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Title: Solved - NEH 4722: Strother MacMinn proposal for VW Beetle redesign - 1957
Post by: Carnut on June 14, 2016, 07:03:13 AM: What's this, by whom, from when - for 1 point?:

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Title: Re: NEH 4722
Post by: Carnut on July 05, 2016, 05:10:07 AM: Experts?
Title: Re: NEH 4722
Post by: kwgibbs on July 05, 2016, 03:33:35 PM: was this a design by strother MacMinn and bob gurr?
Title: Re: NEH 4722
Post by: D-type on July 05, 2016, 03:36:18 PM: Any DKW or Auto Union connection?
Title: Re: NEH 4722
Post by: Carnut on July 07, 2016, 10:13:30 AM: Quote from: D-type on July 05, 2016, 03:36:18 PM
Any DKW or Auto Union connection?

No, none..

Quote from: kwgibbs on July 05, 2016, 03:33:35 PM
was this a design by strother MacMinn and bob gurr?

Yes it was by Strother Mac Minn!
So I'll lock it for you to fill in the other details.
Title: Re: NEH 4722
Post by: kwgibbs on July 07, 2016, 11:27:00 AM: according to my source,it was the Strother MacMinn Redesign.MacMinn also reduced the height and might have increased the rear overhang(it,s hard to be sure,given the perspectives he used in the renderings).I think his redesign is much more successful than Gurr,s.That,s because it retains a VW feeling or spirit.It also has a more timeless appearance than Gurr,s 1955-based design.
Title: Re: NEH 4722
Post by: Carnut on July 07, 2016, 11:51:25 AM: Yes, a proposal for a re-designed Beetle it was (Wendax also puzzled one recently).
Here's the rear view:
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4722: Strother MacMinn proposal for VW Beetle redesign - 1957
Post by: kwgibbs on July 07, 2016, 01:41:53 PM: sorry for forgetting the date,I was going to put it as 1957.