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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2013 => Topic started by: Paul Jaray on February 19, 2013, 03:23:10 AM

Title: Solved -PJ507- Bill Gingras 'No-Gas' electric car 1974
Post by: Paul Jaray on February 19, 2013, 03:23:10 AM
What is this?
1 point for you!
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Post by: Paul Jaray on February 27, 2013, 02:10:54 PM
Experts?
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Post by: kwgibbs on February 27, 2013, 02:12:19 PM
Reminds me of the vauxhall calyso car?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on February 27, 2013, 02:14:33 PM
Not a Vauxhall.
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Post by: kwgibbs on February 27, 2013, 02:16:33 PM
Is it a wedge-shaped one-off creation?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on February 27, 2013, 02:47:35 PM
I can't say it's a bubble car!  ;D
It is a one-off.
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Post by: kwgibbs on February 27, 2013, 06:28:42 PM
Was the creator of this car famous?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on February 27, 2013, 06:32:32 PM
Nope, but this car received some press coverage.
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Post by: kwgibbs on February 27, 2013, 06:35:16 PM
Just curious,was John Harlow behind this?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on February 28, 2013, 02:38:12 AM
Not the name I have...
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Post by: kwgibbs on February 28, 2013, 09:34:26 PM
Is this car mini-based,you know like the Hobo,Hustler and so on?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 01, 2013, 02:20:36 AM
Not based on any other car.
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 01, 2013, 09:25:41 AM
Is this car British?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 01, 2013, 12:52:47 PM
Not British.
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 01, 2013, 06:31:14 PM
American?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 01, 2013, 06:57:28 PM
Yes!
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Post by: sixtee5cuda on March 01, 2013, 08:21:26 PM
Is it parked next to a Bell Company Model A Ford Sedan?
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 02, 2013, 02:53:59 AM
Is this car, a beach car one-off?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 02, 2013, 03:43:27 AM
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on March 01, 2013, 08:21:26 PM
Is it parked next to a Bell Company Model A Ford Sedan?
I don't know, it was also on display in a museum...
Quote from: kwgibbs on March 02, 2013, 02:53:59 AM
Is this car, a beach car one-off?
Not a beach car but a one-off.
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 02, 2013, 09:38:36 AM
Was it made to promote something?
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Post by: WayneB on March 02, 2013, 11:56:05 AM
Was it anything to do with Vanguard-Sebring?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 02, 2013, 05:20:57 PM
Quote from: kwgibbs on March 02, 2013, 09:38:36 AM
Was it made to promote something?
Nope.
Quote from: WayneB on March 02, 2013, 11:56:05 AM
Was it anything to do with Vanguard-Sebring?
Nope.
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 02, 2013, 05:24:55 PM
Was it built in the 1960,s?
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 03, 2013, 10:39:31 AM
Was it electric?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 03, 2013, 10:45:32 AM
Yes!
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 03, 2013, 11:10:55 AM
Was it called Fisher electric?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 04, 2013, 03:56:03 AM
Not the name I have.
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 04, 2013, 04:57:38 PM
Was it a prototype,for an electric company? but failed.?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 05, 2013, 11:23:34 AM
Nope.
It was a self-built one-off.
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 05, 2013, 03:53:47 PM
Was the builder,s name Dale Ashenfelter?, Im taking a wild shot.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 05, 2013, 04:20:15 PM
Not him.
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 05, 2013, 04:35:29 PM
Was this little car built for speed ? it,s aerodynamic in shape.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 05, 2013, 04:58:11 PM
Quote from: kwgibbs on March 02, 2013, 05:24:55 PM
Was it built in the 1960,s?
Quote from: kwgibbs on March 05, 2013, 04:35:29 PM
Was this little car built for speed ? it,s aerodynamic in shape.

Not built for speed and it was built in the 70s.
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 05, 2013, 05:21:00 PM
Even though it was electric,did it have anything VW about it?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 06, 2013, 04:51:06 AM
I don't think.
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 06, 2013, 10:21:58 AM
Was it,s name ,something like samba?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 06, 2013, 12:40:11 PM
He did not named his car but he took a particular license plate for it:
XX-XXX
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 06, 2013, 02:49:39 PM
Did the plate say something like volt or something similar?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 06, 2013, 02:56:33 PM
Yes, definetly!
It was a sort of a joke...remember it was an electric car.
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Post by: WayneB on March 06, 2013, 03:03:52 PM
1974 Bill Gingras built Electric Car
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Post by: WayneB on March 06, 2013, 03:05:57 PM
The license plate is NO GAS (Maryland)

Its currently in the Baltimore Museum of Industry
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 06, 2013, 05:34:40 PM
I think this little car is really cool,so it was street legal then? I figuered it was to small for the roads?
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Post by: kwgibbs on March 09, 2013, 07:38:26 AM
I,ve never heard of bill gingras or his car,to bad that he didn,t try to mass produce it.pretty neat just the same.                                                                                         
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Post by: Paul Jaray on March 09, 2013, 02:17:15 PM
Quote from: WayneB on March 06, 2013, 03:03:52 PM
1974 Bill Gingras built Electric Car
That's it!
It was street legal and with a quick search you should be able to find an article about.
Well done, point for you!
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