John Z. Goriup Posted January 9, 2018 Share #10621  Posted January 9, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thank you, Wilson.,  For the next mystery car, please see the attached sliver of a photo I took of it while on exhibition at a Concours. The photo actually contains lots of clues that should enable you to get very close - marque, and specific model please.  JZG Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3436461'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted January 9, 2018 Share #10622  Posted January 9, 2018 ............perhaps the above is just a bit too generic, so here's another aspect of the car to get folks closer. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3436513'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted January 9, 2018 Share #10623 Â Posted January 9, 2018 It seems to be a competition version of whatever it is, probably from the '50s, perhaps for rallying. that third wiper should help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted January 9, 2018 Share #10624 Â Posted January 9, 2018 Alfa? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted January 9, 2018 Share #10625 Â Posted January 9, 2018 Or something else by Zagato? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted January 10, 2018 Share #10626 Â Posted January 10, 2018 Stuart, everything you've postulated is 100% correct and relevant, Â No, it's not an Alfa - but it is Italian, and No, Zagato did not make it, rather another famous Carrozzeria designed and built it. Â I might add one more clue without giving away the identity of this beautiful little Coupe...............and that is that this specific car won a significant international racing victory the year it was built. Â JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted January 10, 2018 Share #10627 Â Posted January 10, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Is it a Maserati A6GCS/53 from 1954 with Pinninfarina bodywork (done behind Ferrari's back and he was furious)? Â Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted January 10, 2018 Share #10628  Posted January 10, 2018 I think it's something smaller, and perhaps a bit more obscure than a Maser. More like something from Abarth or Cisitalia, though I can think of no Abarth of Cisitalia like this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted January 10, 2018 Share #10629  Posted January 10, 2018 Not a Maserati, nor any of the more obscure Italian marques.  Final clue attached, before - as Peter Ustinov's delightful portraial of Hercule Poirot frequently said - "all will be revealed".  JZG Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3436987'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted January 10, 2018 Share #10630  Posted January 10, 2018 The racing version of the Fiat 8V? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted January 10, 2018 Share #10631  Posted January 10, 2018 The racing version of the Fiat 8V?   As the absolute final clue, only the first letter of the guessed marque is correct, but the same letter also happens to be the first letter of the name of the acual manufacturer of this machine.  Can we get one more guess, folks...................think Bracco / Rolfo, Colombo, Ascari, Villoresi  JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanellus Posted January 10, 2018 Share #10632 Â Posted January 10, 2018 (edited) -- Edited January 10, 2018 by vanellus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted January 10, 2018 Share #10633 Â Posted January 10, 2018 That's one heck of a fuel filler! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanellus Posted January 10, 2018 Share #10634 Â Posted January 10, 2018 Ferrari 250 S Vignale Coupe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted January 11, 2018 Share #10635  Posted January 11, 2018 Ferrari 250 S Vignale Coupe is the correct answer.  This particular machine, Ser.# 0156 ET, was completed in March of '52 and was built for and enterered in the famed Mlle Miglia race the same year against a very strong field of very capable competitors. Driven by Giovanni Brocco & Alfonso Rolfo it won the event outright after Kling's Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing developed mechanical problems.  A month later this car started the LeMans 24 Hour race with Alberto Ascari driving, but retired with clutch trouble.  What makes the 250 S such a significant car for Ferrari historians is that it was the first Ferrari to use the famed Colombo designed 60-degree V-12 motor, thus becoming the first 250 model in the  long line of extremely successful road & racing 250 series cars, culminating with the immortal 250 GTO Series 10 years later.  Thanks for playing, your turn, Vanellus  JZG  Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3437420'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted January 11, 2018 Share #10636  Posted January 11, 2018 Ferrari 250 S Vignale Coupe is the correct answer.  What makes the 250 S such a significant car for Ferrari historians is that it was the first Ferrari to use the famed Colombo designed 60-degree V-12 motor, thus becoming the first 250 model in the  long line of extremely successful road & racing 250 series cars, culminating with the immortal 250 GTO Series 10 years later.  Thanks for playing, your turn, Vanellus  JZG  Correction:  I failed to emphasize in my wrap-up of this car that it was not the first Ferrari to use the Colombo V-12, rather, the engine was developed and enlarged from the first Ferrari Model 166 iteration  ( remember that Ferrari designated its cars by individual cylinder displacement ) which then became the 195, then the  212, the 225  and finally blossomed into the famous and seminal 3-liter series, the 250 Model line ( 250 x 12= 3000 ).  JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanellus Posted January 11, 2018 Share #10637  Posted January 11, 2018 Thank you for interesting details John  Any radiator-mascot-afficionados out there? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! It´s european, but european designers in those day loved to look over the sea to the land with the huge cars with big blocks.  Günter Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! It´s european, but european designers in those day loved to look over the sea to the land with the huge cars with big blocks.  Günter ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3437564'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted January 12, 2018 Share #10638  Posted January 12, 2018 I remember the '50s, when practically every US manufacturer utilized some form of Jules Vernesque  stylized hood ornament to show how much their latest products emulated jets & space craft, and even though this has been posted to be a European example, it  looks a lot like a Lincoln Zephyr item, to me at least..........I say that because for the life of me I can't think of an European model that used that hood ornament.  One more obscure clue maybe.  JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanellus Posted January 13, 2018 Share #10639  Posted January 13, 2018 Oh, I see, this radiator-poultry is too far off. I solve an hand over to the next. This mascot was an option for Volvo-444-byers Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3438892'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted January 13, 2018 Share #10640  Posted January 13, 2018 If there are no objections, allow me to post this pre-war Coupe. As additinal information, this car was one of a small run of special-purpose cars within the main series of sports roadsters offered by this manufacturer at the time.  JZG Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3439342'>More sharing options...
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