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Djetset 893
« on: June 11, 2018, 05:05:11 PM »
For a point, please name the designer of this creation, plus the car underneath that this body has been designed for.
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2018, 12:10:42 PM »
Up a level...
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2018, 06:23:48 AM »
Up a final level...
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2018, 06:39:52 AM »
Designed for the Jameson Special / Beast / Concorde?

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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2018, 07:31:37 AM »
Designed for the Jameson Special / Beast / Concorde?
Yes, designed for the Jameson Merlin 'beast', so now Locked to you to name the stylist.
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2018, 12:37:12 PM »
I read somewhere that a British motor magazine (Motor? Autocar?) started a design competition for the Jameson six-wheeler. I guess the picture stems from there, but I wasn't able to find a name. So you may well unlock.

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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2018, 12:43:27 PM »
I read somewhere that a British motor magazine (Motor? Autocar?) started a design competition for the Jameson six-wheeler. I guess the picture stems from there, but I wasn't able to find a name. So you may well unlock.
You are absolutely on the right lines Wendax, as this sketch is from a competition run by the British weekly motoring magazine, Motor, in the mid-1970s to cloth the Jamerson Merlin. As you have clearly done your research, I will award you a deserved point and now unlock the puzzle to re-open it to all to name the designer for another point. 
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2018, 01:13:53 PM »
Thank you!

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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2018, 04:23:25 PM »
Robert Powell?

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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2018, 04:42:02 AM »
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2018, 07:55:46 AM »
Robert Powell?
No.

I was going to say Robert Powell as well but Hiawatha beat me to it.
This is the reason; quote from Robert Powell's website:

"My second project happened by chance. While looking though Motor magazine I came across a story about the late Paul Jameson. He was known at the time for crossing Europe at highly illegal speeds in a 12 cylinder, tank-engined car with a Rolls Royce grille. Even I remember seeing pictures in the Daily Mirror. All rubbish of course; although the car existed and drove it never went 190mph. He decided to correct this by building a second car with the fabulous 12 cylinder, 1750 bhp, supercharged Spitfire engine.
The car was finished, drove and there was a design competition to design a suitable body.
I spent some time doing preliminary sketches then worked on the final design. Once finished I delivered by hand the sketch to the Motor Magazine offices I had the luck to win the competition against quite a few known designers of the time. £10.00 was the prize but the intention to build the design was the reason we all entered."

So your puzzle picture can't have been the winning design?  There is a picture of Robert Powell's car on his website and it doesn't look anything like your puzzle photo!
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2018, 07:58:08 AM »

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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2018, 10:13:26 AM »
The Puzzle car was not the winning design entry for the Motor magazine competition, if this helps to narrow who drew this car...
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2018, 12:20:16 PM »
Bill Carter?

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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2018, 12:30:48 PM »
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #15 on: September 13, 2018, 09:22:44 AM »
Just a wild guess - Chris Humberstone?

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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #16 on: September 13, 2018, 11:25:07 AM »
Just a wild guess - Chris Humberstone?
No, not Chris Humberstone.
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2018, 06:40:22 AM »
sketching style could be O. Winterbottom's

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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2018, 06:47:21 AM »
sketching style could be O. Winterbottom's
It could be Winterbottom, but sadly it isn't.
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #19 on: September 18, 2018, 07:09:08 AM »
Was it by someone who went on to be quite well-known, like Richard Oakes?
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #20 on: September 18, 2018, 07:17:05 AM »
Was it by someone who went on to be quite well-known, like Richard Oakes?
He's not a well-known designer like Richard Oakes, but I think (but can't be 100% certain) that he went on to a career as a stylist within the studio of a mainstream manufacture.
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #21 on: September 20, 2018, 09:12:06 PM »
Well, the answer is here. Unfortunately, my eyesight's not what it used to be. ;D

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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #22 on: September 21, 2018, 07:01:43 AM »
Well found, as that double-page spread was the source of my information, and contains the correct answer!
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #23 on: April 18, 2019, 12:56:20 PM »
BH has now had an eight-year-old space released, so here's another BH contender to fill the gap...
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Re: Djetset 893
« Reply #24 on: April 19, 2019, 01:45:34 AM »
BH should not exist at all! Authors should give enough clues and hints to solve each one of them.

What's the fun to post a puzzle that nobody solves and completely abandoned it stinks deep at the bottom of the forum for years!....