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TIFOSITEASER # 40 <SOLVED> TOYOTA PININFARINA PROTOTYPE 1961
« on: October 07, 2007, 06:53:59 AM »
Since my last puzzle didn't even last an hour, maybe this one will be a bit more difficult.   Maybe not...
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Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2007, 09:00:52 AM »
It looks as if it's an early prototype for the Ford Cardinal project, which ended with the german production car Ford Taunus 12-M.
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Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2007, 01:57:25 AM »
Not a Ford...



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Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2007, 02:09:41 AM »
Is it a Pietro Frua design?
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Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2007, 02:35:29 PM »
No Frua involvement, although there are similarities...




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Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2007, 03:01:00 PM »
This car came from a major auto company that usually doesn't  rely on coachbuilders for one-offs...the chassis and body came from opposite sides of the world.


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Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2007, 04:25:52 PM »
The hubcabs look japanese...
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Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2007, 11:53:56 PM »
They are...




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Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2007, 07:20:28 AM »
This car strongly resembles the Toyopet Sport X concept from 1961 but has a number of detail differences from the Sport X including a completely changed front styling. I can't find any evidence this car was ever exhibited so it may be an earlier Toyopet/Toyota prototype of the Sport X dating from around 1960-1961.

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Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2007, 06:23:33 PM »
Quote from: JR on October 18, 2007, 07:20:28 AM
This car strongly resembles the Toyopet Sport X concept from 1961 but has a number of detail differences from the Sport X including a completely changed front styling. I can't find any evidence this car was ever exhibited so it may be an earlier Toyopet/Toyota prototype of the Sport X dating from around 1960-1961.

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Details on this car are rather sketchy...I found it while googling the Abarth Pininfarina car in a previous puzzle.  It was listed as a "Toyota Pininfarina Prototype 1961", so I'm giving the puzzle point to JR.  I saw the similarity to a Frua design, but evidently Pietro Frua didn't have anything to do with this car.  It's a handsome vehicle, and it would have been a strong seller, IMO. 

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Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2007, 05:14:15 AM »
Quote from: JR on October 18, 2007, 07:20:28 AM
This car strongly resembles the Toyopet Sport X concept from 1961 but has a number of detail differences from the Sport X including a completely changed front styling. I can't find any evidence this car was ever exhibited so it may be an earlier Toyopet/Toyota prototype of the Sport X dating from around 1960-1961.

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Here's the concept, a 300 SL clone, it appears...
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Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40 <SOLVED> TOYOTA PININFARINA PROTOTYPE 1961
« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2007, 08:51:17 AM »
Karnutz, you've got the wrong concept. The Toyopet Sport "X" is a completely different, later vehicle.

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