dkCambridgeshire Posted August 20 Share #23761 Posted August 20 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Another clue: 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! No further pix clues to post apart from the whole car – or possibly some 'hints' – e.g., the grill size? BW, dunk Edited August 20 by dkCambridgeshire 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! No further pix clues to post apart from the whole car – or possibly some 'hints' – e.g., the grill size? BW, dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5851030'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 20 Posted August 20 Hi dkCambridgeshire, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
a.j.z Posted August 20 Share #23762 Posted August 20 Autobianchi Bianchina? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 20 Share #23763 Posted August 20 (edited) 50 minutes ago, a.j.z said: Autobianchi Bianchina? 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! Correct .... 1962 Autobianchi Bianchina Berlina .... 650cc Fiat engine .... first registered UK 1998 Thank you Andreas and your turn BW, dunk Edited August 20 by dkCambridgeshire 6 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Correct .... 1962 Autobianchi Bianchina Berlina .... 650cc Fiat engine .... first registered UK 1998 Thank you Andreas and your turn BW, dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5851099'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 20 Share #23764 Posted August 20 In the early 1980's, my wife wanted to get rid of her troublesome Renault 20 and buy something smaller and more reliable. Our local Fiat garage had one of the very few RHD Autobianchi A112 Abarth cars (?1977). Having had bitter experience with my 1977 Fiat X1/9, where I had holes rusted all the way through the bodywork within 8 months of purchase new, I got the garage to put the Autobianchi up on a lift and found, not to my total surprise, that it was already rotten underneath and had had various rust repairs already done to it. We walked away. Fiat were forced to buy back my X1/9 and I assume scrap it. On investigation, using my work Italian lawyers in Milan, it had been built as a LHD car and then sat on grass in an old military airfield near Turin for 2 years, before being run back through the Bertone production line, to be rebuilt as a RHD car. Fiat had also to settle the not inconsiderable Italian legal fees. My wife ended up with an ex-demo Alfa 33 Estate. She liked it so much that she later got a 33 Sportwagon. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted August 20 Share #23765 Posted August 20 This is not easy either (unless you know it): 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=5851205'>More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted August 21 Share #23766 Posted August 21 (edited) Hello Dunk, Could this be some variety of a Nash from the USofA? Whoops, sorry Andreas. I don't think Nashes come in that color. Best Regards, Michael Edited August 21 by Michael Geschlecht Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted August 21 Share #23767 Posted August 21 Advertisement (gone after registration) No Nash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 21 Share #23768 Posted August 21 (edited) Maserati Bora? On second thoughts, a De Tomaso Pantera? Wilson Edited August 21 by wlaidlaw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted August 21 Share #23769 Posted August 21 This is the answer that I had expected, but no De Tomaso (and no Maserati). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted August 21 Share #23770 Posted August 21 PS: the time period fits though (mid 70s) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 21 Share #23771 Posted August 21 Matra Simca Bagheera? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted August 21 Share #23772 Posted August 21 No Matra (actually I had already posted a Bagheera). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted August 21 Share #23773 Posted August 21 Another angle: 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=5851615'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 21 Share #23774 Posted August 21 It seems relatively inexpensive, and perhaps in Fiberglass. It might even be a kit car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted August 21 Share #23775 Posted August 21 Is it one of those VW Beetle based kit cars? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted August 21 Share #23776 Posted August 21 vor 33 Minuten schrieb IkarusJohn: Is it one of those VW Beetle based kit cars? Yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 21 Share #23777 Posted August 21 .....and all IMHO ghastly. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted August 21 Share #23778 Posted August 21 I've just tried cheating and Googled '1970s VW kit cars' and my weak stomach forced me to stop after the first few. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 21 Share #23779 Posted August 21 14 minutes ago, 250swb said: I've just tried cheating and Googled '1970s VW kit cars' and my weak stomach forced me to stop after the first few. Steve, My nephew who is a VW Beetle enthusiast, has twice asked me to go and look at VW based "specials". One was a Nova and the other a 356 recreation. They might be the two worst cars I have ever driven and over the last 60+ years and I have driven some appalling dogs of cars. The Nova at least had a reasonable body shell but the underpinnings should have gone to a scrap yard at least 10 years prior to me driving it. The 356 recreation would have made Dr. Porsche weep. As I walked towards it, the 5º positive camber on each back wheel gave rise to some concern. It all went downhill from there, as that was the only way it could perceptibly accelerate. Wilson 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 21 Share #23780 Posted August 21 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. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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