The hell???
NOPE!!
The hell???
NOPE!!
Did you know Barbie had a Healey 3000?
Skipper had a Benz.
...while the threesome of Ken, Barbie and Midge had a Hot Rod.
2_3 said:
WTH is that?
In reply to stroker :
My first thought was a Bond or Turner, but looking at the rear shot I'm thinking it may be rear engined Fiat based not Triumph so I'm stumped.
914Driver said:I must be losing my touch. I assumed this huge wagon would take off, nope; sold for <$3k. And it's less than 100 miles from me.
OK, some TLC and a few Saturdays in the garage, but still ......
I learned to slide around in the snow in one of those.
stroker said:2_3 said:
WTH is that?
The flat rear window, oddly sized vent windows, bulky A-pillar, and modern-ish steering wheel and taillights suggest kit car to me, but I can't get any traction on which one. I started trying to tell myself wild stories about something using a Saab Sonett drivetrain in the rear, but I don't think the similar-ish taillights are enough to sell it... It's not on Sonett hubs, which are a big 5-lug pattern, and it doesn't look like they used a steering wheel anything like that, not that a car in this state is likely to have original anything...
Curious to find out just how wrong I am.
Adrian_Thompson said:In reply to stroker :
My first thought was a Bond or Turner, but looking at the rear shot I'm thinking it may be rear engined Fiat based not Triumph so I'm stumped.
The back reminds me of a Abarth 750 Zagato
Cape Lookout has 54 new inlets, and is closed to the public until further notice. I've been trying to convince my wife that going down there to do some camping would be an amazing trip. We may have lost our opportunity.
The overwash came from the sound side as the outgoing water sought the ocean.
I keep thinking it is something French - reminds me of an Alpine, but that isn't quite right.
stroker said:2_3 said:
WTH is that?
Nose and profile is a straight copy of an Allemano design on an Abarth 750, but those cars did not have the swage line 1/2 way up the side, nor the rear scoops. I suspect that it is a much newer (1970s?) Brazilian build with VW mechanicals. More research necessary. where is it?
TurnerX19 said:stroker said:2_3 said:
WTH is that?
Nose and profile is a straight copy of an Allemano design on an Abarth 750, but those cars did not have the swage line 1/2 way up the side, nor the rear scoops. I suspect that it is a much newer (1970s?) Brazilian build with VW mechanicals. More research necessary. where is it?
My first thought was VW since those appear to be wheel bolts, but without an axle nut on the rear I really doubt it is VW based. I like it though. A lot.
My brain recognizes the wheels, but the bugger wont tell me where they are from, just we've seen them before. Any identify them? That would give us a start.
Apparently these images are available as very expensive wall paper--
TurnerX19 said:stroker said:2_3 said:
WTH is that?
Nose and profile is a straight copy of an Allemano design on an Abarth 750, but those cars did not have the swage line 1/2 way up the side, nor the rear scoops. I suspect that it is a much newer (1970s?) Brazilian build with VW mechanicals. More research necessary. where is it?
Someone had a few beers and tried to build a vague replica of a very expensive car?
1960 Fiat Abarth 750GT Zagato Sestriere
Not the exact car, but close enough to make me think it was based on the 750 or 850 coupe circa 1960. The general description for these cars has been "Eceterini" or "Odds-n-ends" Italina cars build by coachwork houses.
This one looks closer but still no cigar:
I'm gonna say side on it being fiat based.
I too see a lot of similarities in the nose to the Allemano bodied coupes but there is something less finished about it.
Here is an Allemano bodied 850 coupe I saw at Concorso italiano
The Sestrieri cars had a distinctive wrap around rear glass that it doesn't have.
There were over 50 coach builders just on Italy doing this kind of thing though
That is an actual flyer for a show. Not a parody!
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