Guess what this is III

unkel

I remember them

mike65

Not a clue, I'm going to need a hint (or three).

Mike.

unkel

mike65 wrote:

Not a clue, I'm going to need a hint (or three)

<sherlock h.> British reg, RHD, so most likely either Japanese or European. It doesn't look Japanese, so it must be European </sherlock h.>

And it's not British

<sherlock h.> So it is European, not British, so it's normally LHD. This one is RHD so it must be a fairly common car that they bothered to produce it with RHD as well. Probably one of the top 10 (or so) continental European car manufacturers of the time so </sherlock h.>

BrianD3

It looks very FIAT. Is it an Abarth 124 Coupe?

BrianD3

mike65

<sherlock h.> British reg, RHD, so most likely either Japanese or European. It doesn't look Japanese, so it must be European </sherlock h.>

And it's not British

<sherlock h.> So it is European, not British, so it's normally LHD. This one is RHD so it must be a fairly common car that they bothered to produce it with RHD as well. Probably one of the top 10 (or so) continental European car manufacturers of the time so </sherlock h.>

I thought of all that (well most of it!) but I cant spot any styling clues..

Mike.

unkel

BrianD3 wrote:

It looks very FIAT. Is it an Abarth 124 Coupe?

124 Coupe:



So nope

mike65 wrote:

I thought of all that (well most of it!) but I cant spot any styling clues..

BrianD3 did

It's not a FIAT but the designer is from the same country

alastair

It's a Simca Bertone coupe, but someones stuck a grill on the front. Not much use to the engine in the boot.

unkel

alastair wrote:

It's a Simca Bertone coupe

Hot, so hot

Gonna give you a cigar anyway but someone has got to come up with the details

beer enigma

Yeah - thats not a standard Bertone Coupe though...the wheels are wrong & the original didn't have air vents on the bonnet - besides, most of the standard bertone coupe's were around 1966/67 & that's a UK 'G' reg which puts it at 1969

I'm going for the cigar again.....

Not sure of the details, but Simca produced a Bertone 'S' Coupe around '69 - I think it was an 1100 or 1200 cc engine ??

PaulK_CCI

Simca 1200S Coupé, produced from 67-71 with a 80bhp 1200cc engine in the back. The 2nd incarnation of the model as the 1st series, the 1000 Coupé ran from 62-67 without an open grill at the front and a measly 998cc engine.
It's sitting on non-standard alloys and it's an extremely rare survivor in RHD, since they already were extremely rust sensitive on the continent, let alone in a "damper" climate as the UK and Irl...

unkel

PaulK_CCI wrote:

Simca 1200S Coupé

Big Cuban cigar for you

Alfasudcrazy

Such a knowledgeable lot on here - and I thought I knew all types of cars