Jim J Posted October 8, 2020 Share #13701 Â Posted October 8, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) Not a WA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 8, 2020 Posted October 8, 2020 Hi Jim J, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pippy Posted October 9, 2020 Share #13702 Â Posted October 9, 2020 12 hours ago, Jim J said: Not a WA ...but is it the SA (as Nigel mentioned in the previous post) Jim? Philip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim J Posted October 9, 2020 Share #13703  Posted October 9, 2020 2 hours ago, pippy said: ...but is it the SA (as Nigel mentioned in the previous post) Jim? Philip. Er, yes.  My apologies to Nigel - it seems that I misread his post.  It is an SA, as it says on the numberplate.....  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 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=4060010'>More sharing options...
NigelG Posted October 10, 2020 Share #13704  Posted October 10, 2020 I’ll find something later today 😀 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted October 11, 2020 Share #13705  Posted October 11, 2020 OK - a tight crop since it is a very distinctive car... 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=4061026'>More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted October 11, 2020 Share #13706 Â Posted October 11, 2020 Reliant ? JZG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted October 11, 2020 Share #13707 Â Posted October 11, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) Nope Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted October 11, 2020 Share #13708 Â Posted October 11, 2020 Isetta bubble car? (definitely a guess!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 11, 2020 Share #13709  Posted October 11, 2020 KR200? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted October 11, 2020 Share #13710 Â Posted October 11, 2020 None of the above Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 13, 2020 Share #13711 Â Posted October 13, 2020 Heinken Trojan? Philip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted October 13, 2020 Share #13712  Posted October 13, 2020 Bingo! (Thought it might take longer...) 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 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=4062010'>More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 13, 2020 Share #13713  Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, NigelG said: Bingo!......(Thought it might take longer...)...... Oddly enough I had a bit of a 'thing' for the Heinkel 'Bubble-Car' (as I knew it) when I was of primary-school age and so I found the very distinctive triangular quarterlight instantly recognisable. I had several toy versions of the car in varying sizes including one which was rather large! I still do like them. Don't know why. Something about entering through the front-hinged door section always fascinated me! Anyhow; Now For Something......not much bigger than the Heinkel in actual fact. It was an interesting design collaboration between a Le Mans-winning, former Formula 1 driver and a coachbuilder. A couple of hundred of these were made.; 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! Philip. Edited October 13, 2020 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4062127'>More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 13, 2020 Share #13714 Â Posted October 13, 2020 The above car had, as its basis, the running gear etc. of a very well-known and fabulously popular car from an extremely well-known manufacturer who became incredibly successful in motorsport. Philip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Z. Goriup Posted October 13, 2020 Share #13715  Posted October 13, 2020 1 hour ago, pippy said: The above car had, as its basis, the running gear etc. of a very well-known and fabulously popular car from an extremely well-known manufacturer who became incredibly successful in motorsport. Philip. My first instinct, even before you posted the above, was to identify this as a Denzel / Porsche...............but on second and more detailed thought I'm not so sure , since I see details which don't quite look like Denzel's work. After the war, there was a multitude of Porsche / VW-based 'Specials'  ( Erdman, Romatch, Denzel,  and many more, whose names I can't remember ) but as far as I know nonje of them made more than a few examples - only Denzel actually achieved volume in the few hundreds. I knew Wolfgang Denzel very well. I grew up in Wien ( Vienna) and his shop was on my way to 'Gymnasium". After the day's classes I frequently stopped to chat, help out, sweep up and hand him tools. Alas. I was much too young and timid to ever ask for a drive in one of his cars. JZG 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 13, 2020 Share #13716  Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, John Z. Goriup said: ...I knew Wolfgang Denzel very well. I grew up in Wien ( Vienna) and his shop was on my way to 'Gymnasium". After the day's classes I frequently stopped to chat, help out, sweep up and hand him tools. Alas. I was much too young and timid to ever ask for a drive in one of his cars... Thank you so very much, John, for sharing these memories with us, here, to be able to reflect upon how things were in those happy days. I really do appreciate it. The early days of VW are very close to my heart so the Rometsch / Denzel / Hebmuller etc. VW based cars have always been objects of fascination for me. The car in question, however, has no direct technical VW parentage so although the bonnet-line might resemble that of several Gmund / Stuttgart offerings the parental body lies elsewhere. Here's another view showing the rear 3/4 approach; 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! Philip. Edited October 13, 2020 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4062328'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 13, 2020 Share #13717  Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) Those are very French looking wheels so I wonder if it could be a Deutsch Bonnet or a successor René Bonnet? Wilson Edited October 13, 2020 by wlaidlaw 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 13, 2020 Share #13718  Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) 19 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said: Those are very French looking wheels so I wonder if it could be a Deutsch Bonnet?... Well spotted, Wilson! So far you are half-way there but a DB it is not. But you are certainly steering us all in the right direction. It is French but with Italian elan............ 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! Perhaps another clue might be deemed acceptable? The 'donor vehicle' was the ubiquitous Renault 4 CV... Philip. Edited October 13, 2020 by pippy 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Perhaps another clue might be deemed acceptable? The 'donor vehicle' was the ubiquitous Renault 4 CV... Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4062336'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted October 13, 2020 Share #13719 Â Posted October 13, 2020 Alpine A106 designed by Michelotti. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 13, 2020 Share #13720 Â Posted October 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, Rona!d said: Alpine A106 designed by Michelotti. No; not Alpine although the non Dieppe-based bodyshell manufacturer were to be congratulated on the success of the Opel GT somewhat later in their existence. Philip/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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