Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset 841 - 1971 Ibiza 1300 Barquette  (Read 3346 times)

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #25 on: January 30, 2020, 01:42:09 PM »
Was it an abbreviation of some sort?

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #26 on: January 30, 2020, 01:46:08 PM »
Was it an abbreviation of some sort?
No.
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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #27 on: February 09, 2020, 01:58:22 PM »

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #28 on: February 09, 2020, 02:11:13 PM »
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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #29 on: February 09, 2020, 05:10:25 PM »
Could a version of Alain Barbier's Ibis? (The chassis went through several body/engine/name changes between 1967-1971.)
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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #30 on: February 10, 2020, 04:00:04 PM »
Could a version of Alain Barbier's Ibis? (The chassis went through several body/engine/name changes between 1967-1971.)
I'm not sure of any Alain Barbier connection as I know little about this car, but the Ibis name is uncannily close to the name I have for the model, so now Locked to you to find the correct name.   
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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #31 on: February 10, 2020, 07:44:08 PM »
Could a version of Alain Barbier's Ibis? (The chassis went through several body/engine/name changes between 1967-1971.)
I'm not sure of any Alain Barbier connection as I know little about this car, but the Ibis name is uncannily close to the name I have for the model, so now Locked to you to find the correct name.
I have also seen it referred to as the 'Ilbis 1300'. Could that be it?

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #32 on: February 11, 2020, 03:31:03 AM »
Still very close (especially the ‘1300’ model name which is correct) but I’ve re-checked the name and it’s not Ilbis.
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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #33 on: February 11, 2020, 04:19:28 AM »
SIB 1300?

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #34 on: February 11, 2020, 04:22:07 AM »
SIB 1300?
No, you're moving further away from the name than before.
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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #35 on: February 11, 2020, 04:34:19 AM »
SIB 1300?
No, you're moving further away from the name than before.
Sorry, I knew it wasn't an SIB (a very different car), but thought maybe your source had mixed up the two. So back to finding a closer variation on IBIS...

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #36 on: February 11, 2020, 07:21:09 AM »
Edit: I didn't notice it was locked so nevermind.

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #37 on: February 11, 2020, 12:56:33 PM »
Ibex 1300? (If not, please unlock.)


Edit: I didn't notice it was locked so nevermind.
I didn't see what you posted, but I hope it wasn't 'Ibex'.

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #38 on: February 11, 2020, 02:49:56 PM »
Ibex 1300? (If not, please unlock.)


Edit: I didn't notice it was locked so nevermind.
I didn't see what you posted, but I hope it wasn't 'Ibex'.
No, it wasn't Ibex as that's not the right name.
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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #39 on: February 11, 2020, 03:15:12 PM »
Iris?

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #40 on: February 11, 2020, 03:44:02 PM »
Iris?

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OK. Not Iris, and now unlocked.
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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #41 on: February 13, 2020, 02:40:24 AM »
Albis?

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #42 on: February 13, 2020, 05:34:48 AM »
Albis?
You're moving further away again. As a big clue, it begins with Ib  ;)
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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #43 on: February 13, 2020, 08:44:23 AM »
Iblis 1300?

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #44 on: February 13, 2020, 11:23:45 AM »
Ibero?

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #45 on: February 13, 2020, 11:49:43 AM »
None of the above so far.
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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #46 on: February 13, 2020, 01:27:45 PM »
Iblis?
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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #47 on: February 13, 2020, 03:37:53 PM »
Iblis?
Three of the letters are correct, and the first two are even in the right order!
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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #48 on: February 13, 2020, 03:42:37 PM »
Ibiza ?

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Re: Djetset 841
« Reply #49 on: February 13, 2020, 03:50:01 PM »
Ibiza ?
Bingo! At last! Yes, this is the Ibiza 1300 barquette from 1971, which I found in an old copy of the French Sport Auto magazine a few years ago, sans any other information.

I now have a slight dilemma. Do I award both you and GTE two points each (as this is a BH puzzle), or one point each for Oko getting the name of the car make and GTE for getting the 1300 'model' name?! Thoughts welcome.. 
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