Another "guess what this is" thread

BrianD3

OK who can tell me what this is. I want to know the make, model, type of engine and country of origin.

Dades

This type of trivia is good becasue you can't just google the answer!

Looks kinda like a Fiat Dino, though I don't reckon it is... :rolleyes:

God it's beautiful... Haven't a clue what it is though

Interceptor

Thought it was a Lamborghini Espada, but back-end much nicer. Dunno...

'c

unkel

Beautiful it is

Interceptor wrote:

Thought it was a Lamborghini Espada, but back-end much nicer. Dunno...

That's what I've been thinking for the last couple of hours. A series I resembles it most. It ain't that though

$Leon$

definately looks italian.
maserati?
late 1970's?

BrianD3

Any more guesses? Everyone is pretty cold so far.

Maybe time for a little hint: there used to be an F1 team (now defunct) which had the same name as the make of this car.

That will tell you that it can't be a Ferrari as the Ferrari F1 team is not defunct.

And it's not a Maserati.

BrianD3

Any more takers? Time to make it a lot easier. The car has an american V8 engine and was styled by an Italian. However the country of origin of the car is NOT any of the following:

Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Sweden
United States
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Malaysia
Korea
India
Ireland
Australia
Holland
Japan

mike65

Was it made in er Liechtenstein?

Mike.

mike65

Its a Monteverdi. Swiss I think.



Mike.

Dades

That looks on the money!
Looks like a High Speed 375 L now that I've googled your answer.

unkel

Well spotted mike65! Not 100% on the model, the front bumper is different also no front head rests in your pic. And side air-intake and indicators....

Maybe all of them are different :rolleyes:

Which one is it exactly, BrianD3?

unkel

mike65

I want one! I know saloon models by that company were fetching 40,000 sterling about 10-12 years back....

Mike.

alastair

How about a practical alternative in a vaguely similar vein?

BrianD3

I was beginning to think no-one would get it!
First prize to mike65 for guessing Monteverdi
Second prize goes to Athiest for googling and guessing 375L.

So it's Monteverdi 375L made in Switzerland. Design by Frua, engine by Chrysler (375 bhp 440 ci V8 also fitted in Dodge Chargers etc.) I think that the 426 hemi may also have been offered to customers who wanted a bit more power. These cars aimed at a very exclusive market and I doubt that there was an actual "standard spec". I'd say they were pretty bespoke and built to order.

Other models included the 375S (quite similar to the 375L with different rear end styling) 375/4 (saloon version of the 375L) and of course the HAI mid engined supercars. 2 or 3 HAIs were built over a period of around 20 years. One had a Ford Cosworth F1 engine, others had Chrysler hemi powerplants.

And finally, here is a pic of one of Mr Monteverdi's F1 cars from 1990.

BrianD3

OK here's the next challenge. This should be a lot easier than the Monteverdi one. Please identify this beastly machine:

mike65

deTomaso Pantera????? Or variant thereof.

Mike.

OfflerCrocGod

DeTomaso Mangusta:

unkel

De Tomaso Mangusta

BrianD3

Yep, it's the Mangusta. I think OfferCrocGod wins first prize this time

A real butch looking beast of a machine. Supposed to be a bit hairy to drive - weight distribution is very heavily biased towards the rear apparently.

BrianD3

unkel

A feck - crossed posts, cigar for Offler

See new challenge in other thread...

stratos

wow looks like jenson interceptor never woulda guessed.

djdoylie

I will soon be selling a Monteverdi 375L on behalf of a friend of mine - in fact there will be TWO of them for sale, one roadgoing and one for restauration. They are left hand drive and are in the UK. Contact me: djdoylie at ntlworld dot com for more info.

el tel

BrianD3 wrote:

OK who can tell me what this is. I want to know the make, model, type of engine and country of origin.

Can't believe I missed this thread until now. A few years ago I had the pleasure of visiting the Monteverdi Museum in Switzerland. They are such fabulous cars, especially the 375L. Not many of these in the UK, although I did see a mint condition silver one in a dealer in Edinburgh in the early 90s.

BTW, Kylie Minogue was driving a DeTomaso Mangusta in her "Can't get you out of my head" video...

PaulK_CCI

el tel wrote:

BTW, Kylie Minogue was driving a DeTomaso Mangusta in her "Can't get you out of my head" video...

I think she was merely 'sitting in one' in front of a moving studio backdrop... rather than drving one

el tel

PaulK_CCI wrote:

I think she was merely 'sitting in one' in front of a moving studio backdrop... rather than drving one

That is correct but went without saying.... it's so entirely obvious from the video that it's a blue-screen job.

mike65

So come on then, anyone got another car or bit thereof to id?

