Name this car....

[hektor]

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Good morning/evening Michael.  The photograph was taken in Rose Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne but is neither Australian or English.

[NigelG]

Always a good start with “an easy one” and a tight crop....(guilty as charged 😀)

[Michael Geschlecht]

32 minutes ago, hektor said:

Good morning/evening Michael.  The photograph was taken in Rose Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne but is neither Australian or English.

Hello Hektor,

I was judging the car from looking at the car. Not the brickwork.

I was also looking at the brickwork which does not look like English brickwork. It looks like post Moon Landing brickwork, similar to work done in the USofA since people started walking on the Moon. I thought it might be Australian brickwork because that is where you are.

I added the possibility of the car being Australian because, in following this Thread I have noticed that there is a similarity in English car design & Australian car design sometimes: And the car looks sort of English. But not exactly. So, I thought it might be Australian.

Since it is neither & I have also noticed from following this Thread that there is sometimes a similarity in design between English cars & Italian cars:

Could this be Italian?

Best Regards,

Michael

[hektor]

Dear Michael,

Because of the time zones differences, I would like to give everyone an opportunity to "name this car" so will answer your question in a while.

Sincerely

Hektor f = 5 cm 1:2.5

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Hektor.

Good idea.

Best Regards,

Michael

[IkarusJohn]

Looks German, 1970s.  Something like a BMW 2002

[Michael Geschlecht]

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Hello Again hektor,

Understood.

Best Regards,

Michael

Edited October 27, 2021 by Michael Geschlecht

[a.j.z]

I also think it is a BMW as one can see the round badges on both sides. As it does not have headrests I think it is rather 60s.

[christoph_d]

I stick with the BMW theme, something like a 2800CS?

Edited October 27, 2021 by christoph_d

[Mute-on]

Alfa Romeo 105 Coupe. I’d guess a 1750 GTV, but earlier 1600 such as Giulia Sprint GT or GT Junior also possible. 
 

Edited October 27, 2021 by Mute-on

[stuny]

It certainly seems to be a higher end car, not an inexpensive economy car.  I too was thinking Italian, and probably an Alfa coupe.  it would have to be manufactured before 1969 since that's when head restraints became mandatory.  Perhaps as Mute-on wrote, a Giulia Sprint GT, but I would think a Veloce model, putting it between '65 and '68.

[hektor]

37 minutes ago, Mute-on said:

Alfa Romeo 105 Coupe. I’d guess a 1750 GTV, but earlier 1600 such as Giulia Sprint GT or GT Junior also possible.

Dear J., close enough.  1968 Giulia Spint GT Veloce, my car when at university.  One of the best of the many cars I have experienced.  Kept it for many years and did over two hundred and fifty thousand miles with two engine rebuilds.  For Australia they had spacers under the front springs to raise the headlight height to that regulated by the Army of Occupation, after which its handling was superb.

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[hektor]

31 minutes ago, stuny said:

It certainly seems to be a higher end car, not an inexpensive economy car.  I too was thinking Italian, and probably an Alfa coupe.  it would have to be manufactured before 1969 since that's when head restraints became mandatory.  Perhaps as Mute-on wrote, a Giulia Sprint GT, but I would think a Veloce model, putting it between '65 and '68.

Dear Stuart, head restraints did not become mandatory here until about 1973-1974.  Some of us had them fitted, my first in 1970 for obvious reasons.

[Mute-on]

7 minutes ago, hektor said:

Dear J., close enough.  1968 Giulia Spint GT Veloce, my car when at university.  One of the best of the many cars I have experienced.  Kept it for many years and did over two hundred and fifty thousand miles with two engine rebuilds.  For Australia they had spacers under the front springs to raise the headlight height to that regulated by the Army of Occupation, after which its handling was superb.

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Thank you Snr. One of the great coupés of the 20th century. 
 

I’ll start digging for the next challenge.

[Mute-on]

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[stuny]

Italian coupe. late 1960s- early 1970s.

[hektor]

2 hours ago, Mute-on said:

One of the great coupés of the 20th century.

So good that I had two.  One like a well worn comfortable pair of shoes, the other a five thousand miler still with running-in instructions on the windscreen.

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Too easy.  David Jones' car

[hektor]

Originally it had alloy wheels, however someone preferred chrome wires !!!

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Hallo,

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[a.j.z]

The rear end looks like an Alfa Duetto Spider, which it obviously isn‘t