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Here is the full car; a previous version was owned by a famous pianist:

 

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vor 13 Stunden schrieb pippy:

It has a few stylistic touches reminiscent of the Avanti but not enough to convince me that the mystery car is such a vehicle.

Looking forward to the reveal!

Philip.

 Yes to no Avanti

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vor 3 Stunden schrieb pippy:

A Bradley GT II?

Philip.

Yes!!! Your turn.

Here is some information (the pianist was Liberace)  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Automotive and the rear:

 

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1 hour ago, a.j.z said:

...Here is some information (the pianist was Liberace)  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Automotive and the rear:...

Thank you, Andreas, for the Wiki link. I had extremely vague memories of seeing pictures of a Bradley in my VW days but have never, to this day, seen one in the GRP. I could only confirm my suspicions through a different website so can hardly count this as a resounding victory...

OK; here is the next candidate. First crop(s) shown will be in monochrome as the colour might give away some part of the I.D. FWIW I have always liked this sleek little runabout but they are rarely to be seen (AFAIK) on roads in the UK nowadays.

Best of good luck!

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3 hours ago, a.j.z said:

Yes!!! Your turn.

Here is some information (the pianist was Liberace)  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_Automotive and the rear:

 

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The ever-reliable internet (cough) has Liberace owning a gold-flake-painted Bradley GT mk1 - and seeing the pictures of it it makes a lot of sense!


Liberace takes delivery. From The Bradley VIP, Vol. 1 No. 1, published by Bradley Automotive. Image uncredited.

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4 hours ago, NigelG said:

Mid 70s?

Somewhat later than that, Nigel.

3 hours ago, wlaidlaw said:

I was thinking Holden Monaro...

Similar styling cues but not a Holden.

This next crop has an important clue which might possibly indicate the country of origin?......😸......

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4 hours ago, IkarusJohn said:

Pininfarina design, Italian coupé?  The silver dome on the rear window suggests a hinged window.  Perhaps Peugeot?  I know, not Italian.

 

44 minutes ago, NigelG said:

AFAIK built in Italy 😉

We are now in the home straight!

Yes; Pinin design. Yes (sort-of) to 'Italian' coupé because (as Nigel says and AFAIK too) it was manufactured in Italy. Yes; hinged rear side-windows. Yes Peugeot.

These two snaps should be enough to indicate the likely culprit and production-version;

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I was wondering re the b+w due to a colour being relevant…there were no 406 coupe specific colours I think (and no Alpine Blue ). I don’t recall seeing one and noticing it had a “telltale” colour (Unlike a Volvo 850 T5-R estate looming in your mirrors in “look-at-me” yellow…)

http://www.406coupeclub.org/Coupe_Colours.asp

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I did not mean that the color is named Alpine blue but that it looks like the blue of Alpine cars. This is due to Philips hint that he did not show the color because it could reveal part of the ID.

The other option would be the Roland Garosse green.

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2 hours ago, a.j.z said:

406 Coupé presumably in Alpine blue

Absolutely correct. I believe that this dates to the 'Phase 1' run.

1 hour ago, NigelG said:

...I was wondering re the b+w due to a colour being relevant…

Possibly not but see below...

1 hour ago, a.j.z said:

...I did not mean that the color is named Alpine blue but that it looks like the blue of Alpine cars. This is due to Philips hint that he did not show the color because it could reveal part of the ID...

Yes; Andreas is right with his reasoning.

This example is finished in what I suspect (thanks for the colour chart Nigel!) is Aegean Blue and I, for one, can't see cars in such shades of blue without my mind bringing various Alpine-Renaults and the Ligier / Prost F1 machinery to mind therefore it would quite likely have been fairly obvious from the outset that the car was of French origin.

Here are two pics of the thing - and in glorious Technicolor to boot!

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It is clearly being well cared-for as - apart from needing a good wash - it is in lovely condition. From what I have seen over the last week or so it is also being driven as it has never been in quite the same parking bay on this little street near us here in La Rochelle.

Thanks to everyone for playing and over to Andreas for the next quiz!

Philip.

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vor 21 Stunden schrieb pippy:

Thanks to everyone for playing and over to Andreas for the next quiz!

Thank you!

Let‘s the game continue:

 

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