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Solved NIC#1375 - 1946 Graves-Bates EV
« on: June 22, 2023, 08:47:49 AM »
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Re: NIC#1375
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2023, 08:12:16 AM »
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Re: NIC#1375
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2023, 04:47:10 AM »
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Re: NIC#1375
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2023, 10:21:26 AM »
I'm surprised this hasn't been solved. The car was the subject of a magazine article and a TV show.

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Re: NIC#1375
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2023, 02:12:05 PM »
Graves-Bates EV (electric vehicle) Special, 1946
Based on a 1934 Vauxhall Bedford, bodywork out of parts of a Lancaster bomber

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Re: NIC#1375
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2023, 02:37:53 PM »
Graves-Bates EV (electric vehicle) Special, 1946
Based on a 1934 Vauxhall Bedford, bodywork out of parts of a Lancaster bomber

Exactly. The car was featured in the "lost and found" section of Classic & Sportscar and again when it was sold at auction on a TV show "Bangers & Cash".
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