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Solved: 96. of All. - 1977 Alfa Romeo Triplex Ten-Twenty Special
« on: November 10, 2008, 04:39:14 AM »
If you know this car one poinit will be added to your account.
Sometimes it happens that I'd like to have additional informations about the designer, engine or characteristics.
I will let you know on these occasions!
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2008, 04:10:18 AM »
moved!
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2008, 04:35:13 AM »
That's Chris Humberstone's Triplex Ten Twenty Special of 1977.

Seated six people in offset positions!
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2008, 09:51:11 AM »
That's correct, but would you please a little bit more specific? On which car it is based on?
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2008, 08:22:17 PM »
The Triplex 10/20 that I am aware of was based upon Austin Morris Princess underpinnings, but was a four door car.

The pic above has but two and looks like some Bertone designede Alfa prototype.
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2008, 04:19:30 AM »
This is indeed the Triplex Ten Twenty Special by Chris Humberstone Design (1977), based on the underpinnings of Rover SD1 3500. What you're refering to Anton, is probably the Triplex Ten Twenty Glassback, which was presented a year later (1978) and was an estate basing on the Morris Princess.
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2008, 04:29:33 AM »
Okay. You win. ;D
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2008, 05:22:46 AM »
Quote from: ImpishGrin on November 22, 2008, 04:19:30 AM
This is indeed the Triplex Ten Twenty Special by Chris Humberstone Design (1977), based on the underpinnings of Rover SD1 3500. What you're refering to Anton, is probably the Triplex Ten Twenty Glassback, which was presented a year later (1978) and was an estate basing on the Morris Princess.

It's indeed the Triplex Ten Twenty, but still: there's a particular logo on the front!  (which I had to remove of course!)
I like to know the brand this logo belongs to..  ;)
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2008, 06:07:39 AM »
Triplex TTS, no?
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2008, 06:19:39 AM »
Not that I'm looking for.
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #10 on: November 22, 2008, 06:22:53 AM »
Quote from: Allemano on November 22, 2008, 06:19:39 AM
Not that I'm looking for.
Alfa Romeo?
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #11 on: November 22, 2008, 06:24:36 AM »
That's it!
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2008, 06:26:51 AM »
Alfa Romeo? On a Rover-based car?
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2008, 06:29:21 AM »
As the tree said to the lumberjack..."I'm stumped" ;D

In my last post I was actually going to write something about the "scudetto" in the front bumper but deleted it. :taz:
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2008, 06:31:29 AM »
Sorry, but according to our rules this point goes to DHoffmann!
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #15 on: November 22, 2008, 06:31:45 AM »
Quote from: Anton on November 22, 2008, 06:29:21 AM
As the tree said to the lumberjack..."I'm stumped" ;D

In my last post I was actually going to write something about the "scudetto" in the front bumper but deleted it. :taz:
That little triangle is what I based my guess on, bit of a fluke.
Love the seating arrangement on this, although I wouldn't want to be one of the side passengers...
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Re: 96. of All.
« Reply #16 on: November 22, 2008, 06:37:12 AM »
There were two different versions. Only this one was equipped with an Alfa engine. (Alfasud 1,5l as far as I remember)
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Re: Solved: 1977 Alfa Romeo Triplex Ten-Twenty Special
« Reply #17 on: November 22, 2008, 02:02:07 PM »
Hmmm. I'm not a point-chaser by any means, but I can't help feeling robbed here! 'According to the rules' surely means you have to identify the car, which I did. You didn't ask what the car was based on till after I'd identified it. And when I next log in (now) one day later, someone else has got the point. It's the puzzle-setter's call as ever, but I can't help feeling your 'rules' are pretty elastic.
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Re: Solved: 1977 Alfa Romeo Triplex Ten-Twenty Special
« Reply #18 on: November 22, 2008, 02:11:25 PM »
Sorry Quiller, but according to my source 'Alfa Romeo' is part of the name! So it's not that kind of nit-picking you're blaming me.
If you remember the Allemano Fiat 1500 Berlina, my source also hasn't revealed the name 'Berlina'.

Here's the pic:
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Re: Solved: 1977 Alfa Romeo Triplex Ten-Twenty Special
« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2008, 06:26:34 AM »
As I said, it's your call.

But I would point out:

1. This is in no way an Alfa Romeo as your 'solved' title states - the caption in Stephen Vokins' book is wrong. This car was in fact a creation of Chris Humberstone Design Ltd, as commissioned by Triplex. It merely used Alfa Romeo mechanicals.

2. Your comparison with the Allemano Berlina puzzle doesn't hold water. The contemporary source used for that puzzle called it a "Berlina 4 Posti" to distinguish it from Allemano's very similar - but different - 2+2 coupe that was offered at the same time. The crux of that puzzle was to make sure of said distinction.

It's worth bearing in mind that not all sources are necessarily correct.

But hey, it's your puzzle, you can do what you want.
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Re: Solved: 1977 Alfa Romeo Triplex Ten-Twenty Special
« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2008, 06:50:27 AM »
Maybe I'm not as smart as you, but neither the captions nor this pic is from the book you've mentioned.
AND: even Austin-Rover.co.uk. has corrected the old Humberstone article just yesterday, but never mind..

about point 2. I could write a lot, but I believe it would be a waste of time. After all it isn't that obvious whose source are more reliable.
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Re: Solved: 1977 Alfa Romeo Triplex Ten-Twenty Special
« Reply #21 on: November 23, 2008, 07:02:06 AM »
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