John Z. Goriup Posted August 29, 2018 Share #11261 Posted August 29, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) 2010 Aston Martin Rapide dunk That is the correct answer...............can't figure out foir the life of me how you were able to determine make, model and year by the meager detail contained in the photo I posted, but in any event -Well done, Dunk. Shot at the unfortunately discontinued Marin Concours d'Elegance at the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Marin Civic Center in 2011, this was the first Rapide sedan in California. An extremely attractive car, but later that day, the dealer who had brought the car to display before publicly presenting it to his wife as her anniversary present gave several friends a short drive in it. Typically Aston-Martin, it was a very refined, fast and solid car, but woefully uncomfortable, especially in the backseat and entirely unsuitable as a useful four-door, four-seater road car...............except maybe for relatively short trips with a pair of well behaved young children to their private school . 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! 1 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=3582150'>More sharing options...
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John Z. Goriup Posted August 29, 2018 Share #11262 Posted August 29, 2018 .............another view. 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! 1 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=3582154'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted August 29, 2018 Share #11263 Posted August 29, 2018 .................and the final image, showing the tiny 'boot'. 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=3582159'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 29, 2018 Share #11264 Posted August 29, 2018 Beautiful car John. ID was not easy. I'll post the next mystery car later this evening or tomorrow morning. Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 30, 2018 Share #11265 Posted August 30, 2018 (edited) Here's the next puzzler which is powered by a 2 stroke engine. The car was allegedly made to satisfy a company director's wife's need for 'something easier to park'. The designer created the shape by allegedly sitting on the engine whilst an assistant drew an outline encompassing him and the power plant. Relatively few were manufactured but it was developed into three models the third being capable of almost 70mph 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! If you know the make you'll know the year of manufacture too. Good luck dunk Edited August 30, 2018 by dkCambridgeshire 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! If you know the make you'll know the year of manufacture too. Good luck dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3582397'>More sharing options...
hektor Posted August 30, 2018 Share #11266 Posted August 30, 2018 (edited) 1959 Scootacar made in Leeds, England Edited August 30, 2018 by hektor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 30, 2018 Share #11267 Posted August 30, 2018 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Correct Hektor and well done. This example has been nicely restored and received lots of compliments at the recent Maxey Classic Car and Bike Show near Peterborough UK. 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! An interesting microcar powered by a singe cylinder Villiers 197cc two stroke engine. Your turn Hektor. dunk Edited August 30, 2018 by dkCambridgeshire 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! An interesting microcar powered by a singe cylinder Villiers 197cc two stroke engine. Your turn Hektor. dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=3582423'>More sharing options...
hektor Posted August 30, 2018 Share #11268 Posted August 30, 2018 Hi Dunk, Interesting one. Jeremy Clarkson would have loved it. What are you doing awake at 0300? 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! 1 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=3582424'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 30, 2018 Share #11269 Posted August 30, 2018 Hi Dunk, Interesting one. Jeremy Clarkson would have loved it. What are you doing awake at 0300? I'd attended a moth trapping event so was up a little later than anticipated. dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 30, 2018 Share #11270 Posted August 30, 2018 Hektor, I think you have posted that photo before and we thought it might be a 1938-ish Audi Front 225. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted August 31, 2018 Share #11271 Posted August 31, 2018 Sorry everyone. Try this one, and don't be put off by the seat belts. The car is from the fifties: 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=3583051'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 2, 2018 Share #11272 Posted September 2, 2018 This would appear to be a one-off. I suspect we need some help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted September 2, 2018 Share #11273 Posted September 2, 2018 I'm amazed this is from the 50s. It has an NSU look about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted September 3, 2018 Share #11274 Posted September 3, 2018 It is a "one off" of sorts. It was number three in a series which began in 1955. I was mistaken when saying it was from the fifties. In fact it was made in 1991 but a continuation of the aforesaid series. All were exhibited at Pebble Beach in 1992. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 3, 2018 Share #11275 Posted September 3, 2018 It must be Italian as those are Carello headlights. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted September 3, 2018 Share #11276 Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) Not Italian. Built in California on a Japanese floorpan. Its predecessors were on Italian platforms. I suspect some details were sourced from Italy, such as the side lights common to the 105 series Alfa Romeo. Edited September 3, 2018 by hektor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 3, 2018 Share #11277 Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) Simpson Blue Ray III built in cooperation with Nardi USA and Nardi Italy and utilising a prototype Mazda 929 … and the seat belt clue was helpful dunk Edited September 3, 2018 by dkCambridgeshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted September 3, 2018 Share #11278 Posted September 3, 2018 Spot on Dunk. https://www.simpsondesign.net/blue-ray-3/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 3, 2018 Share #11279 Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) Thank you Hektor … that was a puzzle to identify but the seat belt logo helped http://motormavens.com/shopaholic1-washingtons-simpson-design-part-i/ I'll post the next mystery car later this evening or tomorrow morning. Regards dunk Edited September 3, 2018 by dkCambridgeshire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted September 3, 2018 Share #11280 Posted September 3, 2018 What an odd basis to use to put all that work into. As the Irish say, if you want to get there, you shouldn't be starting from here. I suppose Jim Simpson trawled round all the manufactures look for the donation of a floor pan and mechanicals and Mazda were the only folks who bit. It could have been worse and been the Korean version of the 929, the Kia Potentia, used as executive taxis in Korea in the 1990's. We got driven from Halong Bay in Vietnam to Hanoi, about a 4 hour trip through singularly unattractive country, mostly coal mining, in an elderly Kia Potentia, that had done over 400,000 km. I don't know how bad it was new but 15 years as a taxi in Korea and Vietnam had not improved it any. Shock absorbers were obviously an optional extra. That will teach me to complain. We had done the outward trip in a small Nissan Micra and I phoned the travel company to say I did not want any more cars with no rear legroom, where we had to have our hand luggage on our knees but forgot to mention we would like suspension. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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