John Z. Goriup Posted March 24, 2020 Share #12861  Posted March 24, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) ............and a rear 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=3937832'>More sharing options...
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hektor Posted March 24, 2020 Share #12862  Posted March 24, 2020 29 minutes ago, John Z. Goriup said: Happy to oblige, Hektor JZG  Thank-you John. Pity it was never put in to production. Another Max Hoffmann was needed. Similarly with the magnificent C112. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted March 24, 2020 Share #12863  Posted March 24, 2020 Yes, the C111 should have gone into production. Here is your next car  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=3938352'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 24, 2020 Share #12864 Â Posted March 24, 2020 Italian? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted March 24, 2020 Share #12865 Â Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) This is what I first thought too, but no, although the design is Italian, but not the marque Edited March 24, 2020 by a.j.z Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted March 24, 2020 Share #12866  Posted March 24, 2020 The 72-spoke wire wheels makes me think that it's most likely American. The other clue is the slight flare of the front fender, which didn't come into fashion until about the mid '60s, at which time a number of American manufacturers and entrepreneurs commissioned US-engined 'custom-made' sportscars from Italy. Could it be an Apollo, something from Intermeccanica, or perhaps the Scaglietti Corvette ? JZG  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted March 24, 2020 Share #12867  Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) It is the last of your guesses, a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Italia Scaglietti. Definitely the most Italian looking US car that I have ever seen. Back to you!  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! Edited March 24, 2020 by a.j.z 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=3938581'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted March 25, 2020 Share #12868  Posted March 25, 2020 The next mystery car..................... hope it's not too easy. 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=3939010'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted March 27, 2020 Share #12869  Posted March 27, 2020 Here's an expanded 'clue' photo, my attempt to entice someone to step forward and solve this. 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=3940796'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 27, 2020 Share #12870  Posted March 27, 2020 The side creases have a flavour of Pegaso about them but I don't recognise the air vent slots. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted March 27, 2020 Share #12871  Posted March 27, 2020 Not a Pegaso. Here's the car I initially thought everyone was going to guess, a '63 Ferrari 400 Super America, since the area in the clue photos seems virtually identical.......... in any event, it's neither a Ferrari nor a Pegaso. As a further hint, the 'mystery car' is not European. Thanks for the reply, 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=3940886'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 28, 2020 Share #12872  Posted March 28, 2020 1957 Thunderbird? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 28, 2020 Share #12873  Posted March 28, 2020 No, the early T-Birds did not have louvers in the wings. John's latest hint suggests a small production vehicle with drivetrain sourced elsewhere. Perhaps an Iso Rivolta (an unfortunate model name) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted March 28, 2020 Share #12874 Â Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) Wilson, not american. Stuart, we must have posted simultaneously, didn't read your reply - not Rivolta connected. The entire car is an in-house development of one manufacturer. JZG Edited March 28, 2020 by John Z. Goriup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 28, 2020 Share #12875  Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, stuny said: No, the early T-Birds did not have louvers in the wings. John's latest hint suggests a small production vehicle with drivetrain sourced elsewhere. Perhaps an Iso Rivolta (an unfortunate model name) See photo of 57 Thunderbird. The "Why so Revolting" were horrible cars to work on. The wiring was all the same colour cotton fabric covered rubber insulated cable. In the very hot engine bay, the cotton rotted off and rubber perished rapidly. A wiring loom would end up as assorted copper strands often shorted against each other immersed in a horrible reddish sticky mess of perished rubber. Wilson  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! Edited March 28, 2020 by wlaidlaw 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=3941310'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 28, 2020 Share #12876  Posted March 28, 2020 What about a Cunningham C6? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted March 28, 2020 Share #12877  Posted March 28, 2020 Not a Cunningham - Only the first Cunningham road car was built in the US, but the costs were astronomical, so all the rest were built in Italy. This mystery car has no US, Italian or any other European content. As an additional hint allow me to offer that this was the first car by this manufacturer to use the this particular new-for-then drivetrain technology on a mass production basis. JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted March 28, 2020 Share #12878 Â Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) Mazda Cosmo Sport series 1 maybe (1967?)....would need to see if the indicator repeater was round or rectangular - I think the earliest were round. Edited March 28, 2020 by NigelG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted March 28, 2020 Share #12879  Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) I now think I see the reason for the different crops - the second picture shows more of a hint of those distinctive upper swage lines that run off the top of the wheel arches....like the Ferrari 400 SA (never really appreciated how similar the detailing of that particular panel is) Edited March 28, 2020 by NigelG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted March 28, 2020 Share #12880 Â Posted March 28, 2020 The louvers are really very similar to the Cosmo but the rest does not fit. Is it Japanese at all? I think that I have seen this brand sign somewhere. Just to make sure: when you say that It is not European, you mean that it is also not from the UK? Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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