Solved: Wendax 1400 - Bond Lilliput

[Wendax]

What a face!

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

[Wendax]

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[Wendax]

up again

[Paul Jaray]

Was Farina involved? 

[Wendax]

No

[Iluvatar]

Italian?

[Wendax]

No

[oko94]

RHD so English ?

[Wendax]

Yes

[barrett]

I would guess it's a Healey, from either a Swiss or Belgian coachbuilder?

[Wendax]

Not a Healey, and no foreign coachbuilder involved.

[nicanary]

Lloyd? (The British Lloyd, that is, of Grimsby.)

[Wendax]

No

[targhediferro]

There's something (like flip-bonnet and windscreen attack) suggesting me that this could be quite a modern drawing of a project for an old styled car. Is the base from 60s?

[nicanary]

Those are huge light fittings - is this car very small, maybe a proposal for a "new" Rytecraft?

[Wendax]

Not from the 60s and not a Rytecraft

[nicanary]

I don't think this car was ever built, but I'm probably wrong.  Is it anything to do with Lawrie Bond?

[Wendax]

Locked for you, because it is a Bond. Find its name, and you'll get that point.

[nicanary]

I have looked at every reference book I have, and checked all the relevant internet sites, but I can find no mention of this car. I suspect that this is an artists drawing of a proposed car which was never actually built - Lawrie Bond was well-known for his fertile imagination and enthusiasm, but he quickly went from one project to another.

The wheels look like those from his Type C Formula 3 500cc single-seater. Maybe this is a proposal for a sports car based on that engine and chassis. Just a guess - if the 3-wheeler was called the Minicar, was this going to be called the Minisports?

[Wendax]

Your assumptions are mainly correct. It follows the technical design of the 500 cc Type C racing car. The picture is taken from an official brochure, but I think this car never materialized. Its name isn't Minisports, but thematically related.

Locked for another try.

[nicanary]

Miniracer?

[Wendax]

Mini is not part of its name.

Unlocked and open for all.

[nicanary]

Type D ?

[Wendax]

No, it is a word of literary origin.

[targhediferro]

Bond Novel?