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  • seminole_kevseminole_kev Member Posts: 1,696
    It said that Garfinkle's design was inspired by the 1969 Lancia Marica show car. (No idea what that would look like? Would that be a Frua design as well?)
  • seminole_kevseminole_kev Member Posts: 1,696
    ...Ok, found some photos of the Lancia Marica show car here: http://www.carsfromitaly.com/lancia/concepts/marica.html

    Definetly can see where it led to the Momo Mirage.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    The weird thing is that it's a Ghia design, it looks exactly like a Frua :confuse:

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    image

    No, it's not a Citroen.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Looks like a DKW, but with all the East German junk (lots of Wartburgs...bad name for a car) in the background, it could be some postwar monstrosity contrived by the commies in East Germany using salvaged dies, like the EMW.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    You're on the right track, Fin.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    No one else has any idea what that was. Actually Fin was pretty close. It's a
    Sachsenring IFA F8 sedan, made from 1949 to 1955 by the same folks in the DDR who gave the world the Trabant, it is based on prewar DKW mechanicals.

    I wouldn't have known either. ;)

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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    Ugly ain't it?

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    (Shifty slapping forehead)

    Oh, a Sachsenring IFA F8...of course!!
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    It just trips off the tongue doesn't it? :P

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    Just the other day I was saying to myself...

    Gesundheit! :)
  • michaellnomichaellno Member Posts: 4,120
    ...that's an easy one. TVR Tuscan, I believe. Similar to what John Travolta drove in the movie "Swordfish"
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    that's an easy one. TVR Tuscan, I believe. Similar to what John Travolta drove in the movie "Swordfish"

    All right Mr. know -it-all it's a Tuscan2, which distinguishes it from the original TVR Tuscan of the 60s.=>

    image

    My cousin owned the Triumph 6 powered version (TVR 2500M) which was an absolute blast to drive.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Cool, I was close. IIRC, that DKW/Saschenring was also front wheel drive, which is decent prewar technology.

    And on that note, a face even a mother couldn't love

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Is it a Simca?

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    hmmm...I dunno....looks very Germanic to me, especially the front fenders and headlight surrounds and hub caps....also a very weird car....okay, so Germanic and weird....this is starting to sound East German again, or maybe Scandanavian--very strang grille badge, too. Not a "normal" car from a "normal" country, I'm sure.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    You're on the right continent anyway, andy

    shifty is on the right track, the car is as abnormal as can be
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Close enough...it's an EMW as was mentioned with the earlier guess I made. I think they have an interesting history....IIRC, after the war BMW's Munich area facilities were heavily damaged, and didn't produce many cars before 1950. But their Eisenach factory, in what became the DDR, fared much better, and resumed production soon after the war. It actually made copycat BMW cars until the early 50s, when BMW took action. The cars were renamed EMW, and the grille and logo changed. I think the company later made the Wartburg too.
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    That's a new one for me. I've never heard of that brand.

    Bob
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    for the West, but the loss of the Skoda factory to the Western market was unfortuante I think. Skoda made some interesting cars and might have done okay in the USA.

    But who knows. Borgward had a great shot at becoming the BMW of America but they blew it, since Mr. Borgward was kind of a tyrant and thought he knew better than anyone how to do things.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    East German weirdos (Iknow, I started it), here's a little slice of Americana
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    image

    Bob
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    1954 Dodge Royal

    Bob
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    1954 Dodge Royal

    Nope it's a Coronet

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Royal? Cornet? Royal? Cornet? Royal? Cornet? She loves me? She loves me not? DANG! I picked the wrong one!

    Bob
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    no fair Andy, that's a prototype isn't it?
  • seminole_kevseminole_kev Member Posts: 1,696
    Don't know what it is, but I find it interesting that it looks a lot like a Jaguar Mk1 one off coupe body that was made as a styling exercise.

    *edit - found it. Kind of like this guy: http://www.jag-lovers.org/include/iv.php3?in=/q/1~1091011820.jpg
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    I think the loss of Tatra behind the iron curtain was even more unfortunate than Skoda. Tatras are pretty damn cool.

    The red car in the last pic is a postwar Bugatti
  • lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    KC-135R...oh wait, you meant the car...
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    The red car in the last pic is a postwar Bugatti

    Yes, a Bugatti Type 101 Cabriolet bodied by Gangloff, they are rare Shifty, but it's not a
    prototype, here's another=>
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    image

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Ford Capri.

    Bob
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Yep, or a Consul Capri to be exact. A British 2/3 scale 1960 Starliner. I like it.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    1962 Ford Consul Capri to be really exact, good night guys.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • lancerfixerlancerfixer Member Posts: 1,284
    Looks like a 1/2 scale Ford Starliner with a P1800 roofline. Maybe it looks better in person. It must.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    You won't like the front, then
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    I actually sat in a Type 101, that's how I knew what it was. But I think you are right, they did built a few postwar.

    Ettore Bugatti was a real character wasn't he? I love the story about him designing a pair of shoes that had individual toes. That is SO Bugatti.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    Here's the Capri front end, for those who care:

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    Not for those who don't care for Euro-American styling.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    that's a lot better looking=>

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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Jeez, it looks like an '81 510 and a 200SX got drunk and had a baby.
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Ford Taunus.

    Bob
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Ford Taunus.

    Keerect, one of a line of German-built Fords to bear the Taunus name. This one dates from the mid-70s based on the color and the wheels.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • subearusubearu Member Posts: 3,613
    Evenrude, wait, you weren't talking about the boat :P

    -Brian
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Just woke up... A Nissan Cedric.

    Bob
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    Yep it's a 1960-63 Cedric, looks like a first cousin to the Humber Super Snipe,
    and as with the HSS you can see plenty of 50s American influence.

    Check out the stacked headlights=>
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,682
    but it's an early 50s model...

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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,755
    That Nissan is kinda cool

    The "old" looking car is a Bentley R-Type or whatever they were called
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