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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #25 on: January 05, 2020, 05:53:58 AM »
It's a home-made car!  I don't know what its maker did for a living.
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #26 on: January 06, 2020, 08:54:33 AM »
I've seen this little car somewhere..... :huh:
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #27 on: January 06, 2020, 11:36:31 AM »
Quote from: thorax on January 06, 2020, 08:54:33 AM
I've seen this little car somewhere..... :huh:
Me too, the trouble is there are so many little home made cars, it's trying to remember where you've seen it!
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #28 on: January 09, 2020, 08:22:55 PM »
Quote from: thorax on January 06, 2020, 08:54:33 AM
I've seen this little car somewhere..... :huh:
:yeah:
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #29 on: January 09, 2020, 08:37:36 PM »
Late 1930s?
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #30 on: January 13, 2020, 06:54:35 PM »
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #31 on: January 14, 2020, 04:16:46 AM »
Sorry - I didn't see that reply (it hadn't flagged up as a new reply for some reason).
No, it's not from the late 1930s.
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #32 on: January 14, 2020, 05:26:51 AM »
Early 1950s?
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #33 on: January 14, 2020, 06:33:05 AM »
No, it's not from the 1950s either!
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #34 on: January 14, 2020, 10:50:15 AM »
Not 1930s, not 1950s - the fashions aren't 1920s - so is it from the 1940s?
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #35 on: January 14, 2020, 11:12:34 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on January 14, 2020, 04:16:46 AM
...it's not from the late 1930s.
While we're at it, early-to-mid 1930s?
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #36 on: January 14, 2020, 11:20:55 AM »
Quote from: D-type on January 14, 2020, 10:50:15 AM
Not 1930s, not 1950s - the fashions aren't 1920s - so is it from the 1940s?

Yes, it's from the 1940s.
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #37 on: January 14, 2020, 06:04:01 PM »
1948?
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #38 on: January 15, 2020, 04:09:53 AM »
Just 1 year out!
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #39 on: January 15, 2020, 04:11:27 AM »
From London?
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #40 on: January 15, 2020, 05:28:26 AM »
The car has a 1947 registration number issued in a town to the west of London in the commuter belt, so I guess it was registered as a new car then.
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #41 on: January 15, 2020, 09:04:56 AM »
Kenneth Smee, from Reading, Berkshire with his "electrically driven baby model" https://youtu.be/8LbEvfIkAQA Apparently made in his father's workshop in St George's Road.
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Re: NEH 5515
« Reply #42 on: January 15, 2020, 10:44:31 AM »
That's correct yes, well done.
Normally of course links are not allowed but this one is rather good and I don't think is likely to prejudice any other puzzles so I've left it. Hopefully the other Editors will agree with me...

Unfortunately this is a repost so I've given you your point and will merge it.
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