a.j.z Posted March 24 Share #23261  Posted March 24 Advertisement (gone after registration) Very close but not a 350 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 Quote 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=5776182'>More sharing options...
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stuny Posted March 24 Share #23262 Â Posted March 24 Perhaps the 250 GT? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 24 Share #23263  Posted March 24 400 gt? Wilson  Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted March 24 Share #23264  Posted March 24 (edited) vor 12 Stunden schrieb wlaidlaw: 400 gt? Wilson  That‘s it! Yes, the rear is really nice. Who is next?  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 March 24 by a.j.z 2 Quote 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=5776589'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 24 Share #23265  Posted March 24 Open to all to post. Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Goriup Posted March 25 Share #23266  Posted March 25 Allow me to take another crack at this. Very rare, but not a one-off, so manufacturer & most importantly model designation will win this one. Please forgive the image quality off all my photos of this car, which were taken with a clapped-out V-lux back-up since my M9 decided to fail that morning. JZG 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!  Quote 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=5776734'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 25 Share #23267  Posted March 25 Advertisement (gone after registration) Could that be an Arnolt Bristol? Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 25 Share #23268 Â Posted March 25 Â 1952 Cunningham C-4R Roadster Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 25 Share #23269  Posted March 25 15 hours ago, a.j.z said: That‘s it! Yes, the rear is really nice. Who is next?  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! How does one open the boot?............ Philip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 25 Share #23270  Posted March 25 1 hour ago, pippy said: How does one open the boot?............ Philip. There is an electrical release but being an elderly Italian car it will not be working. There is an emergency cable with a ring pull on the end somewhere and from memory on a 350GT of over 50 years ago, I seem to remember it is inside the petrol filler flap. Wilson 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Goriup Posted March 25 Share #23271  Posted March 25 5 hours ago, stuny said:  1952 Cunningham C-4R Roadster Well, that certainly went down a lot faster than I thought it would. Yes, it is a 1952 Cunningham C4 R Roadster, one of only four CR 4s produced - three Roadsters and one Coupe, which due to its extreme rarity rarely comes out to play and be seen.  It may well be out of sequence, but but due to the models rarity and since I suspect relatively few folks are familiar with this American icon of post-war sports cars, I intend to post additional images of this car later on today when I will have an opportunity to do so. Thanks for playing and see you later, JZG 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 Quote 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=5776912'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 25 Share #23272  Posted March 25 3 hours ago, Ivan Goriup said: Well, that certainly went down a lot faster than I thought it would. Yes, it is a 1952 Cunningham C4 R Roadster, one of only four CR 4s produced - three Roadsters and one Coupe, which due to its extreme rarity rarely comes out to play and be seen.  It may well be out of sequence, but but due to the models rarity and since I suspect relatively few folks are familiar with this American icon of post-war sports cars, I intend to post additional images of this car later on today when I will have an opportunity to do so. Thanks for playing and see you later, JZG 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!  I look forward to seeing them. The only time I've seen one 'in the flesh" was at the Simeone in March of 2012. The image below is from a D2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 25 Share #23273  Posted March 25 It looks a bit like an AC Ace's ugly sister 😀 Wilson 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Goriup Posted March 25 Share #23274  Posted March 25 All images from various 2015 Monterey Car week events. This is indeed the car from the Simeone Collection, who actually own the car but 'share custody' with another individual who drives , maintains it and cares for it. Steel tubing space frame, in dependent front wheel suspension, live Chrysler rear axle, all four corners with coil springs, drum brakes, 331 cu. inch Chrysler 'Hemi' V8 with forged crank. Originally equipped with Stromberg carbs, which were replaced with 4 Webers and allowed the motor to develop as much as 325 reliable HP @ about 5200 rpm. Between 2400 and 2500 lbs at the starting line. This car won several important races, but never at Le Man, which was Cunningham's target in building the car. There, the best result was a 4th overall, winning the 5 liter Class. In t he image below, the round screen facing the 'passenger' is the outlet for the cowl-mounted oil cooler. Many accomplished authors and automotive historians credit the C4 series of race cars being the seed from which Shelby's idea for a European chassis with cheap American power sprang......I suppose that could be argued at one's peril. Thanks for looking. JZG 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! 2 1 Quote 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=5776944'>More sharing options...
Ivan Goriup Posted March 25 Share #23275  Posted March 25 (edited) The mandatory rear view........please note the abundant aerodynamic details everywhere which became de rigeuer on so many subsequent sports racers world-wide. The final image is of the car at the Carmel lunch stop during the 55-mile long Tour d'Elegance prior to the Pebble Beach Concours with the caretaker of the car in close attendance to keep overly nosy tifosi at bay. When started to complete the second half of the Tour, the ground literally moved under your feet to the brutal sound of the high compression hemi engine idling....absolutely shattering. Stuart, your turn. JZG  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 March 25 by Ivan Goriup 4 Quote 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=5777037'>More sharing options...
Ivan Goriup Posted March 25 Share #23276 Â Posted March 25 I forgot to mention in posting the various specs (above) on this ground-breaking car, that the prodigious power and torque produced by the mightily tweaked Chrysler 'hemi' motor proved too much for all the available transmissions the Cunningham design team had access to, so they simply resorted to completing the first C4R using the old standard for hi-power, big motor hot-rods, namely the column-shifted Cadillac 3-speed out of the Series 62 Cadillac sedans, many of which had been especially built for a fleet of limos used by a number of companies to drive tourists to the top of Pike's Peak, a 14,000+ mountain near Colorado Springs. When testing began it became immediately obvious the car simply required more splits in it's power / torque curve to be more effective at Le Mans and the search ended when it was found that a four-speed SIATA truck gearbox worked much better. As a partial response to Cunningham's dilemma, a couple of years later Borg-Warner developed their first, to become very famous and universally utilized,T-10 four-speed gearbox which was introduced in the 1957 Chevrolet & Corvette but became quite standard in many '50s and '60s American made performance cars. JZG Â 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 26 Share #23277  Posted March 26 Thank you, Ivan. this next one if from an auto museum that I think neighed Wilson nor Ivan have visited: 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! Quote 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=5777276'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 26 Share #23278  Posted March 26 A 1936 Mercedes 230N Cabriolet B ? Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 26 Share #23279  Posted March 26 Correct marque, nearly the correct year. This one is from 1938. I was distracted when I wrote this and meant to write, "correct country, incorrect marque, nearly the correct year." So, it's still a mystery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramarren Posted March 26 Share #23280  Posted March 26 Gads, Wilson, you're good! I'm going to a car meet next week and I'll see if there's anything unusual enough there to photograph and give some pause. G 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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