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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #25 on: September 26, 2023, 12:15:08 PM »
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #26 on: September 26, 2023, 03:32:15 PM »
Was it from the 1960s?
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #27 on: September 26, 2023, 03:50:22 PM »
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #28 on: September 26, 2023, 04:15:46 PM »
1970s?
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #29 on: September 26, 2023, 04:18:34 PM »
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #30 on: September 26, 2023, 07:23:24 PM »
Was it a concept car that was actually built?
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #31 on: September 26, 2023, 07:56:47 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on September 26, 2023, 07:23:24 PM
Was it a concept car that was actually built?
A fully-functional version was supposedly shown at a very public event, but I have no photos to prove this.
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #32 on: September 26, 2023, 11:15:52 PM »
Did the company build anyother car or vehicles?
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #33 on: September 27, 2023, 12:03:38 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on September 26, 2023, 11:15:52 PM
Did the company build anyother car or vehicles?
Yes
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #34 on: September 27, 2023, 12:50:14 AM »
Is the company still going today?
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #35 on: September 27, 2023, 01:27:58 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on September 27, 2023, 12:50:14 AM
Is the company still going today?
Not under the original name. A spin-off of the company (different name) either still exists or existed until very recently.
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #36 on: September 27, 2023, 09:58:24 AM »
Was it an electric vehicle?
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #37 on: September 27, 2023, 11:26:41 AM »
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #38 on: September 27, 2023, 12:22:25 PM »
Was the company from the 1960s?
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #39 on: September 27, 2023, 12:27:11 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on September 27, 2023, 12:22:25 PM
Was the company from the 1960s?
I'm not sure when the company was formed, but I don't think it existed until the 1970s.
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #40 on: October 03, 2023, 12:33:31 PM »
Open to everyone.
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #41 on: October 03, 2023, 02:47:15 PM »
Quote from: gte4289 on September 26, 2023, 07:56:47 PM
Quote from: kwgibbs on September 26, 2023, 07:23:24 PM
Was it a concept car that was actually built?
A fully-functional version was supposedly shown at a very public event, but I have no photos to prove this.

Was it supposedly shown in 1975 ?
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #42 on: October 03, 2023, 02:55:44 PM »
Quote from: oko94 on October 03, 2023, 02:47:15 PM
Quote from: gte4289 on September 26, 2023, 07:56:47 PM
Quote from: kwgibbs on September 26, 2023, 07:23:24 PM
Was it a concept car that was actually built?
A fully-functional version was supposedly shown at a very public event, but I have no photos to prove this.

Was it supposedly shown in 1975 ?
In 1976 I think.
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #43 on: October 03, 2023, 02:59:58 PM »
Bob Drew?
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #44 on: October 03, 2023, 03:04:44 PM »
Quote from: Oguerrerob on October 03, 2023, 02:59:58 PM
Bob Drew?
I don't know who that is, but I don't see his name connected with this company in any way.
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #45 on: October 03, 2023, 03:06:55 PM »
This guy and his Aluminium car
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #46 on: October 03, 2023, 03:09:35 PM »
Quote from: Oguerrerob on October 03, 2023, 03:06:55 PM
This guy and his Aluminium car
Then I'm fairly certain he had nothing to do with this one.
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #47 on: October 04, 2023, 01:06:15 AM »
Quote from: gte4289 on September 27, 2023, 12:03:38 AM
Quote from: kwgibbs on September 26, 2023, 11:15:52 PM
Did the company build anyother car or vehicles?
Yes

Were these vehicles three-wheelers too ?
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #48 on: October 04, 2023, 01:12:27 AM »
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Re: GTE 543
« Reply #49 on: October 04, 2023, 01:43:02 AM »
Were these vehicles electric too ?
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