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Solved - NEH 5174: Electric Ford Astrion/Firefly by Alex Tremulis/Colin Neale - 1961
« on: July 23, 2017, 12:52:30 PM »
What's this, by whom, from when - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 5174
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2017, 08:30:43 AM »
Had to google that one.  What an amazing Design!!
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Re: NEH 5174
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2017, 12:51:11 PM »
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Re: NEH 5174
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2017, 09:11:34 PM »
This is, I believe, an early study for the all-electric 1961 Ford Firefly. Other photos I have seen of the car must have featured a later version as they are slightly different, and that threw me off for a while. Apparently Alex Tremulis did one side of the car in your Quiz photo (which he called "Astrion"), and British-born Colin Neale did the other (which he called "Firefly"). Here's the later version, which makes it appear that Neale's Firefly won.

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Re: NEH 5174
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2017, 04:30:43 AM »
Yes, good answer.
My picture showed Tremulis's side, but apart from the nose I can't see any other differences.
Since it is the Astrion side I'd better include that in the title!
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Re: Solved - NEH 5174: Electric Ford Astrion/Firefly by Alex Tremulis/Colin Neale - 1961
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2017, 08:12:46 AM »
Certainly an interesting little car - I can only guess that Ford didn't pursue it due to a combination of perceived lack of demand and the fact that battery technology for electric cars was still trying to decide which way to go. GM (Chevy) was also working on a somewhat similar (but conventionally powered) tiny car deigned by Pete Brock, resurrecting the old "Cadet" name that Chevy tried out for a compact prototype in the late 40s. They never produced either Cadet.
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SOLVED: FW #378: Ford Firefly electric concept car (GB), 1960, by Colin Neale
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2022, 02:50:32 PM »
Please be so kind and identify this car: Make? Type? Designer? Engine? Year?
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Re: FW #378
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2022, 11:57:04 AM »
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Re: FW #378
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2022, 02:27:02 PM »
An Alfa Romeo special project car?
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Re: FW #378
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2022, 03:05:30 PM »
No
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Re: FW #378
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2022, 03:32:20 PM »
Ford Firefly electric concept car from 1961, designed by Colin Neale. The clay model dates from 1960.
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Re: FW #378
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2022, 03:45:28 PM »
And this answer is worth your next point! Congratulation!
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Re: Solved - NEH 5174: Electric Ford Astrion/Firefly by Alex Tremulis/Colin Neale - 1961
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2022, 06:34:38 AM »
Merged.
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Re: Solved - NEH 5174: Electric Ford Astrion/Firefly by Alex Tremulis/Colin Neale - 1961
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2022, 07:46:38 AM »
Here is the unmolested picture of the puzzled 1960 version
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