wlaidlaw Posted December 8, 2012 Share #4401 Posted December 8, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Popp () Motorwagen (Switzerland, ca 1900) I did not know that there were quite a few Swiss car manufacturers There have been more cars made in Switzerland than you might imagine. Swiss Car Register - Swiss car manufacturers I was looking to buy a big GT in 1981 and tried a 1971 Fissore bodied Monteverdi 375, also made in Basel. I am afraid it was pretty awful in nearly every way, other than very handsome appearance. It was amazing just how slow a 7.2L engined car could be and the handling was dreadful. The insurance was astronomical as well (as were both the Lamborghini Jarama and Espada I looked at). I ended up buying a 1972 Ferrari 365GT4 for £7,000, which was a really nice car, other than its propensity to rust and relatively cheap to insure through the Ferrari Owners Club on a limited mileage basis. I sold it in 1989 to a friend of mine, who has a car body and trim shop and is able to keep just ahead of the dreaded Italian Tin Worm. He still has the car, looking much nicer than when I had it. He repainted it from the not very attractive metallic bronze to a beautiful metallic midnight blue. My kids still tease me, that I am the only person who ever had a brown Ferrari. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 8, 2012 Posted December 8, 2012 Hi wlaidlaw, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
a.j.z Posted December 8, 2012 Share #4402 Posted December 8, 2012 Ok let's try this one (thanks god no brown Ferrari ) 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=2184850'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted December 8, 2012 Share #4403 Posted December 8, 2012 Rover P5. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted December 8, 2012 Share #4404 Posted December 8, 2012 I had a 3.5 Coupe. Lovely car, leather, picnic tables and that Buick V8... married to crossplies and drum brakes all 'round... Regards, Bill Sent from another Galaxy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted December 8, 2012 Share #4405 Posted December 8, 2012 (edited) Rover P5. Wilson Note to myself: post less generous crop next time! Here, this car is very exotic - actually I had never seen one before, but I should have guessed that this is different in the UK. Over to you! 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 8, 2012 by a.j.z 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=2185163'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted December 8, 2012 Share #4406 Posted December 8, 2012 They were much lighter and less staid than they looked, with a lot of the bodywork in aluminium. Once they replaced the rather elderly IOE 3 litre straight 6 with as Bill says, the Buick derived 3.5 V8, they were very spritely indeed. Rover used to use them for long distance international rallying, both in the 3 and 3.5 versions. My great aunt had the preceding P4 Rover 75, then 90 then 110 in succession, the last of which she kept until she died in 1981. It had probably done all of 4,000 miles by that time. They were the traditional country solicitors and bank managers cars, without the slightly flash image of Jaguars. I have shut down my computers with all my car images, so again may I ask someone else to post the next one. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted December 8, 2012 Share #4407 Posted December 8, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I had a 3.5 Coupe. Lovely car, leather, picnic tables and that Buick V8... married to crossplies and drum brakes all 'round... Regards, Bill Sent from another Galaxy Bill, Are you sure about the brakes? Even the later 3 litre P5's from '59 onwards had discs at the front but retained as you say, drums at the back. Remember those handsome "Rostyle" wheels on the P5B and coupé. I had a set of the same design of wheels on my Healey 3000 from a Jensen FF that had been gutted inside from an electrical fire. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 10, 2012 Share #4408 Posted December 10, 2012 I think it was in late 1961 or early 1962 my mother bought a small, light Oldsmobile suing the same engine block, though in the olds it was more powerful than the Buick version. That car won quite a few trafficlight GPs, and was what I was driving when I got my first traffic ticket. BTW: the car's handling was typical of US cars of the time, which is to say dreadful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Thompson Posted December 10, 2012 Share #4409 Posted December 10, 2012 I sold it in 1989 to a friend of mine, who has a car body and trim shop and is able to keep just ahead of the dreaded Italian Tin Worm. He still has the car, looking much nicer than when I had it. He repainted it from the not very attractive metallic bronze to a beautiful metallic midnight blue. My kids still tease me, that I am the only person who ever had a brown Ferrari. Wilson, the next time one of your offspring gives you a ribbing over your "brown" Ferrari, gently remind them that a guy named Steve McQueen ordered a new brown 1963 250 GT Lusso from Chinetti Motors and drove it until the late sixties. If that color was good enough for "The King Of Cool"... well, I think I have made my case. Link follows. Steve McQueen’s $2.3M Ferrari 250 GT Lusso: What Can Brown Do For You? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 13, 2012 Share #4410 Posted December 13, 2012 It looks like Wilson is still involved in prepping for his trip to RSA or in transit. Who would like to step in and post the next car? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buranca Posted December 13, 2012 Share #4411 Posted December 13, 2012 If that color was good enough for "The King Of Cool"... well, I think I have made my case. Indeed! What is wrong with brown? Like the aforementioned Ferrari 365GT4 in what I assume was: Marrone Metallizzato, I had the same -it was actually an M-B spec paint. Later, an Aston in Malvern Brown Metallic joined in and most recently an Audi in Teak Brown Metallic. Brown has always been "cool." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted December 13, 2012 Share #4412 Posted December 13, 2012 Lot´s of old Ferraris became brown after a while Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buranca Posted December 13, 2012 Share #4413 Posted December 13, 2012 Lot´s of old Ferraris became brown after a while None moreso THAN THESE TWO! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted December 14, 2012 Share #4414 Posted December 14, 2012 The brown McQueen Lusso does indeed make for a very attractive car (imo). Here is one I did earlier, Steve 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! 4 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=2189182'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 14, 2012 Share #4415 Posted December 14, 2012 Nobody's picking up the challenge? lLt's keep this going during Wilson's absense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 14, 2012 Share #4416 Posted December 14, 2012 There you are, just to while away the time: 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! Not knowing the first things about cars, I don't know if show to too much or too little. Anyway, have fun. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Not knowing the first things about cars, I don't know if show to too much or too little. Anyway, have fun. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2189438'>More sharing options...
Bill Allsopp Posted December 14, 2012 Share #4417 Posted December 14, 2012 Early Bugatti? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 14, 2012 Share #4418 Posted December 14, 2012 Early Bugatti? Yes, quite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Allsopp Posted December 14, 2012 Share #4419 Posted December 14, 2012 Type 15? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted December 14, 2012 Share #4420 Posted December 14, 2012 Not a type 15, I'm afraid. Does this help: 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=2189487'>More sharing options...
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