Mystery Car reprise

ds20prefecture · 24-02-2005 12:38am #1

I'm sure this won't take long.

alastair · 24-02-2005 2:20am

Tatra 87

PaulK_CCI · 24-02-2005 7:51am

Ok, what about this one?

ds20prefecture · 24-02-2005 9:10am

alastair wrote:

Tatra 87

Actually a T77A. Much, much rarer.

alastair · 24-02-2005 10:14am

That looks like a Ferrari 250 GT that crossbred with a Fiat Spyder.

Not a clue.

PaulK_CCI · 24-02-2005 10:38am

alastair wrote:

Not a clue.

Ok, i'll give you a few.

You've correctly spotted some similarities in the lines, but in fact the car is not European at all, however the car was designed by a famous Italian designer AND built by an Italian car maker

unkel · 24-02-2005 11:09am

Looks more like a cross between an Alfa Romeo Spyder and a Datsun 240Z to me

Any more hints, Paul?

PaulK_CCI · 24-02-2005 11:49am

unkel wrote:

Any more hints, Paul?

Designed by Franco Scaglietti. Worth while doing on a search on him alone, because he designed some real beauties!!!

Cars were instructed to be built by two American blokes, who consequently paid the Italian coach builder of the cars with a Dud Cheque!!!! (interesting link to a topic in the Motors section

, except that this one was probably worth a couple of million)...

see if that gets you anywhere

Dades · 24-02-2005 11:51am

Must be the bastard child of a Ferrari 275 GTS. If it's not Pininfarina lines - they should get their lawyers out

But we can all say what it looks like...

MercMad · 24-02-2005 12:12pm

Would it have anything to do with Hoffman or Chinetti ?

Just a stab in the dark !

Deffo Pinninfarina lines !

alastair · 24-02-2005 12:30pm

Right so, It's a Intermeccanica Apollo. http://www.intermeccanica.org/
I see that Scaglietti designed the 250GT, so at least there was a vague recognition.

Headleylamarr · 24-02-2005 12:36pm

330 Gts

unkel · 24-02-2005 12:48pm

Looks like a Chevy Scaglietti 'Vette :eek:

unkel · 24-02-2005 12:53pm

Excellent, Alastair

unkel · 24-02-2005 1:18pm

There were only 11 convertibles made. How far are we going in this game? :eek:

@Paul - you a mate of Joop Stolze then? And did you see his '64 5000GT?

PaulK_CCI · 24-02-2005 4:09pm

Excellent Alastair! Big cigar to you, Sir!

unkel wrote:

How far are we going in this game? :eek:

Well, unkel, I'm just trying to present seemingly very difficult cars, that have relationships with other more famous cars, and that serve as a "learning exercise" for the contestants.

Like the misconception that all Ferrari's are designed by Pininfarina, whereas in fact, there were a host of other designers doing exactly the same thing!!! Scaglietti being a very important one!!

By the way, funny you mentioned it looked like a "chevy scaglietti vette", because as soon as that cheque bounced at "Carrozeria Intermecchanica", the swiss/italian coach builder, they kept all the remaining cars, and sold them to a rich Texan banker, who then started selling the cars as the "Vetta Ventura".

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