Rona!d Posted July 26, 2021 Share #15721 Posted July 26, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) And here a crop of the beautiful cockpit which should solve the riddle. 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=4245810'>More sharing options...
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NigelG Posted July 26, 2021 Share #15722 Posted July 26, 2021 Great puzzle Rona!d Could we be looking at a Ghia design? I was about say it seems similar in part to the Fiat 1500S OSCA or regular Cabrio but that dashboard crop suggests otherwise....maybe more exotic than a fiat... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 26, 2021 Share #15723 Posted July 26, 2021 Nigel, as this car became one of my favourites about 30 years ago when I accidently stumbled over it under a barn roof (in restored condition) this riddle starts to become a pleasure. When I first met this model I was clueless as you guys but I fell in love immediately. Forget Ghia and forget FIAT although the carrozzeria which made the body also worked with FIAT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted July 26, 2021 Share #15724 Posted July 26, 2021 More digging in my carrozzeria books required...😀 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 26, 2021 Share #15725 Posted July 26, 2021 🤔 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted July 26, 2021 Share #15726 Posted July 26, 2021 Is it a UK manufactured car with the bodywork provided by an Italian designer / manufacturer? P. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted July 26, 2021 Share #15727 Posted July 26, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) 12 minutes ago, pippy said: Is it a UK manufactured car with the bodywork provided by an Italian designer / manufacturer? P. I had looked at this with Touring...there was a certainly a link between Aston and Touring, but also Sunbeam cf. the Sunbeam Venezia - but I don’t think there was a “designer” version of the Alpine/Tiger that would fit the puzzle car though the door cut lines/dash suggest a similar 2-seat spider/coupe... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15728 Posted July 27, 2021 Not UK. But the carrozzeria who built the body also worked for a luxary UK maker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15729 Posted July 27, 2021 37 minutes ago, NigelG said: I had looked at this with Touring...there was a certainly a link between Aston and Touring, but also Sunbeam cf. the Sunbeam Venezia - but I don’t think there was a “designer” version of the Alpine/Tiger that would fit the puzzle car though the door cut lines/dash suggest a similar 2-seat spider/coupe... The pronounced curvature of the front screen in post #15701 is, for me, the most intriguing part of the 'visual' stuff so-far... Philip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15730 Posted July 27, 2021 53 minutes ago, pippy said: The pronounced curvature of the front screen in post #15701 is, for me, the most intriguing part of the 'visual' stuff so-far... Philip. For me it’s the shut line of the door... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15731 Posted July 27, 2021 Good morning gentlemen! This will be the last available crop before we have to proceed with details of company infos. 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=4245923'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15732 Posted July 27, 2021 In the brochure the maker called the car "Roadster-Cabriolet" because it was a Roadster with a better roof like a Cabriolet. Not sure if you can google that. The todays official add-on after the model name is cabrio or coupe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15733 Posted July 27, 2021 The rear lights were also used for the Alfa Guiletta SS and Maserati 3500 GTI (1st series ´62-´64 - not for the other 3500 like the Sebring or Vignale Spyder etc.). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15734 Posted July 27, 2021 Glas GT which, in 1967 morphed in to a BMW 1600 GT 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15735 Posted July 27, 2021 vor 29 Minuten schrieb hektor: Glas GT which, in 1967 morphed in to a BMW 1600 GT Finally we have a winner, congratulations hektor. Where have you been? I counted on you! This is a GLAS 1300 GT Cabrio with the later engine hood of the 1700 GT, both models used it. In the 1950s the bavarian company Glas planned to take over BMW, in 1966 it was BMW who bought Glas. As hektor mentioned, BMW replaced the engine and rear axle and built the GT for another year as BMW 1600 GT (but only coupes and one or two convertible prototypes). They also built the Glas V8 Coupe ("Glaserati") with BMW logo but Glas engine. Most of you might know Glas from their microcar Goggomobil. After the end of Glas the limousine version of the 1700 GT, the 1700 was licensed to other countries and in South Africa they made it with a BMW front and BMW engines (BMW 1800 GL/SA, BMW 2000 GL/SA, BMW 1804 and BMW 2004). The design company of the 1300/1700 GT was Frua but the bodies were made at Maggiora who also made: - Bristol 412 and Beaufighter (as sub of Zagato) - Bitter SC - Alfa Romeo 2000 Touring - Fiat 2300 S Coupe - Lancia Aurelia B20, Flaminia Touring, Kappa Coupe - Maserati Mistral - De Tomaso Mangusta and Pantera The modern Fiat Barchetta was their volume model. 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 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=4245939'>More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15736 Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Rona!d said: Finally we have a winner, congratulations hektor. Where have you been? Dear Rona!d, Great thread. I don't think it is much fun for everyone when a car is immediately recognised and which is why I wait a while if certain of the answer. Will find something shortly. Yours Hektor Edited July 27, 2021 by hektor 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15737 Posted July 27, 2021 Here is the next one, taken in the late 50s with my father's Leica M3, Summicron f = 5cm 1:2 and Kodachrome: 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=4246015'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15738 Posted July 27, 2021 290 Mercedes Cabriolet B from around 1935? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15739 Posted July 27, 2021 vor 2 Stunden schrieb wlaidlaw: 290 Mercedes Cabriolet B from around 1935? Wilson I thought most/all W18 had the door handles in front. Maybe some external coachbuilders didn´t follow that design. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted July 27, 2021 Share #15740 Posted July 27, 2021 Sorry gentlemen. No and no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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