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DAVID OGLE FOUNDED THE DESIGN COMPANY IN 1954 AND DECIDED TO BRANCH OUT INTO CAR DESIGN IN 1960 WITH A FOUR-SEATER GT COUPÉ BASED ON RILEY 1.5 MECHANICALS, BUT ONLY EIGHT WHERE MADE. MORE SUCCESFUL WAS THE PRETTY OGLE MINI SX1000 COUPÉ, AN EXTREMELY CURVACEOUS GLASSFIBRE BODY BASED ON MINI PARTS. OGLE ALSO DESIGNED THE VERY HANDSOME OGLE SX250 ON THE CHASSIS OF THE DAIMLER SP250. THIS WAS SHOWN AT THE 1962 LONDON MOTOR SHOW AND IMPRESSED BRITISH SPECIALIST COMPANY RELIANT SO MUCH THAT IT WAS MODIFIED TO BECOME THE RELIANT SCIMITAR COUPÉ. OGLE THEN TOOK THE SCIMITAR AND MADE A TRIPLES GTS ESTATE (STATION WAGON). THIS CAR BECOME THE PROPERTY OF HRH PRINCE PHILIP FOR A TIME. TRAGICALLY, IN 1962 DAVID OGLE DIED AT THE WHEEL ON HIS WAY TO BRAND HATCH. |
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