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About Tough to Crack Car Puzzle #196: 1971 Jem Futura
Last week’s puzzle came from our friends at AutoPuzzles.com and it was clear to us, the puzzle was a bit harder. Because, although it had a very characteristic look and we also gave a hint already in the first sentence, we only received 5 answers of which 4 were correct.
Good answers:
The first one who gave a correct answer was Gerd Klioba: “This is the Jem Futura, designed by Robin Statham, builder of the Minijem. First shown at the 1971 Racing Car Show in London. It was built on a VW floor pan, but had its own glass-fibre floor to ensure rigidity. The most striking feature was its mode of entry through the side-hinged windscreen. Only three body shells were made, the prototype seen above, a street legal version (registered DBC188T) with headlights in the front wings and a third one ending up in Brazil. The development of the Futura was too costly for Jem Cars which went into liquidation the same year.”
Till Jauernig gave an extra nice anecdote: “The headlamps behind the windscreen were illegally”.
Ace Zenek added that the car was built by Robin Statham of Fellpoint, Ltd. in Penn, Buckinghamshire, England. And he also said “Originally designed with no windshield wiper and four lights built into the windshield/central opening door, it was redesigned to meet vehicle regulations, and later shown with windshield wiper and lights built into the front fenders. One built? Surprising name as Ford owned the “Futura” name in the United States, Australia, and likely England, so production under this name was probably not feasible. Stratham died unexpectedly in October 2015.
Last response came from Verner Johnsen: “You enter the car by opening the entire top, and walk in over the front. 3 bodies were made, and one street legal car was made in 1979. The puzzle-picture is from the brochure. According to the brochure you could mount the finished body onto the florpan in a weekend.”
The winner:
Thank you all for joining the puzzle and for the good answers. This week’s winner is Gerd Klioba as he gave the most complete answer. He will receive the full 5 points in the six months competition, sponsored by Hans Compter Rare Cars.
Enjoy your weekend.
Currrent top 5:
- Gerd Klioba - 23 points
- Fritz Hegemann - 15 points
- Neil Beadle - 14 points
- Ace Zenek - 13 points
- Robbie Marenzi - 12 points
Publiziert:
Samstag November 17th, 2018
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