Mystery challenge, revised style

PaulK_CCI

since you all seem to know most of the cars out here, and I could fill thread after thread with the most obscure one-offs and low production specials, but this could become a bit tedious for some of us.

So I thought I'd do it slightly different this time around by showing you a small section of a classic car... See if you all know what it's from.

Let's start with an easy-peasy one

MercMad

300SL Gullwing !

Or then again it could be a 190SL.......I'll go with the former !

Noits a 190Sl ......just noticed the chrome trim above the "eyebrows".

Merrion

Nissan Figaro

Dades

Hmmm.

I first thought an old Jag - but no...

Is it an Austin Healy?? Pleeeease say it is so...

PaulK_CCI

MercMad wrote:

300SL Gullwing !

Or then again it could be a 190SL.......I'll go with the former !

Noits a 190Sl ......just noticed the chrome trim above the "eyebrows".

I would have been pretty baffled if you didn't get this mercmad !!! Well done. It's indeed the slightly sluggish "older brother" of your 230SL, the 190SL. But at least I got you doubting with the 300SL.




So let's move on to a perhaps slightly more unusual one:

alastair

Opel Rekord C

You can't disguise those wannabe american lines.
If the Capri was a Euro Mustang, this must have been the Euro Charger.

BrianD3

Who knows what this is?

BrianD3

alastair

Renault 17

alastair

How about this one then?

Silvera

TATA .........Russian-built car. Not sure of exact model number/name.

alastair

Near enough. It's a Tatra T603. Czech manufacturer.

Squirrel

That Tatra killed more German Officers than the Czech army did, with its rear engine it caught many a driver off guard, especially in the winter and most of them ended up in fields. Just a bit of useless info. for you.

alastair

Here's another one.

BrianD3

Austin Atlantic.

BrianD3

alastair

something a bit newer:

BrianD3

Aha that's one of my favourite cars - a Renault Alpine GTA

BrianD3

PaulK_CCI

Right you guys, you lot are too good! Let's make the challenge a bit more daunting:

Feast your eyes on this and give me some clues...

alastair

Is that actually RHD, or is it flipped?

PaulK_CCI

it's a RHD, correct (very rare though).

Owner wants 55,000 euro's for it but don't worry you won't find any adds for it on the internet, because it's through my source in .... oops ... abroad.

Let's first hear a few more guesses before I start giving away more clues

alastair

Has me stumped I'm afraid.
It looks Italian though, or possibly French.

Silvera

Alfa Romeo perhaps ?

unkel

Yeah was thinking Alfa or Fiat

Hintyhint please, I'm not going to do a Denzel search ever again

PaulK_CCI

well ok, it's French actually...

there...

making it real easy now, because that narrows it down quite a bit

Alfasudcrazy

Its a Jensen of some sort?

PaulK_CCI

Alfasudcrazy wrote:

Its a Jensen of some sort?

Did someone hear me say "french"?

Silvera

Citroen, Renault, Peugeot

PaulK_CCI

Silvera wrote:

Citroen, Renault, Peugeot

no, no, no....

you're going to have to move a bit more upmarket than that

Silvera

'French'......'upmarket'

alastair

I'd considered a Facel-Vega, but I don't recall a model with that forward facing c-pillar and fins.

PaulK_CCI

good guess, but it's not a facel-vega Alastair.

To help you along a bit, have a look at the complete car:



The car is from 1957, and a very interesting hint is its engine: it's a tuned version of the 2,5 litre 4 cylinder from a well-know German manufacturer

alastair

Ah. Here's one; a Talbot-Lago. New to me I'm afraid. Looks kinda like an overgrown MGA.