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Solved: GTE 505 - Allskog Aquacar (1955)
« on: August 20, 2023, 12:16:27 AM »
Please identify this car for a point:
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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2023, 02:55:05 PM »
Now open to Rookies and Experts.

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2023, 05:27:56 AM »
A Renault concept car
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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2023, 07:39:33 AM »

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2023, 06:37:49 AM »
GADABOUT, by Ray Russell, ca. 1945, based on a 4 cyl. MG?

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2023, 09:01:26 AM »
GADABOUT, by Ray Russell, ca. 1945, based on a 4 cyl. MG?
Not Ray Russell's Gadabout.

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2023, 02:20:17 PM »
Pros?

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2023, 02:28:18 PM »
American?

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2023, 03:31:32 PM »

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2023, 05:01:48 PM »
European?

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2023, 05:22:52 PM »
This is amphibious car concept drawing?

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2023, 05:37:18 PM »
This is amphibious car concept drawing?
Yes

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2023, 07:52:18 PM »
Did it ever come to life?

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2023, 07:54:45 PM »
Did it ever come to life?

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2023, 07:55:26 PM »
Did it ever come to life?
I don't think so.

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2023, 07:55:44 PM »

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2023, 08:49:17 PM »
British?

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #17 on: September 05, 2023, 10:27:13 PM »

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #18 on: September 05, 2023, 10:53:34 PM »
French?

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #19 on: September 05, 2023, 11:17:01 PM »

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #20 on: September 12, 2023, 01:02:29 PM »
Open to all.

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #21 on: September 12, 2023, 01:10:01 PM »
Any connection to Hans Trippel?
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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #22 on: September 12, 2023, 01:10:19 PM »

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #23 on: September 12, 2023, 03:06:20 PM »
From a former Warsaw Pact country ?

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Re: GTE 505
« Reply #24 on: September 12, 2023, 03:24:12 PM »
From a former Warsaw Pact country ?
No