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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,464
    Hmmm GM based...sure looks like Germany...did they re-introduce the Bitter?
  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    Negative: you got it ... '66 Opel Rekord

    Fintail: yep, the new car from Erich Bitter ... care to guess what GM vehicle served as the base?
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    based on a Pontiac GTO? looks to be about the same size

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  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    Fintail: yep, the new car from Erich Bitter ... care to guess what GM vehicle served as the base?


    Was it the Holden Monaro, the same car that the GTO is based on?
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    Fintail: yep, the new car from Erich Bitter ... care to guess what GM vehicle served as the base?


    Was it the Holden Monaro?
  • nikocaysnikocays Member Posts: 2
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,464
    The red car is a Fiat-based Lada, I think the model was 1500, later sold as the Signet

    The Bitter has to have a Monaro-GTO platform
  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    The new Bitter is in fact based on the Holden Monaro, which is the donor car for the Pontiac GTO.

    Personally, I find the lines of the Bitter to be better (ain't alliteration fun!), but I'm sure there is a premium for his coachwork.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Samara I think.

    They sold a car like that and also the Lada Niva in Brazil for a while. Until customers wised up - they were junk.

    I remember you could buy a new one for something like $2 grand with the exchange rates at the time, it was crazy.

    -juice
  • negativenegative Member Posts: 107
    Weren't there other East European incarnations of the Fiat 124? The Polish FSO comes to mind.
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    Wish they brought these to the States. A real competitor to the H3, Pathfinder, Grand Cherokee, 4Runner.

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    FSO did produce a car like that the 124 up until the late 80's. My parents actually owned one when we lived in Poland. Did you know in the FSO version it actually had 4 wheel disc brakes? Not sure why cause you could never get it up to speed to require such stopiing power. :sick:

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    little-known slinky Italian from the wire wheel age=>

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  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    1950 OSCA MT4 Vignale Berlinetta

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Dang I thought that one would last longer :sick: MT4s are getting a mazing prices these days. For those who don't know the Maserati brothers started OSCA after losing financial control of the firm that carries their name, OSCA built many successful racing and formula cars in the 50s and just a few Gran Turismos like the MT4.

    Gorgeous ain't it.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    What's the model?
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,464
    Silver Seraph
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    It took some research. It just grabbed me as a great looking older car. Keep them coming.
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    I think it is a 2002 Silver Seraph....
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    Anyone going to guess post #1244???
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Yup, it's a Seraph, the last pre-BMW Rolls Royce and IMO a lot better looking than the boxy Phantom.

    Can't help with 1244 Nav, all SUVs look alike to me. :P

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,402
    A 2005 Red X Box.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,464
    61 T-Bird
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Well at least some can see it. Sorry about that but you are right Fin. From what I can see the "Banana Bird", as we called it has become extremely collectible.
    '61s are pulling over $40k and you don't wanna know what a Banana Bird with the tonneau and wires fetches.

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  • cxvargascxvargas Member Posts: 30
    Hyundai Terracan.
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    Nice job cxvargas! :)
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,464
    Yesh those Sport Roadsters go for nutty money. Fairly pretty car though, a good pair for a 61 Continental
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Another hot one, love those classic lines. Timeless beauty.

    -juice
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
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  • seminole_kevseminole_kev Member Posts: 1,696
    Well that's the Mitsubishi (mumbles something) of course!
  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    Mitsu Expo LRV, IIRC. Forerunner to the "crossover" fad that is now gripping the car buying public.
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    You're right....almost. The Expo LRV is the name for the previous generation, now it's called the Mitsubishi Space Wagon. But, good job nonetheless.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Here's on that's got lots of SPACE">
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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    We might have a better shot if it wasn't such a crappy picture!

    I'll take a shot and say it looks Vignale or Touring bodied. Perhaps a variant of the Fiat 8V ca. 1955. The small fins in the rear are similar to some Ferraris of the period.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,464
    The wagon is a 63 Mercury

    I wanna say Cisitalia about the Italian job
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    The wagon is a 63 Mercury

    '63 Mercury Colony Park

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    and pretty rare=>image

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  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    Shape looks familiar....maybe some kind of Ferrari?

    Anyway, IMO I think it comes from an Italian manufacturer.
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 266,778
    Ferrari Daytona Coupe??

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,453
    A '70? What was the actual model name, 275GTB?

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,464
    Yep it's a Daytona, also known as a 365GT4 or GTS4 I think. Those cars are the ones that really shot up in the market craze of the late 80s, and are now worth less now than then.

    The Spyder version of the car is what they had on Miami Vice...a fake, of course.

    The 275GTB was the 60s car on a completely different plane of value

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    What's so crappy about the picture? Looks fine to me....

    Actually not too bad a guess, my compliments...you are in the ballpark but wrong coachbuilder. It's a more common builder, although the car itself is quite uncommon.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Just so we have it straight, the car we know as the Daytona goes by 365GTB/4 in Ferrari lingo which is confusing because the first Boxer Berlinettas were called 365GT/4 BBs. They were completely different having a Mid-mounted Flat 12 ionstead of a V12 up front.

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    The Daytona was a '70 with the Euro Spec "glassfront" h/ls rather than the later US spec flip-ups. I'm not sure there is that much difference in value between a Daytona and a 275 GTB/4 nowadays Fintail. Perhaps Shifty will tell us when he reveals the secret of his mystery car. :confuse:

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  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    Is it another of the Osca's built by the Maserati Boys?
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    No it's a Fiat, he got that part right first time.

    Actually I got to thinking I might not be playing by the rules....I think that due to attrition over the years, this car is the only known example.

    If you look REAL close, you will see the vague outline or memoey (grille, mostly) of a 50s/60s American car, which will then give you the last clue in the puzzle.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Well I guess you're within the rules if this was the last survivor of several but I'm still stumped. Is it an Exner design (noting the tailfins)?

    I can't see any of the grillework on my monitor.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    a car that was underappreciated in it's time and still is. This example is priced @ $17,900!=>image

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,464
    Either an 840 or an 850 coupe from the early 90s. I saw one on the road here last week.
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