Andreas.Pichler Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2721 Posted December 30, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) ...one more clue: The car we are searching for is based on a series car - not in the BMW Z8 area, but at the other end of the automobile "food chain" :-) Cheers, Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 30, 2011 Posted December 30, 2011 Hi Andreas.Pichler, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Rona!d Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2722 Posted December 30, 2011 I better keep my mouth shut, otherwise I´d have to post a new riddle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.Pichler Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2723 Posted December 30, 2011 Ronald, if you would not like to win this maybe last contest of the year - why not give the fellow enthusiasts another clue? If I have to name the car - I would be very interested in the designer/coach builder. Then I would type it into Google - and again something unexpected will happen. But with marque and designer it works. So, give them just the coach builder, just one word, then you whowed the crowd, literally spoken :-) Cheers, Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2724 Posted December 30, 2011 Let´s try it this way: 1936 = chassis 1952 = engine 1958 = body (if it is the car I have in mind, otherwise one of it´s sisters and the decades mentioned might also help) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2725 Posted December 30, 2011 Another hint: Body designers name sounds similar to a dog breed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2726 Posted December 30, 2011 Ha, this is funny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.Pichler Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2727 Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Not so bad...and of course, car designer sounds like a dog breed (thats the whow in whowed the crowd). Oh god, I love this italian sports car layouts, it seems as someone has said "let there be light!" ("fiat lux!") to car designers. Wau, Andreas PS: Photo gear - Summicron C 40 with Epson R-D1 (ignore border!) 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 December 30, 2011 by Andreas.Pichler 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=1884205'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2728 Posted December 30, 2011 Haha, some more funny hints in words and pictures in your posting. Indeed that car is VERY beautiful and cute. Several times I was standing behind, in front, aside it and said to myself: This is one of the few of that brand I would really love to own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2729 Posted December 30, 2011 My thoughts early in this deluge of hints was based on a FIAT, which suggests the car that made Farina - Cisitalia, but If I recall, the grill shape is off a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.Pichler Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2730 Posted December 30, 2011 ...only problem: you will need a shoehorn to enter the car for driving - or you need a scale driver, then its possible to enjoy it as a co-driver. As I have said in the beinning: Its not what you might have expected. Fortunately I Always Told......you: read carefully! Makes live easier. Ah, this dog was a very good boy, we met him first when buying our MG TD in California. Stitch was a puppy right then, and always tried to enter the dish cleaner. Years ago, we visited our MG friends again, and Stitch became the "big daddy" in the meantime but never forgot his heritage - always trying kidding you, "life is a game"! "Stitch" ignores all borders - so forget "border" totally when thinking about this border c....! Stroke it! Stroke "border"! Forget Irrestistible Animals Trying......to irritate you ;-) Cheers, Andreas PS: Photo gear - Digilux 2 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=1884303'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2731 Posted December 30, 2011 Words, words, words. We are photographers .... so maybe time for another crop (but not too wide!). Wouldn´t be a big risk, except you show up with a logo. You have a shot from behind? (I´d have one, I think). Nice story with the dog and the dish washer btw. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.Pichler Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2732 Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) ...Ronald, have had the same idea, just a little reward for Stuart. Here it comes, yes, a FIAT. Cisitalia? No, much more coachbuilders have worked for FIAT. Think about "Stitch" - not a coachbuilder, but he knows how to catch you...a special breed :-) Cheers, Andreas 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 December 30, 2011 by Andreas.Pichler Spelling 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=1884318'>More sharing options...
timd. Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2733 Posted December 30, 2011 i guess the car can't decide whether it's a dog or a mouse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.Pichler Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2734 Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) Hmm, you can see the FIAT logo right now., but helps not so much...okay, I have another one, from the side, but its a bad one, not Leica like, I made a big mistake during the development process, burnt a little area in Photoshop... really sorry... Cheers, Andreas PS: Have to go, have to walk the dog..."Lassie, come here!" 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 December 30, 2011 by Andreas.Pichler 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=1884325'>More sharing options...
Andreas.Pichler Posted December 30, 2011 Share #2735 Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) Tim, the car already has made the decision: Its a mouse, a small one... You are quite close! Cheers, Andreas Edited December 30, 2011 by Andreas.Pichler Added "already" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 31, 2011 Share #2736 Posted December 31, 2011 Andreas - You seem to be suggesting that the coachwork is sitting atop a Topolino. I still don't know it but I'm looking forward to seeing it in full photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.Pichler Posted December 31, 2011 Share #2737 Posted December 31, 2011 Stuart, you are soooo close. Fiat Topolino is indeed the base of the sports (!) car we are looking for. One more research :-) Cheers, Andreas PS: Do you like this special breed of dogs named...these dogs ignoring any border? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 31, 2011 Share #2738 Posted December 31, 2011 Andreas - Based on your very generous hints I Googled some and found there are literally dozens of Italian carrozzeria, and one in particular founded in Milan in 1931 is no doubt the maker of your puzzle car. So far I can only find an interesting spider based on the Topolino, but not quite your car. The one I found is beautiful and I can't wait to see full images of your puzzle car. I suppose if I told you (carozzeria name) Topolino it might be enough, but I won't claim it: partly because I got at it via Google, and partly because I have no appropriate puzzle car of my own to post (other than one whose provenance I do not know). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.Pichler Posted December 31, 2011 Share #2739 Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) Stuart, only some hours left in 2011, and I won't let you go into 2012 with the burden of an unsolved mystery. I accept hereby your Fiat Topolino guess together with the coachbuilders founding date in 1931 as the solution of this "Name the car" tulip rallye. In fact we are talking about the 1936 Fiat Colli Topolino barchetta. Colli (wau!) was a coachbuilder based in Milan (Milano), founded business in 1931 together with his sons and was working for FIAT and other car manufacturers. The puzzle car has a 570 ccm engine, top speed around 110 km/h. Photo was taken during the 2010 Schloss Dyck Historic Race Car Meeting in Germany, Summicron C 40 with Epson R-D1. Thanks to driver and co-driver for their assistance. So Stuart, its your turn. Maybe you find a nice shot, otherwise you can pass it on to a fellow enthusiast. Cheers, Andreas ...and may there be a very happy route in 2012 for all of you with lots of memorable moments... 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 December 31, 2011 by Andreas.Pichler 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=1884900'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted January 1, 2012 Share #2740 Posted January 1, 2012 Andreas - Beautiful car and shot. We'll see in the next few hours if I can find one. Otherwise I'll pass it on. Happy New Year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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