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#212226 - 05/04/2004 10:50 Name that car
furtive
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Any idea what this car is? The green one on the right of the garage entrance

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#212227 - 05/04/2004 10:53 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
trs24
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Looks like a 1965ish Aston Martin DB6 to me.

Edit: Although, the tail lights don't look right. But everything else does - including the rims.

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#212228 - 05/04/2004 11:20 Re: Name that car [Re: trs24]
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It looks like some kind of Lancia/Fiat to me, definitely Italian in feel, thought it might be an Aston Zagato but I can't find anything with those tail lamps

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#212229 - 05/04/2004 11:21 Re: Name that car [Re: trs24]
furtive
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Nope. Not an Aston

Here is a close-up of it:


Edited by furtive (05/04/2004 11:35)
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#212230 - 05/04/2004 12:29 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
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I was thinking of something like a Citroen or a Saab ???

Cheers

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#212231 - 05/04/2004 13:55 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
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I wanted to say Opel GT but it is not quite. It is achingly familiar though.....

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#212232 - 05/04/2004 13:56 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
trs24
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Nope. Not an Aston
Dang! I thought I had it. Although, looking at it closer, the tail is too skinny. Although, ALL the other details are almost spot-on. Those rims are very indicitive of the DB6. Whatever it is, it must use the same frame. It's gotta be a 1965-1970 *something* GT.

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#212233 - 05/04/2004 13:57 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
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Maybe an Opel????

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#212234 - 05/04/2004 14:24 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
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Don't suppose we could get a front view could we!? This is gnawing at me now!

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#212235 - 05/04/2004 14:40 Re: Name that car [Re: Half_Geek]
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Sadly the guy who took the picture didn't think to take a front view.

It's *nearly* a Ferrari 275, but not quite. I'm wondering if it is a kit car replica of a 275.

This is what one is supposed to look like:

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#212236 - 05/04/2004 14:44 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
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I was thinking a Saab Sonett, but it just doesn't look right.

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#212237 - 05/04/2004 14:49 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
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First thought I had was "man, you don't want to drop a bag of golf balls there!"

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#212238 - 05/04/2004 14:51 Re: Name that car [Re: Phoenix42]
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No, it isn't. I don't claim to be a Sonett expert, but I have seen a ton of them the last couple years. None of them looked like that.
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#212239 - 05/04/2004 14:52 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
andy
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Name that car

My wife says she thinks it is called Fred, but that probably isn't too helpful
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#212240 - 05/04/2004 15:34 Re: Name that car [Re: g_attrill]
trs24
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First thought I had was "man, you don't want to drop a bag of golf balls there!"
LMAO picturing that scenario.

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#212241 - 05/04/2004 15:54 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
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I'm guessing its a Lambo, I just cant figure out what year yet...
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#212242 - 05/04/2004 16:03 Re: Name that car [Re: ithoughti]
trs24
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Anybody know any police officers in the SF area that could just look up that license plate number for us?

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#212243 - 05/04/2004 16:21 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
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Hmm! It's too familiar - I am pretty sure it is a legit model. It just has loads of styling cues in there as well. The haunches and back screen angle give the Aston DB look, that cut-off back says Ginetta/Ferrari/Opel or similar to me. But it appears to have a moderate looking single exhaust on it, and those knock-on hubs look authentic which must date it.

Those tail lights look identical to the 308, and there does look to be something Ferrari-ish about it, except for that little exhaust!!

I still have a nagging feeling it is might be a US model, but I'm not that good on all the different models and years there!

(This is annoying now... I'm going to sleep on it and hope for inspiration!!)

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#212244 - 06/04/2004 02:55 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
boxer
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Definitively, this is a rear engined Fiat 850 from the early 70's. I know, because I used to share a flat with a guy that owned one: for which reason, when I get home, I may well be able to find a photo of one from my collection.
At the time, and this is mainly for Rob's benefit, I was driving one of a handful of 1969, 1700c.c. freewheel, Saab 99's, from the 1969 London Motor Show, which differed substantially from the production version. This was the first of my four 99's. Regrettably, when I had my eyes on the first of the turbos, the ad. agency that I worked for acquired the British Leyland account and we all had to have Rover SD 1's - the worst car that I ever owned. I never did get back to being a Saab driver!

Ooops!!!! No it isn't, it's an Opel Kadett from the same period, sorry, I won't go into a long explanation of what was misleading me.
N.B. It's not quite the same model as the one shown in the link.


Edited by boxer (06/04/2004 05:19)
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#212245 - 06/04/2004 03:04 Re: Name that car [Re: boxer]
Roger
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Definitively, this is a rear engined Fiat 850 from the early 70's

Interestingly, while Google Images turns up a bunch of 1970-model Fiat 850's that do look like this car, none of them have the "gills" behind the quarterlight. Maybe it's a post-1974 model?

Edit: It is very similar to the 1966 850 Coupe, though: http://personal.inet.fi/private/illu/fiat_850_coupe.htm



Edited by Roger (06/04/2004 03:07)
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#212246 - 06/04/2004 03:12 Re: Name that car [Re: Roger]
boxer
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Yep, but it's the grilles for the rear engine that I should have gone by in identifying it.
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#212247 - 06/04/2004 05:47 Re: Name that car [Re: boxer]
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I can't find a single image of an Open Kadett or a Fiat 850 that looks like the original picture.

The Kadett doesn't have the gills
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#212248 - 06/04/2004 06:04 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
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When I first saw the photo I thought of an old Opel or Alfa Romeo.

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#212249 - 06/04/2004 06:16 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
boxer
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Neither can I, I'll get stuck into my "Every car sold in Britain 1945 - 1980", when I get home, but, of course, they'll mainly be front views. It's definitely not the Fiat though.
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#212250 - 06/04/2004 06:22 Re: Name that car [Re: boxer]
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The Opel Kadett was front-engined though, (as with the Vauxhall Chevette variants)?

The 850 was a chunk smaller than the one in the picture looks, but it is hard to gauge size. Fiat did do a number of coupes though, and the ferrari lights go along with that.

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#212251 - 06/04/2004 07:12 Re: Name that car [Re: Half_Geek]
boxer
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Goddam!! This is driving me mad, I've been surfing for the last hour - what's bugging me is that I'm sure that car was around in numbers at one-time, it just seems so familiar.
I take the point on the Ferrari lights, and the rear shape just seemed to say Farina, hence I was sure on the Fiat - but then, when I looked and saw that the 850 had those grills on the lid, that was out.
Then I recollected that, we parked Saab, Fiat and the other guy had a yellow Opel Kadett coupe, next to each other.
I've looked at Alfas, Ferraris, Lancias and even Datsuns.
If I haven't solved it tonight, I'm going to bounce it on to a couple of experts of my acquaintnace, one's the motoring correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.
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#212252 - 06/04/2004 07:44 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
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Hmmm...could it be an A550X, have to look for some photos.

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#212253 - 06/04/2004 07:49 Re: Name that car [Re: rtundo]
boxer
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A550X

It's got the three distinctive slits, but not the rear windows: http://zhome.com/History/Truth/A550Xvs240Z.htm
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#212254 - 06/04/2004 08:31 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
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Looks like an Opel.

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#212255 - 06/04/2004 08:43 Re: Name that car [Re: Jerz]
furtive
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I can finally put you all, and myself, out of out collective misery.

It's a Ford. Well, it's based on a Ford anyway - a based on a Ford Taunus 20m TS.

It is an OSI 20m TS to be exact.

http://www.taunus.nl/OSI/eng/eng.htm
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