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Solved - NEH 5642: Cyrano by Ken Meeson - 1972
« on: February 12, 2021, 09:21:07 AM »
What's this, by whom, based on what and from when - for 1 point?:
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2021, 03:00:24 PM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2021, 08:25:30 AM »
VW engine?
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2021, 12:14:52 PM »
Yes..
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2021, 02:23:50 PM »
English?
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2021, 02:53:58 PM »
Yes..
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2021, 06:55:58 AM »
front seems to open like a nova. Was it some sort of replacement?


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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2021, 08:00:21 AM »
No, there wasn't any connection with Nova.
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2021, 08:09:28 AM »
Siva/Embessa?
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2021, 11:03:54 AM »
No..
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #10 on: April 01, 2021, 10:11:36 AM »
Pro's?
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2021, 07:53:51 PM »
One-off?

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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2021, 04:28:10 AM »
Yes.
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2021, 04:42:29 AM »
1970s?

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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2021, 07:38:54 AM »
Yes.
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2021, 07:22:11 AM »
designed by Tom Karen (Ogle Design)?

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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2021, 11:29:58 AM »
No Ogle or Tom Karen input..
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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2021, 02:45:45 PM »
Ken Meeson designed and built the Cyrano in late 1972. Based on a 1966 VW beetle. The designer/builder had a background in industrial design and had experience with both Jensen and Rover. 

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Re: NEH 5642
« Reply #18 on: June 02, 2021, 09:28:38 AM »
That's it!
Well done.
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