Guest ksmart Posted November 22, 2012 Share #4381 Posted November 22, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Triumph Vignale Italia 2000? L. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 22, 2012 Posted November 22, 2012 Hi Guest ksmart, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
wlaidlaw Posted November 22, 2012 Share #4382 Posted November 22, 2012 Triumph Vignale Italia 2000? L. I thought I would have you fooled longer than that. Was it the twin small lights under the headlight that gave it away? Poor Ruffino and Vignale. They were given a horrible deal by Standard Triumph who seemed to bend over backwards to be difficult and uncooperative. The whole deal fell through after they had made just a few of these beautiful cars ( around 325 plus a few later from spare parts). ST was all run at that time by that ghastly man Donald Stokes, with whom I had the misfortune to have some dealings, when he was failing to run British Leyland in the late 1960's. I was the consultant engineer at a meeting with him and other senior BLMC managers and a group of the major UK BLMC dealers The discussion was over the appalling construction standards and reliability of the product. DS came over as an overbearing, arrogant but stupid man, who just could not see that if they did not take massive steps to improve the product, the whole company was destined for the dustbin of history. I was just amazed it took as long as it did to die. Wilson 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 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=2172854'>More sharing options...
Guest ksmart Posted November 22, 2012 Share #4383 Posted November 22, 2012 Not really the twin small lights --- Your hint concerning mixed nationality. First idea: Sunbeam Venezia (???), second idea: Triumph. As before: No reasonable pics available for me, so please continue who likes. L. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 23, 2012 Share #4384 Posted November 23, 2012 Just to keep things ticking along, here is one of my friend Ian, working on this car outside my house in France. Wilson 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=2173499'>More sharing options...
Ernstk Posted November 25, 2012 Share #4385 Posted November 25, 2012 Wilson Is it an Autosud Formula Junior, from the late 50's? Ernst Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 25, 2012 Share #4386 Posted November 25, 2012 Wilson Is it an Autosud Formula Junior, from the late 50's? Ernst Ernst, Yes correct. It usually becomes known by its owners as "The Awful Sod". Clever idea of using a transaxle at the rear to improve the weight distribution but the choice of a Fiat 600 Multipla as the supplier of the gearbox was somewhat less clever. My friend Ian persisted with this car for some years before selling it to a New Zealand owner, who runs it in their interesting version of FJ, where larger engines are allowed (the gearbox was fragile enough with the 1100cc engine, I cannot imaging how bad it is with a 1600). There were originally 3 of these FJ's made of which I believe two remain in existence. Here is the picture from which the crop was taken and a better one showing the whole car. The car was being worked on at my house in Provence before the 2008 Monaco Historic GP. It did not have a happy time, with an inlet manifold stud shearing during practice and then a clutch failure on the warm up lap of the race. It is a very pretty little car. Wilson 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 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=2174515'>More sharing options...
Ernstk Posted November 28, 2012 Share #4387 Posted November 28, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Here is another to tease you... Ernst Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedei Posted November 28, 2012 Share #4388 Posted November 28, 2012 Here is another to tease you... Ernst Opel Manta? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernstk Posted November 28, 2012 Share #4389 Posted November 28, 2012 Well done! I thought it might have taken longer with this one... I think that this is a timeless shape from the 70's and still looks fresh, despite being almost 40 years old. This one was photographed in Santa Barbara, California earlier this year. Over to you... Ernst Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedei Posted November 29, 2012 Share #4390 Posted November 29, 2012 (edited) indeed. good looking machine! if someone into these (as i really am) sees this....i'm sure it won't be too tough! 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 November 29, 2012 by iedei 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=2177639'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted November 29, 2012 Share #4391 Posted November 29, 2012 Audi Quattro Sport Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iedei Posted November 29, 2012 Share #4392 Posted November 29, 2012 Audi Quattro Sport Wilson well that was easy weren't it? don't have the full photo here at work...will post it later sometime! back to you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas.Pichler Posted December 7, 2012 Share #4393 Posted December 7, 2012 Who is next? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 7, 2012 Share #4394 Posted December 7, 2012 Audi Quattro Sport Wilson well that was easy weren't it? don't have the full photo here at work...will post it later sometime! back to you! Who is next? If I read it correctly, Wilson is "it". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted December 7, 2012 Share #4395 Posted December 7, 2012 I am in the middle of packing to go off to South Africa in the next day or so, so may I pass the baton to whosoever wishes to take it up. I will see if I can take some nice photos of cars in the RSA to tease you with at a later point. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 7, 2012 Share #4396 Posted December 7, 2012 OK, here's one for amusement. I know when it was reputedly built and I know a name. Anyway, here it is: 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! Edit: Once you know what this is, you'll see immediately why I am so much amused by it. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edit: Once you know what this is, you'll see immediately why I am so much amused by it. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2184384'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted December 8, 2012 Share #4397 Posted December 8, 2012 Benz Dog Cart. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 8, 2012 Share #4398 Posted December 8, 2012 It's not a Benz cart, although it certainly must be at least inspired by it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted December 8, 2012 Share #4399 Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Popp () Motorwagen (Switzerland, ca 1900) I did not know that there were quite a few Swiss car manufacturers Edited December 8, 2012 by a.j.z Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 8, 2012 Share #4400 Posted December 8, 2012 Andreas - even better than that, Popp appears to have made his cars in Basel, where I live. You are right, of course, and it's your turn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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