Name this car....

[wlaidlaw]

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2 hours ago, Rona!d said:

Lombardi closed his factory a year later (around 1974) because no niche models based on mass produced FIATs made much sense as FIAT themselve started producing niche models under their own brand.

Ronald,

Did the Abarth Scorpione still have the swing axles of the Fiat 850? Assuming the 1300 Fiat Abarth engine made the same 125 BHP of the earlier Simca based Abarth that my mother had, I could understand the handling of the Scorpione being less than ideal. Mind you I don't recall my father making adverse comments about the handling of the Simca 1000 based Simca Abarth GT, which also had swing axles but was rather lower set than the Scorpione. 

Wilson

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[stuny]

Early Porsche Targas had the same issue, rusting at the frame below the Targa bar.  My very used 1969 912 Targa was somehow spared that problem.  You knew it was serious if you jacked up the car towards its middle, and it drooped on both sides of the jack.

[Rona!d]

vor 3 Stunden schrieb wlaidlaw:

Ronald,

Did the Abarth Scorpione still have the swing axles of the Fiat 850? Assuming the 1300 Fiat Abarth engine made the same 125 BHP of the earlier Simca based Abarth that my mother had, I could understand the handling of the Scorpione being less than ideal. Mind you I don't recall my father making adverse comments about the handling of the Simca 1000 based Simca Abarth GT, which also had swing axles but was rather lower set than the Scorpione. 

Wilson

Abarth started with different stages of tuning (chassis, brakes and engine size), the final and best SS had a more sophisticated chassis, disc brakes all around and a wider rear axle while the Lombardis and Scorpione S had the standard Fiat 850 swing arms. The SS had double CV jointed drive shafts, semi trailing variety swing arms known from the Abarth 1000 TCR (600 body).

[Rona!d]

vor 17 Stunden schrieb NigelG:

Mine completely rusted through the sills and also top of the rollover/targa bar - I think water had been trapped underneath the roof panel…

Rust??? Fiat???

And I thought serious X 1/9 were made all of plastic (judged by the spoiler orgies we saw at later 4th hand models in front of discotheques) 😉

[NigelG]

14 hours ago, Rona!d said:

Rust??? Fiat???

And I thought serious X 1/9 were made all of plastic (judged by the spoiler orgies we saw at later 4th hand models in front of discotheques) 😉

To be fair it was the first car I bought and I was mainly working away from london down in southern France restoring a chateau for an American couple where the targa top + small size were perfect for sunny days/rural lanes. I think in the UK most were parked outside hairdressers….

Edited June 6, 2023 by NigelG
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[Rona!d]

vor 34 Minuten schrieb NigelG:

To be fair it was the first car I bought and I was mainly working away from london down in southern France restoring a chateau for an American couple where the targa top + small size were perfect for sunny days/rural lanes. I think in the UK most were parked outside hairdressers….

Agree, right car for the right place. In the old days our family Peugeot 304S and 504 Cabriolets were also perfect for southern France. Trunk big enough for lugguage AND a lot of wine, small enough vehicles for tiny villages. Rust was the problem here in Germany, especially the (new!) 1983 504 Cabriolet was a complete nightmare. My father switched to BMW 3-series convertibles after the 504 Pininfarinightmare.

[stuny]

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While waiting for somebody to step in for Wilson, have a look at this full size monopoly token, which was actually displayed at Pebble Beach.  It's now in the large and often strange collection of the Lane Museum, on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee.  Really worth a visit.

 

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[wlaidlaw]

It is quite similar to my Schuco clockwork Mercedes W25. I had it restored a few years ago but for some weird reason the restorer decided to paint it Bugatti Blue instead of the original white. I bought a new box for it and the hammer for the knock off wheel nuts, which had gone missing from the tool kit over the years.

I have just sent off my Prameta clockwork Jaguar XK120 today to the Toyworks in Penrith in the Lake district. I was showing it to a friend in around 1958, when he said to me: "Do you know you can change them straight from 3rd gear to reverse without stopping the car?" Before I could say get your mitts off my Jaguar, he had grasped the reversing light and yanked it across. The gearbox made a nasty crunch and the car has never worked since. I was so tempted the next week, to "accidentally" stand on his Hornby OO gauge Mallard locomotive but I resisted. I have also lost the policeman wind up key for the Jaguar but those can easily be found on Fleabay if the Toyworks manages to unjam the gearbox. I do still have its original cardboard box, albeit somewhat worse for wear. 

Wilson

[a.j.z]

Am 5.6.2023 um 12:52 schrieb wlaidlaw:

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I am afraid I really have nothing new to post so may I throw it open to anyone who wants to have a go. 

Wilson

Let's try this one then

 

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Edited June 6, 2023 by a.j.z

[Rona!d]

Porsche Carrera GT

[a.j.z]

vor 2 Stunden schrieb Rona!d:

Porsche Carrera GT

Of course. I had hoped that the angle and color would be at least a little distracting.
Can’t post the full car now, but everybody knows how it looks like anyway (from my point of view there are better Porsche designs btw).

[Rona!d]

vor einer Stunde schrieb a.j.z:

Of course. I had hoped that the angle and color would be at least a little distracting.
Can’t post the full car now, but everybody knows how it looks like anyway (from my point of view there are better Porsche designs btw).

You cropped that very well, especially hiding the rear lights and gaps. Before I answered "P C GT" I first had to be sure I could 100% exclude a BMW Z3 with the Aero-Kit.

All I recall was a demo lap with Walter Röhrl and two owners I knew when this was the car to have as an Early Adopter. Both couldn´t drive it like Walter did 😉

[Rona!d]

OK, here the next one.

 

 

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[stuny]

Even though it has water all over it I'm not fooled into guessing the Amphicar.

[stuny]

It may be a European, small by US standards, commercial vehicle.

[Rona!d]

European yes but not a commercial vehicle. Small by US standards quite possible, even an Audi Q7 is that.

[a.j.z]

Fiat Multipla?

[pippy]

8 hours ago, Rona!d said:

OK, here the next one....

Well that's really quite spooky! Had Andreas not suggested the Porsche in post #19909 I was considering offering-up a crop from this absolute stunner of a car which I came across - for the first time! - just the other week so will, understandably, sit this one out;

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Happily for me I experienced less in terms of rain which, considering I was in Rouen at the time, must be a first...!

Philip.

Edited June 7, 2023 by pippy

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[a.j.z]

Here is the Carrera GT

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Edited June 7, 2023 by a.j.z

[Rona!d]

vor 2 Stunden schrieb a.j.z:

Fiat Multipla?

Not a Multipla.