on: June 16, 2016, 10:18:14 AM »
Yes it is, I just found it. It's the Matchbox Freeman Inter City Commuter from the early 70s. Designed by Peter F. Freeman
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #56 on: June 16, 2016, 10:21:06 AM »
Brilliant!  I knew you were right as soon as you said Matchbox!

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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #57 on: June 16, 2016, 10:25:49 AM »
"Peter F. Freeman, designed the Intercity Commuter for a 1965 Weekend Telegraph competition to design a city car"
The Matchbox car entered production in 1970.
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #58 on: June 16, 2016, 10:30:29 AM »
That was a good puzzle!  :thumbsup:
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Re: Wendax 1949
« Reply #59 on: June 16, 2016, 12:06:35 PM »
Tatataaah! This correct answer earns you point number 100!

I have been owning a Matchbox Freeman Intercity Commuter since childhood days. I just recently read that it was in fact modeled after a design for a real car that never was built. I've had my share of fun with this puzzle, too!  ;D
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1949 - Freeman Intercity Commuter
« Reply #60 on: June 16, 2016, 01:53:56 PM »
Me too!
As soon as el_monty posted "Matchbox" I pictured it straight away in my mind's eye.
I knew I knew it from somehere but just couldn't put my finger on where...
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