hektor Posted June 11, 2021 Share #15481 Posted June 11, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) 39 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said: The 8C Alfas are IMHO the nicest of all pre-war cars to drive. They did have flat-spots, overcome by fitting a modern Weber inside the Memini. Now in the Louwman Museum, here is the 1933 Chiron Le Man car in which a friend and I enjoyed a Mille Miglia retrospective: 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! 4 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=4218507'>More sharing options...
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wlaidlaw Posted June 12, 2021 Share #15482 Posted June 12, 2021 Our Monza had twin Bing carburettors, apparently from pre-war but it was a methanol fuelled car. The 2600 engine in the Monza was supposed to have 210BHP but it never felt remotely like that to us. When racing the Monza, I always felt it was saying: "Ouch Ouch you're hurting me; please slow down a bit". The Memini carburettors tend to be killed by methanol as the tin in the soldered joints is dissolved away. Our later 1935 Gasoline fuelled 2600 Corsa has the Weber mod to the original Memini and it really feels as if it has the stated 200HP that the engine builder claimed. Here is the Corsa up at Plan-de-la-Tour in the Montagnes de Maures on a lunch trip. 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! 4 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=4218593'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 13, 2021 Share #15483 Posted June 13, 2021 It's not clear who won this. and goes next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 13, 2021 Share #15484 Posted June 13, 2021 I think it's you Stuart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 13, 2021 Share #15485 Posted June 13, 2021 This should not be very difficult 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=4219275'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 13, 2021 Share #15486 Posted June 13, 2021 Looks like an Alfa Romeo 1900 C Super Sprint Coupé from around 1955. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted June 13, 2021 Share #15487 Posted June 13, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) Don't think it is a 1900 Super Sprint Coupé. I had one for a while. Absolute truck/lorry. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 13, 2021 Share #15488 Posted June 13, 2021 1 hour ago, hektor said: Don't think it is a 1900 Super Sprint Coupé. I had one for a while. Absolute truck/lorry. Our De Mola bodied Alfa 6C 2500 was not a great car to drive either, albeit very pretty. It was the car that Leopold III re-entered Brussels in after the liberation, although at that time it had a 6C 1750 chassis as underpinnings. The body was swapped to a 6C2500 rolling chassis in around 1947/48. The problem is that a lot of the Italian/French late 40's early 50's coupés look quite similar. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasstellwag Posted June 13, 2021 Share #15489 Posted June 13, 2021 might be a Bristol 404 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted June 13, 2021 Share #15490 Posted June 13, 2021 Not a Bristol 404 either, however it was a delightful car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 13, 2021 Share #15491 Posted June 13, 2021 I think it is likely to be Italian as it has Borrani wheels. In this period really only Italian cars used these. It is not curvy enough for a Fiat 8V or a Siata 208, so if it is not an Alfa 1900, the only other Italian coupés which might fit the bill are a Maserati A6G, maybe the Frua bodied one or a Ferrari 195 Inter. The fact that it is LHD unless Stuart is being very sneaky and has horizontally inverted the picture, makes it unlikely to be a Lancia Aurelia B20 GT Phase II (the Phase 1 had quarter light windows). Very few of these were made in LHD. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 13, 2021 Share #15492 Posted June 13, 2021 I think it’s a Pininfarina Ferrari 212 Inter (‘53?). It’s got the right high shoulder with no expressed rear arch line, but more telling is the top windscreen shape. I think the black paint hides the (awkward) gutter detail at the top of the screen. The screen’s angular top corners are a bit “spyder-like” suggesting visually that the roof sits down onto the top of the screen frame like a hood. They don’t follow those of most of the contemporary Italian designs where the screen corners are much more radiussed to echo the rear quarterlights and the screen head/roofline profile is much more swept as a clean/uniform surface... It’s actually a slightly odd detail (to my eyes). Could be wrong tho 🤔 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 14, 2021 Share #15493 Posted June 14, 2021 A very interesting set of guesses, but Nigel nailed it - This one from 1953. Wilson - What is it like to drive? 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! 3 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=4219810'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 14, 2021 Share #15494 Posted June 14, 2021 Stuart, I have not driven a 195 or the very similar 212 but I have driven an earlier 166. Lovely sweet engine but that is about it. Horrible steering, amongst the worst I have ever driven after a 540K. My 1955 375MM had been converted by a previous owner to rack and pinion, otherwise I suspect it would not have been much better. Wilson 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 17, 2021 Share #15495 Posted June 17, 2021 Nigel - It's your turn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 17, 2021 Share #15496 Posted June 17, 2021 Sorry was away on Nantucket - will find something later today... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 17, 2021 Share #15497 Posted June 17, 2021 Here you go 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=4221876'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted June 18, 2021 Share #15498 Posted June 18, 2021 Not sure, but this has something (not everything) in common with the Siata Daina. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 18, 2021 Share #15499 Posted June 18, 2021 Ronald, I would agree and with the sliding windows, it must be the Bertone body version as the Pininfarina and Zagato body ones both had wind up windows. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted June 18, 2021 Share #15500 Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) I will probably get ridiculed for this, but to my eyes that looks a lot like a 1952 Ferrari 340 America coupe.........with an aftermarket steering wheel. The windows, the vent-window hardware, the location of the gauges and dash-mounted bits all lead to this conclusion. Edit: On second thought, that actually looks like an authentic sterring wheel, however it appears that the yellow background and the 'Cavallino rampante' on the horn button have been blanked out. JZG Edited June 18, 2021 by John Z. Goriup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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