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Re: NEH 5139
« Reply #25 on: December 14, 2017, 12:20:01 PM »
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 14, 2017, 12:10:50 PM
Just trying to find a few attributes which could help. Was it about a family?

No.
I've had a look into it and it wasn't a blog but the picture was included in an item about the car's builder on a financial website!
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Re: NEH 5139
« Reply #26 on: December 14, 2017, 12:41:27 PM »
is he a banker?
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Re: NEH 5139
« Reply #27 on: December 14, 2017, 01:31:04 PM »
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 14, 2017, 12:41:27 PM
is he a banker?

No, he was an engineer.
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Re: NEH 5139
« Reply #28 on: December 20, 2017, 06:59:45 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on December 14, 2017, 01:31:04 PM
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 14, 2017, 12:41:27 PM
is he a banker?

No, he was an engineer.
as you would expect!
Presumably if it's on a financial website he's a satisfied customer, possibly since he was one of the three young men in the picture.
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Re: NEH 5139
« Reply #29 on: December 20, 2017, 07:46:54 AM »
Was the car's builder involved in a financial company ?
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Re: NEH 5139
« Reply #30 on: December 20, 2017, 08:39:20 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on December 20, 2017, 07:46:54 AM
Was the car's builder involved in a financial company ?

No, see below!

Quote from: Carnut on December 14, 2017, 01:31:04 PM
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 14, 2017, 12:41:27 PM
is he a banker?

No, he was an engineer.
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Re: NEH 5139
« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2017, 08:48:22 AM »
"Financial engineering" does exist, so one can be involved in a financial company as an engineer...

Anyway, I'm trying to understand why a financial website would talk about someone who built an Austin Special. Is the builder known in the classic car business ?
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Re: NEH 5139
« Reply #32 on: December 20, 2017, 11:08:33 AM »
Well of course an engineer can be a lollipop man as well but there's no connection between the two and it would be irrelevant that he's an engineer..

You'll understand when you read the story (eventually hopefully!)
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Re: NEH 5139
« Reply #33 on: December 20, 2017, 12:16:17 PM »
Alright but I don't think you answered my last question that was : Is the builder known in the classic car business ?
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Re: NEH 5139
« Reply #34 on: December 20, 2017, 01:18:10 PM »
Quote from: oko94 on December 20, 2017, 12:16:17 PM
Alright but I don't think you answered my last question that was : Is the builder known in the classic car business ?

No he isn't.
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Re: NEH 5139
« Reply #35 on: May 21, 2019, 05:43:23 AM »
Harry Fox and friends 1940's
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Re: NEH 5139
« Reply #36 on: May 21, 2019, 02:22:35 PM »
That's it!
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Well done.
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