It might look familiar to some of you.
For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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I think this is a concept for triumph XL90 of 1967?
No
did it have any connection with triumph?
No
was it a prototype sketch for a well-known british car co.?
No
Japanese ?
is it European?
European
was it actually ever built ,or just a sketch?
Hard to answer without giving it away. Let's say it this way: it was not built as it was initially supposed to be.
It's European but RHD; does that mean it's British, as I can't think of any other European car-producing nations which drive on the left apart from Ireland?
Quote from: kwgibbs on June 06, 2016, 11:18:38 PM
was it a prototype sketch for a well-known british car co.?
I did not deny that it was British, because it is British! It was just not a design sketch for a well-known British car company.
By a design studio, like Ogle?
No, by an independent designer
And was the designer British too?
Yes
One who is known for other cars too?
He did enter several design competitions and won at least one. I don't think that any of his other designs were ever built.
Did he work for a manufacturer or as a freelance?
freelance, later on he changed towards education
John Heffernan?
No
Tony Stevens?
No
BTW, nobody picked up this hint so far:
Quote from: Wendax on June 08, 2016, 02:17:30 AM
Hard to answer without giving it away. Let's say it this way: it was not built as it was initially supposed to be.
Ken Greenley?
No
Was it the guy who designed the Marcos Mantis? Maybe this design was the original intention but it somehow morphed into the Mantis?
Usually Dennis Adams is credited with the design of the Mantis but in fact he only designed the interior and did the first rough sketches. Someone else actually designed the body we saw..
Nothing to do with the Marcos Mantis
Does he still work as a lecturer?
No, he died 20 years ago.
David Bache?
No
Quote from: Wendax on June 08, 2016, 02:17:30 AM
Hard to answer without giving it away. Let's say it this way: it was not built as it was initially supposed to be.
So a version of it was built by a small British manufacturer; not an MPV like this proposal then?
Quote from: Carnut on June 15, 2016, 09:51:10 AM
Quote from: Wendax on June 08, 2016, 02:17:30 AM
Hard to answer without giving it away. Let's say it this way: it was not built as it was initially supposed to be.
So a version of it was built by a small British manufacturer; not an MPV like this proposal then?
A version of it was successfully built by a big British company, and it still looked like the proposal!
It's not the Shado Jeep built for the old British TV series UFO is it?
No
Thought not..
Built by a big British car manufacturer?
Was it a big company but not an automotive company? A company that normally made different stuff but made a car based on this?
Quote from: el_monty on June 15, 2016, 10:32:50 AM
Was it a big company but not an automotive company?
Correct
Quote from: el_monty on June 15, 2016, 10:32:50 AM
A company that normally made different stuff but made a car based on this?
No
Quote from: Carnut on June 15, 2016, 10:24:25 AM
Thought not..
Built by a big British car manufacturer?
I guess that answers my question too, although your reply to el_monty seems to be a bit contradictory.
If they were not an automotive company but built this how come they didn't normally make other stuff?
Unless they didn't normally make anything at all but were an investment company or something like that?
A film production company?
Quote from: Carnut on June 15, 2016, 11:26:10 AM
Quote from: Carnut on June 15, 2016, 10:24:25 AM
Thought not..
Built by a big British car manufacturer?
I guess that answers my question too, although your reply to el_monty seems to be a bit contradictory.
If they were not an automotive company but built this how come they didn't normally make other stuff?
Unless they didn't normally make anything at all but were an investment company or something like that?
Sorry to have confused you more than necessary. The "no" was the answer to the question in all its detailedness. Parts of it are right assumptions, others are not. It was a company that made different stuff, but they didn't make a car based on this. I know that sounds contradictory unless you know the answer. ;)
PS. And I am sure you all know the company.
Was it a Bill Towns design (from before he bought a ruler!), with just one being made for publicity purposes?
No
So more than one were built?
The actual car was never built, but that what finally became of it was built many, many times.
Quote from: Wendax on June 16, 2016, 06:57:22 AM
The actual car was never built, but that what finally became of it was built many, many times.
But not by a car manufacturer (which sounds like a repeat question...); so did it have another purpose, like a fairground ride?
Yes, it did have another purpose. It was not a fairground ride, although that guess is not completely off target, as it was meant to produce fun, too.
Quote from: Wendax on June 16, 2016, 09:49:43 AM
Yes, it did have another purpose. It was not a fairground ride, although that guess is not completely off target, as it was meant to produce fun, too.
A boat?
Is the company Matchbox?
Yes it is, I just found it. It's the Matchbox Freeman Inter City Commuter from the early 70s. Designed by Peter F. Freeman
Brilliant! I knew you were right as soon as you said Matchbox!
"Peter F. Freeman, designed the Intercity Commuter for a 1965 Weekend Telegraph competition to design a city car"
The Matchbox car entered production in 1970.
That was a good puzzle! :thumbsup:
Tatataaah! This correct answer earns you point number 100!
I have been owning a Matchbox Freeman Intercity Commuter since childhood days. I just recently read that it was in fact modeled after a design for a real car that never was built. I've had my share of fun with this puzzle, too! ;D
Me too!
As soon as el_monty posted "Matchbox" I pictured it straight away in my mind's eye.
I knew I knew it from somehere but just couldn't put my finger on where...