Author Topic: Grote Puzzle # 1427 - Sealander by Terry Roycroft of New Zealand, 1991  (Read 2805 times)

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You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: Grote Puzzle # 1427
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2009, 05:31:12 AM »
Hello, experts. What you knowin? Time to get you points a-growin'
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Re: Grote Puzzle # 1427
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2009, 10:10:24 AM »
Hey Otto, time to get also your points a-growing..........

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Re: Grote Puzzle # 1427
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2009, 11:46:28 AM »
Why? I'll never catch up with you!  ;D
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Re: Grote Puzzle # 1427
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2009, 12:14:41 PM »
it wasn't about that...but about this....

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Re: Grote Puzzle # 1427
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2009, 08:59:54 AM »
...I meant, if you know this...you should know also....

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Re: Grote Puzzle # 1427
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2009, 11:38:31 AM »
Grote puzzle.

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Click the pic....... Name the car

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Re: Grote Puzzle # 1427
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2009, 05:08:29 AM »
Pros?
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Re: Grote Puzzle # 1427
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2009, 06:29:13 AM »
I don't want to score twice, but...

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=7411.25 (reply #38)
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Re: Grote Puzzle # 1427
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2009, 07:11:55 AM »
Hey Otto, time to get also your points a-growing..........
it wasn't about that...but about this....
...I meant, if you know this...you should know also....
...

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Re: Grote Puzzle # 1427
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2009, 07:55:24 AM »
Yep. Got it now.
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Solved: PN #1879 -- Sealander by Terry Roycroft
« Reply #11 on: November 19, 2024, 06:33:05 AM »
Please identify the builder of this car. You can throw in some details to for that elusive point....
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Re: PN #1879
« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2024, 12:00:01 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #1879
« Reply #13 on: November 27, 2024, 07:35:36 AM »
Is this amphibious?
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Re: PN #1879
« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2024, 07:40:14 AM »
yes
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Re: PN #1879
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2024, 03:43:13 PM »
Anything to do with Tim Dutton?

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Re: PN #1879
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2024, 04:28:51 PM »
nothing
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Re: PN #1879
« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2025, 01:19:33 AM »
Professionals?
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Re: PN #1879
« Reply #18 on: January 18, 2025, 10:24:21 AM »
Terry Roycroft's Sealander, New Zealand, 1991
If I understand well he sold the rights of the retractable wheels invention for the development of the Gibbs Aquada

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Re: PN #1879
« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2025, 05:26:03 PM »
Bump..

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Re: PN #1879
« Reply #20 on: Yesterday at 12:55:10 AM »
And you are absolutely right. It is another point for you!
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Re: Grote Puzzle # 1427 - Sealander MK2
« Reply #21 on: Yesterday at 01:19:42 AM »
Merged.

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Re: Grote Puzzle # 1427 - Sealander MK2
« Reply #22 on: Yesterday at 01:23:09 AM »
How about some additional images?

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oops, for some reasons I did not find this. Thanks for merging and the additional photos too
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