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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #25 on: April 28, 2011, 01:04:23 PM »
Fiat X 1/9?

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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #26 on: April 28, 2011, 01:05:56 PM »
Fiat 850 Coupé?

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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #27 on: May 12, 2011, 09:24:09 AM »
Wendax has got the car right in that this was planned as a successor to the Fiat X1/9.  So, any ideas who designed it, and what it was called?  Locked to you Wenday for the next 24 hours.
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #28 on: June 01, 2011, 07:29:16 PM »
Is it open to all?

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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #29 on: June 01, 2011, 07:32:06 PM »
Yes.
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #30 on: June 01, 2011, 08:17:46 PM »
Could it be Fioravanti Flair 1996 sketch?

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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #31 on: June 02, 2011, 01:55:47 AM »
Not a Fioravanti creation.
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #32 on: June 02, 2011, 05:23:47 AM »
John Heffernan?
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #33 on: June 02, 2011, 06:34:36 AM »
No (it's not ugly enough for to be one of his designs!  :D)
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #34 on: June 02, 2011, 07:16:14 AM »
No (it's not ugly enough for to be one of his designs!  :D)

I thought it was bordering on it..!
How about Ogle then?
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #35 on: June 02, 2011, 07:34:10 AM »
Not Ogle either.
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #36 on: June 02, 2011, 08:36:13 AM »
Ken Greenley?
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #37 on: June 02, 2011, 08:38:33 AM »
Ah, the other half of the horror factory!   No, not him.

BTW, is it true that the 'R' in the Ssangyong Rodius that he was involved is silent when spoken?!  :P

Oh, and pleased to see Carnut that your lust to gain more puzzle points has not deminished now you are a Pro.  Welcome to the club!
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #38 on: June 02, 2011, 02:15:34 PM »
BTW, is it true that the 'R' in the Ssangyong Rodius that he was involved is silent when spoken?!  :P

Apparently he maintains he was asked to design something with challenging looks in order to garner publicity and comment!  Personally I would issue him with a summons for damaging onlookers' eyes..

Oh, and pleased to see Carnut that your lust to gain more puzzle points has not deminished now you are a Pro.  Welcome to the club!

Thanks!  I'm hoping the odd morsel might still come this way..!


Back to the puzzle then:  it's not Chris Humberstone is it?
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #39 on: June 02, 2011, 05:15:47 PM »
Not Chris Humberstone.
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #40 on: June 02, 2011, 06:57:47 PM »
Gordon Murray?
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #41 on: June 02, 2011, 07:06:32 PM »
No, more obscure.
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #42 on: June 03, 2011, 09:04:17 AM »
No, more obscure.

Is/was he actually a car designer, or someone unlikely like Terence Conran or his ilk?
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #43 on: June 03, 2011, 01:41:08 PM »
He was a very minor-league car designer.
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #44 on: June 20, 2011, 08:59:26 PM »
I think it's not but the shape is similar. Maybe same designer

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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #45 on: June 21, 2011, 02:40:56 AM »
 :)

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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #46 on: June 21, 2011, 04:03:30 AM »
Neither of the above.
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #47 on: September 29, 2011, 10:54:52 AM »
The Black Hole cometh.
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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #48 on: September 29, 2011, 02:47:56 PM »
A long shot Stephen Harper.

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Re: Djetset #499
« Reply #49 on: October 24, 2011, 05:20:11 PM »
Sorry, not Stephen Harper.

Into the Hole it goes...
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