Solved - NEH 3309: Alex Tremulis 1951 design originally for Tucker - Concept Sports Car

[Carnut]

What's this and who was responsible for it - for 1 point?:

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[Carnut]

Very easy Expert point; too easy!  Wake up rookies!

[kwgibbs]

alex tremulis sports car concept?

[Carnut]

alex tremulis sports car concept?

Yes, it's by Alex Tremulis.
So I'll lock it for you now to identify it.

[kwgibbs]

Is it the, Tucker-Tremulis-Neidlinger-Kaiser-Frazer, 1951?

[Carnut]

Is it the, Tucker-Tremulis-Neidlinger-Kaiser-Frazer, 1951?

No..

[kwgibbs]

Is it the Kaiser-Frazer aluminum car?

[Carnut]

Is it the Kaiser-Frazer aluminum car?

Nothing to do with Kaiser-Frazer at all AFAIK!

[Carnut]

alex tremulis sports car concept?

Actually I misled you a bit as this is in fact what it is.
It did later morph into a Kaiser-Frazer so I was also wrong when I said it had nothing to do with them, although it didn't start out as a Kaiser-Frazer.
So all I need to know now for the point is who/what was it a Sports Car Concept for?

Still locked for kwgibbs!

[kwgibbs]

was the design to be for the XK-120 Jaguar?

[Carnut]

was the design to be for the XK-120 Jaguar?

No!  For whom did Alex Tremulis do some work before being employed by Kaiser-Frazer?

[D-type]

Long shot:  Tucker Talisman, which probably was not designed by Tremulis

[fyreline]

I think we're still locked for kwgibbs?

Is it the, Tucker-Tremulis-Neidlinger-Kaiser-Frazer, 1951?

We got an unequivocal "NO" to this guess, although at least two web sites identify the exact quiz photo as exactly that. Still looking for an alternate name, nothing so far.

[kwgibbs]

Didn,t Alex Tremulis work for a design firm-Tammen&Denison, before Tucker?

[Carnut]

Well it's actually Tucker I was looking for; you hadn't mentioned the name previously on its own!
I've seen those threads about the Tucker-Tremulis-Neidlinger-Kaiser-Frazer as well but I believe that covers a whole series of cars (which this one may indeed have ultimately joined) but as far as I understand it Tremulis designed this, his Concept Sports Car, whilst still doing work for Tucker and only resurrected the same thing later when he started working for Kaiser-Frazer.  If I'm wrong I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than I will correct me; I'm not a big expert on these designs.

[kwgibbs]

I see what you mean now,he certainly designed a good many cars,thank you for the point!

[streamliner]

Good job.

Yup it was first done as a Tucker sports car that would have eventually competed with the Jaguar XK120.  Then Tremulis and Neidlinger teamed up to sell it as a custom-built sports car, then he reworked the model to the photo seen in the puzzle for Kaiser-Frazer.