Well I am guessing Italian and with curves like that, maybe Gina Lollabrigida!
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Graham
This is a Fiat 1200 - I think it was the 1200TV for that model. About 1957/8. I have seen a couple of them in the past but I don't think many of them would have been sold in the UK - and I don't know if they did a RHD version. Very pretty car though.
yes, the "TV" stands for Touring Veloce. I have only seen one of these, a badly rusted version that still sits in a hoarder's garage, awaiting its final destruction sad to say. The advert for this beauty says it can do an honest 90 mph. I would love to have this car.
Hi, Could I get some help identifying this? Thanks! )
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Rear end looks European and sort of inspired by some PininFarina designs. Front end, from this angle, looks American. White walls scream American and maybe early 1960s.
Would I sound stupid if I said they are both Triumph TR3. The coupe was called something like the Italia and is a Michelotti design. Far more attractive than the convertible
Would I sound stupid if I said they are both Triumph TR3. The coupe was called something like the Italia and is a Michelotti design. Far more attractive than the convertible
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Graham
That's right Graham, both cars are based on the Triumph TR-3, the red one is a standard 1959 TR3A, but the silver hardtop is a Michelogtti styled re-body, a 1962 Triumph Italia 2000 .
Giovanni Michelotti acted as the in-house designer for Standard Triumph (later BMC/ British Leyland) after opening his own studio in 1959. He copied the side andrear of the Italia 2000 in his design for the TR-3s successor, the TR4. This sort of thing was common during that era.
Those finlets of course were copied from America 50s styling. Ironically they became popular across the Atlantic about the time they began to disappear on Detroit Iron.
Did you really have to do that, Shifty? From the side it looked almost normal. That is, even if it couldn't be unseen, one could still lead a normal life. Now I will need therapy.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
"Frubaker" as in Frua? As in Carrozzeria Frua? Oh well you can't win 'em all. I like most Frua designs but I guess there's just so much you can do with a Lark.
Did you really have to do that, Shifty? From the side it looked almost normal. That is, even if it couldn't be unseen, one could still lead a normal life. Now I will need therapy.
Ah yes, Juking. The uncontrollable ocular spasms and psychological blindness caused usually by looking at vehicles such as those mentioned above. Other vehicles (a 1958 Buick in one documented case) have been known to trigger the syndrome.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
Beats me... really. I bought mine in '76 with a 113K miles for $650. After putting $300 more in it over the next six months, the engine died, and I scrapped it for $100.
Wiki is clear as mud to me, but I think you got it 100% the first time.
I think it's a Galaxie XL. In between the regular crappy Galaxie that I had, and an LTD.
Comes with those nifty hidden headlights and the badges and sporty interior
Actually, the LTD is a Galaxie (500) with more luxury, and the XL is a Galaxie (500) with more "sport" (note the thin shell bucket seats and the console). For instance, there were no four door XLs during that period (trivia question; in what year was the last four door XL offered). So there isn't a straight line between the three models.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
For instance, there were no four door XLs during that period (trivia question; in what year was the last four door XL offered). So there isn't a straight line between the three models.
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Well I am guessing Italian and with curves like that, maybe Gina Lollabrigida!
Cheers
Graham
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Could I get some help identifying this?
Thanks!
Rear end looks European and sort of inspired by some PininFarina designs. Front end, from this angle, looks American. White walls scream American and maybe early 1960s.
However streetscape suggests European.
No idea at all.
Cheers
Graham
Would I sound stupid if I said they are both Triumph TR3. The coupe was called something like the Italia and is a Michelotti design. Far more attractive than the convertible
Cheers
Graham
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2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee L Limited Velvet Red over Wicker Beige
2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha
Giovanni Michelotti acted as the in-house designer for Standard Triumph (later BMC/ British Leyland) after opening his own studio in 1959. He copied the side andrear of the Italia 2000 in his design for the TR-3s successor, the TR4. This sort of thing was common during that era.
See next post for more.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Those finlets of course were copied from America 50s styling. Ironically they became popular across the Atlantic about the time they began to disappear on Detroit Iron.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
I like how the wheels and tires combine against the body of this Dodge Polara station wagon. Simple, yet effective relief!
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Designed by Frua
It's a concept car, so not really fair for our "Mystery Car" rules.
FRUABAKER
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
I'm still getting over the Nissan Cube and the original Scion xB.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
In the local CL:
I want to say that's some sort of late '60s, early '70s Mercury.... it reminds me of my first car (1970 Galaxie Coupe).
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Maybe it's an LTD?
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Ah... a Galaxie XL?
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Comes with those nifty hidden headlights and the badges and sporty interior
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I don't have any fond memories of mine... Black vinyl seats and no A/C!
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