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Started by ftg3plus4, April 27, 2009, 05:27:18 PM

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ftg3plus4

April 27, 2009, 05:27:18 PM Last Edit: April 27, 2009, 05:41:54 PM by ftg3plus4
My first AutoPuzzle!!

I've been poking around the 'net looking for pics of obscure makes. How obscure? You tell me!
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Otto Puzzell

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April 28, 2009, 03:32:00 AM
Quote from: ftg3plus4 on April 27, 2009, 05:27:18 PM
My first AutoPuzzle!!

Well, alright!  :cheer:

You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

ftg3plus4

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April 29, 2009, 08:15:47 AM
Hey, I'm "featured"! Cool!
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

ftg3plus4

#3
May 02, 2009, 07:45:14 AM
OK, my cars are getting bored. Time to move to Experts!
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

ImpishGrin

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May 02, 2009, 08:20:44 AM Last Edit: May 02, 2009, 08:23:47 AM by ImpishGrin
Citeria :)

A 1958 Dutch roadster with a 2-cyl. BMW engine. It was developed with serial production in mind, but due to financial difficulties it stayed in one example only.
It's not denial, I'm just very selective about the reality I accept.

ftg3plus4

#5
May 02, 2009, 08:33:54 AM
Just been waiting to pounce on this, haven't you?  :)

Here's the unmodified pic with the name still on.
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

Otto Puzzell

#6
May 02, 2009, 08:52:01 AM
Neat little car. I honestly have never heard of that one before. It looks a little bit like a Frisky - is it related in some way?
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

ftg3plus4

#7
May 02, 2009, 08:56:13 AM
I really, really doubt it.
"May I submit 'Utopian Turtletop'? Do not trouble to answer unless you like it."
-- Marianne Moore, suggesting a name for what would become the Edsel

DynaMike

#8
May 02, 2009, 05:51:24 PM
No, no Frisky-link here. The man behind the whole project, Puck van Beekum in Scheveningen (near The Hague) started in 1956 with import of the Swiss Belcar (license of the German Brütsch. The Swiss factory wasn't able to deliver the cars, and therefore a tubular chassis for the three-wheeler was built in Delft, which got a Victoria engine and Belcar produced body. But the thing is impossible to sell, and the Swiss Belcar goes bankrupt.
Van Beekum has lost a  lot of mioney with this project. He decides to start a new car project  to earn his money back: the Citeria. the first prototype is a little mid-engined sportscar with a Rotax two-stroke engine and polyester body. It is presented on a plastic fair in Amsterdam in February 1957 and it is tested on the Zandvoort circuit. It appears to have an excellent roadholding, but it would be too complicated to produce in big numbers. Therefore a new prototype is developed, this time with the engine and many other technical parts from the BMW 600 (as ImpishGrin already said). Again the body is made of polyester, and the grille and windscreen frame are of cast aluminium, but the hardtop is made of steel. The car is presented to the press on 17th of November 1958, and it is even shown on television. Stirling Moss and Carel Godin de Beaufort are attending to the presentation. But a few days later mister Van Beekum was arrested by the police, because he hadtaken 427.000 guilders with false cheques (in those days that was enough money for some 100 Volkswagen Beetles...). The two cars went to a car crusher, who used the first prototype and sold the other soon to another owner, who uses the car during a few years and than puts it in his garage. In 1991 he decides to restore his car, and the excellent result is shown here...
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