Mike.

PaulK_CCI

mike65 wrote:

So come on then, anyone got another car or bit thereof to id?

Mike.

righteo then, out of which car is this dashboard

one hint: the year is 1978

dubtom

I haven't a clue what model, but I'm guessing Italian, Fiat,Lancia, I kinda recall the square features, but I could be imagining it.

BTW, that handbrake could do with adjusting

Actually, a friend had an Alpine that looked a bit like that, if my other guess are wrong I'll go for an Alpine, can't remember who made it.:D

mike65

The picture wont load for me. edit it showing now. I think members.boards picture hosting is gone to sh1te

Is it a Dacia Duster?

Mike.

Henry Ford III

Lancia? Not sure which.

PaulK_CCI

You were close dubtom, and then you got distracted by the Alpine's....they were a product of the Chrysler/Rootes/Simca group by the way

Henry Ford III wrote:

Lancia? Not sure which.

You're right: Lancia is correct, but which model ?? Should be easy now

Squirrel

PaulK_CCI wrote:

You were close dubtom, and then you got distracted by the Alpine's....they were a product of the Chrysler/Rootes/Simca group by the way



You're right: Lancia is correct, but which model ?? Should be easy now

Monte Carlo?

Citroen Guru

I think it,s a Gamma. Gearstick looks familiar.:)

dubtom

Surley not a Beta, My first car by the way, 1600 double overhead cam twin carb,rust bucket though.

ds20prefecture

Citroen Guru wrote:

I think it,s a Gamma. Gearstick looks familiar.:)

I think you're right. The Beta had one of those accordion rubber things.

PaulK_CCI

Citroen Guru wrote:

I think it,s a Gamma. Gearstick looks familiar.:)

Yep spot on Guru, it's a Gamma. Actually, it's a Gamma Coupe! This one has just over 100k km's and is in immaculate condition. An acquired taste as some people would say. The interior is wonderfully late seventies!!!!

Citroen Guru

I bought a Gamma Coupe at auction in the early nineties and ran it for six months. Never any trouble and a lovely motorway cruiser. Sold it to one of the classic car mags -can't remember which-and the ran it as a staff car. Interior was the same as yours and white/rust/filler on the outside.

GreaseMonkey

Please forgive me for arriving at the party sorta late, but, was googling some info on finding me a "Guse & came across your open search for an answer to a photo question. Could that possibly be some sort of Iso Grifo or Rivolta? The grille is definitely from that period, almost AstonMartin'ish from the V8-On Her Majesty's Secret Service time frame, but strangely enough has that bizarre rear three quarter look of some of Maserati's design studies with one of the Turin Studios.

IrishRover

I take it you're talking about the Monteverdi 375L on page 1 there, GreaseMonkey - already answered though but yeah, it must have been designed with Maseratis and Lambourghinis from the 60s and 70s in mind.

I suppose I'll have to admit though that my immediate thought was "What's difficult about that - it's a Jensen Interceptor of course!"

IrishRover

Let's have another one anyway...
Too easy for you lads to show you the cars I reckon. Name them from their rear clusters instead! Clue is I reckon all these cars look very similar and at least two of the cars definitely have connections.

Blue850

no 1 is a DeLorean
no2 is a Lancia Beta Montecarlo
no 3 is a Lotus Esprit

IrishRover

Spot on there fella! You guys are too good at this alright:)

Daxklynsmith

They were found in Europe,UK,Canada,Australia etc.
Came out with Ford V8 motors and eventually with a Ford Cortina 1500cc Engine as well



Regards
Dax

Blue850

well this is a headscratcher. Front looks like a Rochdale and the rear Ginetta but I cant find those cars having both the Ford V8 and also the 1500. Is it an English special from the 60's?

Daxklynsmith

Hi Blue 850, nope, was a production run of 1288 cars by a small manufacturer in South Africa, Company called GSM, they did a deal with Ford SA and sold the cars through Ford Dealerships. Produced possibly the ugliest convertible as well.
They, the Flamingo pictured as well as the Dart convertible handled well and were exported by Ford to the UK and Canada, but they were too late and too short of money so Ford Killed the program

el tel

Ok, what's this? Don't think it's too hard, but we'll see!

Blue850

Cisitalia 202 coupe fom late 40's early 50s

el tel

Blue850 wrote:

Cisitalia 202 coupe fom late 40's early 50s

Nice one Blue850! (I knew it was too easy...for some!)

mustang68

Looks like it was copied in the Nissan (micra) firaga, figgaro, firagra, fig... you know the one I mean