pippy Posted December 20, 2021 Share #16661 Posted December 20, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) Here is another clue; 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. Quote 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=4335587'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 20, 2021 Posted December 20, 2021 Hi pippy, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Rona!d Posted December 20, 2021 Share #16662 Posted December 20, 2021 Thanks, I thought that´s it 😉 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasstellwag Posted December 20, 2021 Share #16663 Posted December 20, 2021 the mudguard looks like a 0.5t Morris pickup, but the door doesn´t -seems to be from an elder model 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted December 20, 2021 Share #16664 Posted December 20, 2021 1 hour ago, thomasstellwag said: the mudguard looks like a 0.5t Morris pickup... Not a Morris, Thomas, but you are on the correct continent! Here's another clue; 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. Quote 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=4335804'>More sharing options...
pippy Posted December 20, 2021 Share #16665 Posted December 20, 2021 Hmmm........... Not quite as easy, perhaps, as I initially thought it might be? Another more generous slab? 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. Quote 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=4336038'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted December 21, 2021 Share #16666 Posted December 21, 2021 Participant of the Rallye Monte Carlo with three cars and professional drivers. Even exported to the US. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted December 21, 2021 Share #16667 Posted December 21, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) So if we said: Very small Extremely compact Surprisingly, with 4 wheels Probably with a rear engine Anomaly in the microcar world 400cc - minus 4 Oddly, made in one country but with a name more associated with another country On the order of 28000 made. Would we be getting close? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted December 21, 2021 Share #16668 Posted December 21, 2021 Possibly 😉 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted December 21, 2021 Share #16669 Posted December 21, 2021 14 hours ago, adan said: So if we said:........... Would we be getting close? Sounds quite likely! One more crop just for fun? 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. Quote 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=4336380'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted December 21, 2021 Share #16670 Posted December 21, 2021 vor 8 Stunden schrieb pippy: Sounds quite likely! One more crop just for fun? 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. Gents, this is the trunk door in the front! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted December 22, 2021 Share #16671 Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Rona!d said: Gents, this is the trunk door in the front! Not the passenger-side arm-rest on the inside door-panel? Are you quite sure, Ronald?........................ Last crop before the beauty of the whole is unleashed in all its glory; 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! It does seem a shame that so few people might, themselves, have 'likely culprits' to post hence (perhaps?) a reluctance to guess correctly. If that is, indeed, the 'problem' then I might have something else to post if anyone would like to actually name the Beast in question - and clearly at least two of you know exactly what it is - so we can subsequently move on to another challenge? Philip. Edited December 22, 2021 by pippy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! It does seem a shame that so few people might, themselves, have 'likely culprits' to post hence (perhaps?) a reluctance to guess correctly. If that is, indeed, the 'problem' then I might have something else to post if anyone would like to actually name the Beast in question - and clearly at least two of you know exactly what it is - so we can subsequently move on to another challenge? Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=4336622'>More sharing options...
thomasstellwag Posted December 22, 2021 Share #16672 Posted December 22, 2021 I think a lot of people know it now, but nobody is brave enough to take the last piece of meat from the serving plate (as long as you do not switch off the light 🙂) let me start with the first letter : V Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted December 22, 2021 Share #16673 Posted December 22, 2021 OK, the next letter is: E (the first letter could also be an A but let´s proceed with the brand, not makers name). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted December 22, 2021 Share #16674 Posted December 22, 2021 I haven't a clue what it is! (Apart from it being a car, of sorts!) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted December 22, 2021 Share #16675 Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Graham (G4FUJ) said: I haven't a clue what it is! (Apart from it being a car, of sorts!) Think 'Bond Girls' during the Daniel Craig years (it usually works for me............). Philip. Edited December 22, 2021 by pippy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 22, 2021 Share #16676 Posted December 22, 2021 So, between the letter clues, and the Bond woman named Vesper, is this a Vespa 400? I don't think I've ever seen one. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 22, 2021 Share #16677 Posted December 22, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, stuny said: So, between the letter clues, and the Bond woman named Vesper, is this a Vespa 400? I don't think I've ever seen one. Stuny has anticipated my (same) guess... Italian design, but made in France (ACMA) ... largely unknown/unseen here in Italy... (*) Didn't understand the allusion to Bond girls ... but one of my vague initial hipotesis was that it could have been a 3 wheel BOND... 😄 (*) A young Mr. Agnelli would have married a young Ms. Piaggio no much later... they didn't want to cause family conflicts with the soon to be announced Fiat 500, and it wasn't even imported into Italy... 😎.. but the design of the first Bianchina was someway inspired by this car. Edited December 22, 2021 by luigi bertolotti 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted December 22, 2021 Share #16678 Posted December 22, 2021 The "cabrio-limousine" roof was inspired by the german Maico/Champion 400 from 1951 - 1956. Target market of the ACMA was France and Belgium, but even 1.700 cars were exported to the US. Who bought those and where did they drive? Any known US-survivors? Google "Vespa 400 brochure" and you´ll find the nice brochures they made where the car looks much nicer and grown up than in reality. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted December 22, 2021 Share #16679 Posted December 22, 2021 vor 50 Minuten schrieb luigi bertolotti: (*) A young Mr. Agnelli would have married a young Ms. Piaggio no much later... Luigi, when you are in Pontedera at the Piaggio factory, visit the "Piaggio Museo Giovanni Alberto Agnelli" (named after their son who died too early from cancer). There is a VESPA 400 car in one corner. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 22, 2021 Share #16680 Posted December 22, 2021 20 minutes ago, Rona!d said: Luigi, when you are in Pontedera at the Piaggio factory, visit the "Piaggio Museo Giovanni Alberto Agnelli" (named after their son who died too early from cancer). There is a VESPA 400 car in one corner. Ronald... I was in Pontedera, for strictly professional reasons, at the times when young Alberto was still alive and active in the firm... 18-20 years ago... : what I remember well is that my contact (the VP of design) who was a typical funny/joking guy Tuscany-style , making a tour in the factory at a certain moment told me "now let's do a diversion to go to give a look at Mr. Agnelli secretary !" she was worth, indeed... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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