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Solved NIC#1304 - Burgess Allard
« on: June 22, 2021, 09:14:02 AM »
What is this car?
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2021, 02:32:46 AM »
Uk car?
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2021, 06:10:18 AM »
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2021, 06:24:06 AM »
Plastic body?
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2021, 06:36:40 AM »
Plastic body?

I'm sorry but I don't know.
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2021, 06:36:26 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2021, 08:19:47 AM »
Allard Palm Beach prototype ? :huh:

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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2021, 08:33:44 AM »
Allard Palm Beach prototype ? :huh:

It's not a Palm Beach prototype but I think you have accidentally found the marque. It IS an Allard - all I need now is the name of the car as shown in a period advert.
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2021, 08:58:35 AM »
J1 ?

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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2021, 09:15:49 AM »
J1 ?

No. The photo I found was an advert for the car and described it as the XXXXXXX Allard.. The mssing word is the name of the builder who was famous as an Allard driver.
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2021, 10:36:07 AM »
........to comply with your generous clue, I deduce that the missing name is "Watkins".

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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2021, 11:20:49 AM »
........to comply with your generous clue, I deduce that the missing name is "Watkins".

No.
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2021, 03:25:27 PM »
Does the name "Imhof" have any relevance ?

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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2021, 04:58:15 PM »
Does the name "Imhof" have any relevance ?

Not him, but you're on the right lines.
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2021, 02:11:40 PM »
Harrison ?

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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2021, 04:52:10 PM »
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2021, 05:53:18 PM »
Hutchinson ?

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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #17 on: July 28, 2021, 05:06:17 AM »
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2021, 05:17:04 AM »
Alexander !

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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #19 on: July 29, 2021, 06:13:35 AM »
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #20 on: July 30, 2021, 03:39:27 PM »
Any connection with Zora Arkus-Duntov?
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #21 on: July 30, 2021, 04:50:21 PM »
Any connection with Zora Arkus-Duntov?

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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #22 on: August 06, 2021, 05:32:00 PM »
Collins !

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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #23 on: August 07, 2021, 05:19:11 AM »
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Re: NIC#1304
« Reply #24 on: September 22, 2021, 04:59:25 AM »
I'd forgotten about this puzzle. Up to the Pros.
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