Author Topic: Solved: PN #1283 -- Tadpole by Guildford University Students, 1970  (Read 2162 times)

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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #25 on: December 10, 2019, 04:55:31 PM »
Stag?

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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #26 on: December 10, 2019, 05:44:11 PM »
Has the name be used for another car too?
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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #27 on: December 10, 2019, 10:50:20 PM »
much smaller than a warthog. I don't think it was used for another car
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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #28 on: December 10, 2019, 10:59:18 PM »
Hamster ?
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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #29 on: December 11, 2019, 12:57:31 AM »
Bacterium?

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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #30 on: December 11, 2019, 01:43:14 AM »
Name of an insect ?

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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #31 on: December 11, 2019, 03:36:11 AM »
Not an insect, larger than a bacterium, not a hamster
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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #32 on: December 11, 2019, 04:10:50 AM »
Weasel?
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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #33 on: December 11, 2019, 04:13:23 AM »
Ferret ?
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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #34 on: December 11, 2019, 04:46:54 AM »
smaller than those two
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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #35 on: December 11, 2019, 04:47:26 AM »
Rat ?
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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #36 on: December 11, 2019, 04:58:45 AM »
Mouse?

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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #37 on: December 11, 2019, 05:06:24 AM »
Toad?

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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #38 on: December 11, 2019, 05:40:42 AM »
Name of a rodent ?

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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #39 on: December 11, 2019, 06:18:39 AM »
Shrew? (in need of taming, perhaps)

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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #40 on: December 11, 2019, 06:33:24 AM »
Spider ?
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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #41 on: December 11, 2019, 06:46:51 AM »
Toad?

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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #42 on: December 11, 2019, 06:58:39 AM »
Frog?
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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #43 on: December 11, 2019, 11:06:59 AM »
smaller than a rat, a mouse, a toad, a frog or even a spider
Not a shrew or a rodent

But there is a, er, connection to the toad/frog. As Allemano was the first, it is locked for him
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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #44 on: December 11, 2019, 01:02:42 PM »
Tadpole?

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Re: PN #1283
« Reply #45 on: December 11, 2019, 01:09:33 PM »
Though you almost retired, I am happy to give you a point:

The Tadpole was built by Guildford university students as a project featuring a Ford 1600cc crosflow engine in the 1970s. "It was a homemade Lotus 7 really"
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Re: Solved: PN #1283 -- Tadpole by Guildford University Students, 1970
« Reply #46 on: December 11, 2019, 02:09:09 PM »
Thanks!