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Solved - NEH 5136: Howard Ketcham's Atomic sports car for tomorrow - 1954
« on: April 21, 2017, 07:06:14 AM »
What's this, by whom - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2017, 09:32:14 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2017, 09:55:11 AM »
is it a cartoon drawing for future cars?
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2017, 12:30:11 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 08, 2017, 09:55:11 AM
is it a cartoon drawing for future cars?

Sort of; I'm not sure if it was meant to be a serious proposal or not.
Certainly the technology was not available at that time so it was never built!
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2017, 12:53:44 PM »
do you know if it was done by a popular car illustrator?
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2017, 01:23:18 PM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 08, 2017, 12:53:44 PM
do you know if it was done by a popular car illustrator?

No, this is the only such work of his that I've found.
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2017, 01:36:25 PM »
was he American?
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2017, 06:00:46 PM »
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2017, 08:37:43 PM »
was this sketch from the 1960,s?
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2017, 06:55:07 AM »
Quote from: kwgibbs on May 08, 2017, 08:37:43 PM
was this sketch from the 1960,s?

No, earllier.
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #10 on: May 09, 2017, 08:32:02 AM »

 French future car
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #11 on: May 09, 2017, 09:27:04 AM »
1954?
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2017, 10:09:01 AM »
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2017, 02:21:24 PM »
Howard Ketcham's Atomic sports car for tomorrow
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Re: NEH 5136
« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2017, 03:04:03 PM »
Quote from: Hiawatha on May 10, 2017, 02:21:24 PM
Howard Ketcham's Atomic sports car for tomorrow

That's right!
The design incorporated a heat reflecting solar dome and the engine had no moving parts since it was atomic-powered!
Another blind alley but interesting thinking..
Googling Howard Ketcham shows him to have been an expert with colour and he worked closely with the motor industry using his ideas.  As I said before though, I haven't found any other sketch of a car by him.

Well done!
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Re: Solved - NEH 5136: Howard Ketcham's Atomic sports car for tomorrow - 1954
« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2017, 03:35:43 PM »
Nice puzzle.. it took a while, the catch word was tomorrow
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