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No, not a Delahaye, nor is it French, and Yes, the car is entirely European. This is actually a limited production version of a regularly offered model of one European countrie's manufacturer, bodied by a coachbuilder of another 'affiliated' country - applying a little of the geo-political alignements in place immediately preceding WW II would probably go a long way to help identify this car.

 

..................another clue

 

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Doesn't look like like we're getting anywhere with this, so I'll just post the car and solve the riddle.

 

It's a 1939 BMW 328 Mille Miglia Coupe - Chassis and drivetrain by BMW, body and interior by Carrozzeria Touring, Miano, Italy. In '38

 

To celebrate their 'axis' relationship, Germany and Italy agreed to stage a Berlin - Rome race / rally, but Adolph's rushing the Nazi expansion program in Sept. of '39 upset the scheduling and put paid to plans for the race, although this car did win the Mille Miglia a year later in '40..

 

The car currently resides in the BMW museum. you know, the "Four-Cylinder" building in Munich. 

 

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OK, Stuart, let's give it another go then..........

 

A couple of clues.

 

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Another clue.

 

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Not a Ferrari, but the Agnellis played a prominent role in the maeques history.

 

Yes, it is a Zagato creation, and No, Abarth was not involved.

 

As further clues, a total of 114 of this model were eventually produced with bodies by various coach builders ( mostly Italian ) - these 114 units all share one unique feature only found in this model series.

 

Good luck,

 

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A FIAT 8V Zagato Berlinetta it is indeed, except this one is a '55 vintage specimen.

 

The one characteristic they all shared is that to this day this series of FIATs - the Otto-Vu cars , all 114 of them, remain the only V-8 engined cars Fiat ever produced.

 

Thanks for playing, Vanellus, your turn,

 

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Thank you John, delicious :p

 

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This part of a stereo, taken with M9 and Zeiss Steritar

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