BX5 - Zethrin Rennsport sketch by Benjamin Bowden, 1953

[oko94]

Designed in 1954 ?

[barrett]

Close - it's dated 1953

[oko94]

David Bache ?

[barrett]

David Bache ?

Not him

[Allan L]

Dunlop-style wheels, so Jaguar-related?

Could it be MGA twincam related?

[oko94]

Roy Haynes ?

[barrett]

No Haynes or MG connection

[oko94]

Austin-Healey proposal ?

[fromwien]

Nash-Healey proposal?

[barrett]

Not Austin or Nash Healey, but there is a vague connection...

[oko94]

Jensen proposal ?

[barrett]

Not Jensen

[oko94]

Triumph proposal ?

[barrett]

Not Triumph

[fromwien]

Frazer-Nash?

[barrett]

No

[fromwien]

Buckler?

[barrett]

No. This was for a make which didn't actually get off the ground

[fromwien]

So I understand, it is a 1953 project by an British stylist, for a marque, which never got off the ground.
Was the stylist a race car engineer, who designed other race cars?

[oko94]

Is the stylist known for mass-produced passenger cars ?

[barrett]

Is the stylist known for mass-produced passenger cars ?

'mass-produced' is probably a stretch, but yes he is most famous for his car designs which were built

[oko94]

Could it be a young William Towns (he was 17 in 1953) ?

[barrett]

Not Towns

[oko94]

Tom Karen ?

[barrett]

Not Karen