pippy Posted October 19, 2022 Share #18661 Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) 7 hours ago, Rona!d said: Wrong, Graham, I think this is the slot for the hand to reach the hidden (aerodynamic) door handle 😉 A rather large clue - as I believe was being hinted-at by Ronald with his response earlier? "...Aerodynamic door handles are for people who can't build engines..."...is something that the 'Don' in charge of the fabricator didn't quite say to Paul Frère in 1960... P. Edited October 19, 2022 by pippy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 20, 2022 Share #18662 Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) Hmmm....still elusive, eh? OK; here's a slightly more generous crop. I've removed the emblem of the manufacturer from one of the stickers and replaced it with the emblem of Ecurie Scrap but, just so that it isn't far too easy, I won't say which sticker has been doctored... 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! Philip. Edited October 20, 2022 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4539488'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 20, 2022 Share #18663 Posted October 20, 2022 I believe the cat's name is Chinetti 😀 From the tail lights I would have guessed a 1950's car so would go for a 500 or 750 Monza (same body different engine). Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 20, 2022 Share #18664 Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said: I believe the cat's name is Chinetti 😀 From the tail lights I would have guessed a 1950's car so would go for a 500 or 750 Monza (same body different engine). Wilson Very close, Wilson, and not only might Chinetti be the name of the cat(*) it was also the name of one of the drivers of this vehicle and yes; it IS a Ferrari although the model designation is quite a few hundred below 500. As far as 'year' goes this car's most famous hour(s) occurred one year before the earliest one from the decade you mention... Last crop - which will probably explain quite a lot of the earlier crops?!... 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! Philip. * Actually the cat's name is 'Scrap'. She had been abandoned, as a 3 month old kitten back in 2020, in a local scrap-yard and was duly taken-in by our next-door-neighbour. Sadly our neighbour died just a few weeks afterwards and Scrap selected us to be her new members of staff and our house to be her new residence. Edited October 20, 2022 by pippy 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. * Actually the cat's name is 'Scrap'. She had been abandoned, as a 3 month old kitten back in 2020, in a local scrap-yard and was duly taken-in by our next-door-neighbour. Sadly our neighbour died just a few weeks afterwards and Scrap selected us to be her new members of staff and our house to be her new residence. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4539528'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 20, 2022 Share #18665 Posted October 20, 2022 How about Bachetta 166? When I was in high school, Chinetti had his dealership on the West Side of Manhattan - perhaps 10th or 11th avenue. Is was a treat to go in there and see so many important N.A.R.T. racing cars. Unfortunately for me, he moved the business north to Greenwich, Connecticut, and eventually his so Coco took over. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 20, 2022 Share #18666 Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) Correct, Stuart, and Congratulations! It's an ex-Chinetti Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta. The car was snapped in the Le Mans museum adjacent to the Circuit de la Sarthe. At the time I took the pic's of the car (a few years ago now) the display-board, somewhat confusingly, seemed to be rather coy about saying exactly which chassis number lies inside this example. Great mention was made of the Chinetti / Selsdon 008 - which, numbered 22, won the 1949 running of the event - but although much the text hinted that this was 008 the author ran just a hairsbreadth away from stating outright that this was the case. However! Having just done a bit of digging (today) it seems that although this was one of Chinetti's 166 MMs it isn't, in fact, 008 after all; "The car presented in the museum, donated in 1982 to the ACO by Luigi Chinetti, and completely identical to the victorious car, is only four series numbers away from it." Hey; I still wouldn't say 'No!'... Last images. Lighting was awful but It IS what It Is; "#22" 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! Whole thing; Thanks for playing, everyone, and Over to You, Stuart! Philip. EDIT : It just occurred to me that I should tidy-up a few of the comments I've made during this teaser. Whilst Ferrari didn't build Noddy's car (obviously!) there is a meandering link with FIAT (who owned 90% of Ferrari by 1988) - whose 500 was used as the basis for Vignale's 'Gamine'; a car frequently described as being the 'Noddy Car'. When, in 1960, the racer / journalist Paul Frère asked Enzo Ferrari why his 250TR had a limited top speed - hinting that the ungainly windshield was hardly aerodynamically efficient - il Commendatore replied that: "Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines"............ ...but try telling that to Adrian Newey... As it turned out on this occasion monsieur Frère needn't have worried as he, partnered with Olivier Gendebien, won the race by a margin of 4 laps. Edited October 20, 2022 by pippy 5 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Whole thing; Thanks for playing, everyone, and Over to You, Stuart! Philip. EDIT : It just occurred to me that I should tidy-up a few of the comments I've made during this teaser. Whilst Ferrari didn't build Noddy's car (obviously!) there is a meandering link with FIAT (who owned 90% of Ferrari by 1988) - whose 500 was used as the basis for Vignale's 'Gamine'; a car frequently described as being the 'Noddy Car'. When, in 1960, the racer / journalist Paul Frère asked Enzo Ferrari why his 250TR had a limited top speed - hinting that the ungainly windshield was hardly aerodynamically efficient - il Commendatore replied that: "Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines"............ ...but try telling that to Adrian Newey... As it turned out on this occasion monsieur Frère needn't have worried as he, partnered with Olivier Gendebien, won the race by a margin of 4 laps. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4539806'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 21, 2022 Share #18667 Posted October 21, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thank you, Philip - the usuals for this one, please: 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=4540955'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 21, 2022 Share #18668 Posted October 21, 2022 Ford Galaxie 500 XL 1964? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 21, 2022 Share #18669 Posted October 21, 2022 Correct country of manufacture, and correct decade, but newer. Wrong marque & model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted October 22, 2022 Share #18670 Posted October 22, 2022 Hello Stuart, Could this be a Buick? Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 22, 2022 Share #18671 Posted October 22, 2022 Not a buick, nor any other General Motors car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted October 23, 2022 Share #18672 Posted October 23, 2022 Hello Stuart, Does that mean some type of Chrysler? Perhaps upscale? Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 23, 2022 Share #18673 Posted October 23, 2022 Michael - Yes, manufactured by Chrysler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted October 23, 2022 Share #18674 Posted October 23, 2022 I’d say it’s a prowler or a growler or something like that … Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 23, 2022 Share #18675 Posted October 23, 2022 You're thinking of the Plymouth "Prowler," which looks much like a classic hot rod, which this one most certainly does not. Another wider crop tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted October 24, 2022 Share #18676 Posted October 24, 2022 The body moulding and the two chrome stripes remind me of a Dodge Charger but there is a badge missing on the front wing for it to be that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 24, 2022 Share #18677 Posted October 24, 2022 Well done! A friend and I visited an auto show together. While talking with the owner he revealed how much he had spent working on the car, which mystified my friend sincehe put nto it several times the value of the car. This is a 1967. Your turn. 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=4543946'>More sharing options...
250swb Posted October 24, 2022 Share #18678 Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) Thank you Stuart. I have fond memories of the Dodge Charger, well my plastic kit of one, I think it must have been a Monogram kit and me about nine or ten years old? It suffered many new paint schemes and modifications along the way. Here is one also from the 1960's, and where I came from you were either a bank manger or a bit eccentric if you owned one. 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 October 24, 2022 by 250swb 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=4544216'>More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 24, 2022 Share #18679 Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) Hey! That's my Uncle Stuart you are talking about!............and I mean the latter description rather than the former. Wow; they were available in colours other than grey?!?!...I'll enjoy watching the crops come in. Should be a lot of fun! P. Edited October 24, 2022 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted October 24, 2022 Share #18680 Posted October 24, 2022 Though I don't have a car guess, other than midrange British, early '60s, I too built a lot of Monogram (and other) models. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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