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28 minutes ago, NigelG said:

Well it was in the same fetching metallic blue!...

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I believe, Nigel, that you might be confusing the "SPV" with the "SPC".......😸.......

The 'Spectrum Patrol Vehicle' was painted from the same spectral palette as the Mysterons Mystery Car but - for obvious reasons (😸) was designed without windows whereas the 'Spectrum Partol Car' was very angular, was 'windowed' and was painted 'Rosso Corsa' (or thereabouts)....Just Like the Lincoln!

Hence, clearly, my befuddledness....

Philip.

EDIT : I have a sneaking suspicion that the SPC was based on the 1962 250 GT SWB 'Breadvan'......

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Ahh - I thought you were referring to the SPV - actually the “Spectrum Persuit Vehicle” - not sure there was a Dinky version of the SPC? 
I have also come to realise that most of my car knowledge at some basic level is via Matchbox, Corgi or Dinky cast-metal versions of now-well-known classics!

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Hold the front page….I just found out there was a Dinky SPC but although it was originally red it changed later to a copper/bronze colour(?!) and being of a very slightly younger generation (cough) I didn’t cotton on.

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5 hours ago, NigelG said:

I have also come to realise that most of my car knowledge at some basic level is via Matchbox, Corgi or Dinky cast-metal versions of now-well-known classics!

I suspect that is a similar story for many of us! :D

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Thank you.  Marque, model and year:

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Herewith the gorgeous "Givenchy" Lincoln

 

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The exterior and interior colours are the clue to the designer link of this rather hideous tie-up but as I suspect I know the owner (he has a large menagerie of US imports in various stages of repair) I will say no more...

 

The giveaway "opera window" is below

 

 

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36 minutes ago, stuny said:

Thank you.  Marque, model and year:

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Stuart - based on the crop and my profession I'm wondering if you want the name of the glazing manufacturers 😉

 

 

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23 minutes ago, NigelG said:

Stuart - based on the crop and my profession I'm wondering if you want the name of the glazing manufacturers 😉

I was wondering much the same! It's not exactly much of a clue; a little bit of sloping glass?

I'll pop back in a few days when we might have gotten down to an obscure bit of the rubber door seals...

Philip.

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32 minutes ago, pippy said:

I was wondering much the same! It's not exactly much of a clue; a little bit of sloping glass?

I'll pop back in a few days when we might have gotten down to an obscure bit of the rubber door seals...

Philip.

Based on the research involved on trying to get window and door seals for my ‘65 Bristol that’s not such obscurantism* IMHO

(* Secretly hoping that might qualify as the first use of the term on LUF…)

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24 minutes ago, NigelG said:

Based on the research involved on trying to get window and door seals for my ‘65 Bristol that’s not such obscurantism* IMHO...

Funnily enough...

Of all the parts produced throughout the life of the VW Typ-1 (Beetle) there was only ONE detail which never changed from start to finish and that was the cross-section of one of the rubber seals. I can't for the life of me remember which specific seal it was and I'm not sure in which volume I picked-up this absolutely vital piece of info but I'll have a look through some books later on...

Philip.

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Wilson got it.  That crop was one of thievery few I could have made that wouldn't instantly give away the vehicle's identity.  I't's larger than it looks, and quite homely, seen here in the entrance driveway to a hotel in Spokane, Washington.

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2 hours ago, stuny said:

Wilson got it.  That crop was one of thievery few I could have made that wouldn't instantly give away the vehicle's identity.  I't's larger than it looks, and quite homely, seen here in the entrance driveway to a hotel in Spokane, Washington.

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My Word!

That is, without the slightest of doubts, the ugliest thing (not just the ugliest car) that I have ever seen in my life.

Clearly it was designed to evoke just such a reaction. In my dreams tonight I hope that the spirit of Dante Alighieri will have discovered a newfound layer into which the designer(s) and those who buy such an abomination may be condemned for evermore.

For the first time I find that the concept of 'souls' enduring Eternity in Hell sounds like a wonderful idea.

Truly Unbelievable.

I will hold back on what I really think because The Ban Stick isn't an attractive option......

Philip.

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33 minutes ago, Stephen.s1 said:

I love it.

Seriously? In what way is this excruciating eyesore even remotely acceptable?

Looking at the mystery car words / phrase like 'Aesthetic Beauty; Finessse; Taste; Elegance' don't readily spring to mind....

Absolutely no offence intended I assure you but I am curious to know where you might find any redeeming features whatsoever in this unparalleled travesty.

I'm guessing that they tried-out octagonal wheels and tyres but, subsequently, they found out - to their amazement - that the ride comfort was 'impacted'....

Philip.

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