SOLVED: Djeset 730 - Gardner Douglas F1 proposal by Melvyn Gardner

[Djetset]

Thanks!
The plot thickens..

How about "Wedge"?

Not Wedge.

[Carnut]

Le Mans?

[Djetset]

Le Mans?

Not Le Mans, but along the right lines.

[Carnut]

Named after a race-track?  Monza?

[Djetset]

Named after a race-track?  Monza?

Getting colder.

[Carnut]

Named after a race then?  Daytona?

[Djetset]

Named after a race then?  Daytona?

No, on the wrong track as not named after a circuit.

[Carnut]

More like Mille Miglia then?

[Djetset]

More like Mille Miglia then?

No, more a form of motor sport 

[wingroad]

Rally Cross ?

[Djetset]

Rally Cross ?

Sorry, still locked to Carnut until tomorrow, but does the styling of this proposal really suggest rally cross?!

[Carnut]

Can-Am?

[Djetset]

Can-Am?

No

[Carnut]

Grand Prix (not that it looks much like a GP car...)?

[Carnut]

Or Group C perhaps?

[Djetset]

Grand Prix (not that it looks much like a GP car...)?

Getting much much warmer...

[Carnut]

Formula One (it doesn't look much like an F1 car either!)?

[Djetset]

Formula One (it doesn't look much like an F1 car either!)?

It may not look like an F1, but that's what this proposal was called, so well done, another point to you.

I'll post more details and another image later today.

[nicanary]

Formula One (it doesn't look much like an F1 car either!)?

It may not look like an F1, but that's what this proposal was called, so well done, another point to you.

I'll post more details and another image later today.

I think Bernie Ecclestone would have had his lawyers on the case if this had gone ahead. Pretty sure he's got the name "Formula One" under copyright. And "Grand Prix" - that's why these days nobody can hold any race and call it a grand prix even though it's just a French phrase.

[Djetset]

I think Bernie Ecclestone would have had his lawyers on the case if this had gone ahead. Pretty sure he's got the name "Formula One" under copyright. And "Grand Prix" - that's why these days nobody can hold any race and call it a grand prix even though it's just a French phrase.

That's why they chose F1 I guess, as McLaren in the same period.

[Djetset]

More info and another image of this still-borne GD F1 proposal.  The car was conceived by Melvyn Gardner, a co-founder of Gardner Douglas, in the early 1990s.  The F1 remained purely a dream on paper, with no models made.  It's a shame, as it was a great looking machine.

[Carnut]

Thanks Djetset.  Fascinating. So he beat McLaren to the name by a couple of years!
Thanks for the point.