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Gustl
... is this ??

I only know that it's a 50/60ies car from America

I'm sure anybody here knows rolleyes.gif
Gustl
too late - now I know the answer biggrin.gif

if somebody want to guess ... just try happy11.gif

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SLITS
I tried, but it isn't a 3 wheel GM concept car .... so it must be ... ta da ...

Ronnie Rayguns Super Speeder from his Star Wars program. piratenanner.gif
Ferg
This car was just in a magazine... It's killing me, but I want to say It was built from a 356?

Ferg
Gustl
hmmm ... don't know idea.gif

it's a kit car that was designed to fit a VW, Fiat or Renault chassis

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Gustl
maybe this one is easier ??

IPB Image

I know I've seen this one before, but currently it's not in my mind ...

bye1.gif Gustl
ConeDodger
QUOTE(Gustl @ Jan 5 2009, 10:38 AM) *

hmmm ... don't know idea.gif

it's a kit car that was designed to fit a VW, Fiat or Renault chassis

bye1.gif Gustl


I think they only built 2 or 3 or that car though... Some engineer in Florida.
Wilhelm
?????? The Suppository????????
JmuRiz
QUOTE(Ferg @ Jan 5 2009, 10:14 AM) *

This car was just in a magazine... It's killing me, but I want to say It was built from a 356?

Ferg

You are correct, it was in Excellence Magazine a couple months back:

Henry Covington's "El Tiburon", based on a 356.
Ferg
QUOTE(JmuRiz @ Jan 5 2009, 12:04 PM) *

QUOTE(Ferg @ Jan 5 2009, 10:14 AM) *

This car was just in a magazine... It's killing me, but I want to say It was built from a 356?

Ferg

You are correct, it was in Excellence Magazine a couple months back:

Henry Covington's "El Tiburon", based on a 356.



Thanks, that's what I thought, I'm not crazy blink.gif

Gustl
o.k. - that's it




so ... now go on with the green one laugh.gif
Ferg
QUOTE(Gustl @ Jan 5 2009, 03:16 PM) *

o.k. - that's it




so ... now go on with the green one laugh.gif



I'm thinking another kit?, not enough grill for old cooling systems, along with no hood straps or latches for old style latches.

tires/rims look wide for the period the car is modeled after.



Ferg
rick 918-S
The green one is a custom The Lincoln Zephyr grille is a like the one in this street rod and the head lights are like 1950 lincoln.
Ferg
Bump, as Rick seems right on, and I still can't find it dry.gif
Gustl
QUOTE(Ferg @ Jan 7 2009, 05:12 PM) *

..., and I still can't find it dry.gif

same here sad.gif
tdgray
It has something written on the front fender but it is way too small to see.

I thought the cars had to be production cars in your game Wolfgang?
KELTY360
QUOTE(rick 918-S @ Jan 5 2009, 02:39 PM) *

The green one is a custom The Lincoln Zephyr grille is a like the one in this street rod and the head lights are like 1950 lincoln.


I think you're correct on the headlights but the grille is from a LaSalle. The front bumper looks like it was a rear bumper from a Lincoln, maybe. This looks to be a very well done custom, probably from a prominent builder.

I'd like to see it from the rear and more detail on the interior.
Gustl
QUOTE(tdgray @ Jan 7 2009, 09:19 PM) *

I thought the cars had to be production cars in your game Wolfgang?

correct - but as long as we don't know the solution we also don't know if it is (or not)
it might be a very little production run
we already had "production cars" with only 3-5 built items

I'm really currious about this one - I still think that I've seen it once idea.gif

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FourBlades

I think you guys are wrong about the first car...

I am pretty sure it is a Buick Platypus R300 made to commemorate the 1957 Australian Summer Olympics...

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rick 918-S
Oh ya, LeSalle grille. The car may be a proto type. I found this toy car photo that kind of looks close. The link stated it was a proto type model 1940 LaSalle Roadster.
martin914
QUOTE(Gustl @ Jan 5 2009, 10:40 AM) *

maybe this one is easier ??

IPB Image

I know I've seen this one before, but currently it's not in my mind ...

bye1.gif Gustl

hi. i think its a kaiser frasier beer.gif
rick 918-S
FOUND IT!

[Unknown, Beverly Hills, USA] Maverick, a sporty-looking convertible coupe a la Jaguar XK150, on the 1952 Cadillac chassis; six of them were reportedly built. [source: Muller & Hensel, Germany]. Another Database visitor, Rob Muirhead, adds that this rare model was built by Maverick Motors of Mountain View, California, from 1953 to 1955. They were three passenger cars on the Cadillac chassis, available with optional wheel base from from 122 to 130 inches; the finished car was 16 feet long. These where available with 1, 2, 3 or no doors and they had a spun copper instrument panel with a Stewart-Warner vacuum gauge, tachometer and a 160 mph speedometer; the car had plastic covered seats and floor and the floor was made from half inch marine plywood. According to Rob's source, 10 were built (not 6), one of them even had a roof [a removable hardtop ?].

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...l%3Den%26sa%3DN
Ferg
Cool!

So they were built back in the day, neat.

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Gustl
wow - I'm deeply impressed blink.gif


what about this one:

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rick 918-S
Hmmmm... It has Cummingham and Scaraab styling with Ferrari bird cage design.
So.Cal.914
[quote name='Ferg' date='Jan 5 2009, 11:22 AM' post='1117842']

You are correct, it was in Excellence Magazine a couple months back:

Henry Covington's "El Tiburon", based on a 356.
[/quote]


Thanks, that's what I thought, I'm not crazy blink.gif
[/quote]

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Ferg
[quote name='So.Cal.914' date='Jan 12 2009, 12:31 PM' post='1120839']
[quote name='Ferg' date='Jan 5 2009, 11:22 AM' post='1117842']

You are correct, it was in Excellence Magazine a couple months back:

Henry Covington's "El Tiburon", based on a 356.
[/quote]


Thanks, that's what I thought, I'm not crazy blink.gif
[/quote]

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[/quote]


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RJMII
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anyone find the red one yet?
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