Author Topic: SOLVED - What car #72 - 2005 Palazzi Motorcars Godfather Sedan  (Read 2774 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline @re

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 3711
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 319
  • Cuore Sportivo
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
SOLVED - What car #72 - 2005 Palazzi Motorcars Godfather Sedan
« on: November 27, 2007, 04:51:41 PM »
Recognize this?

Please, respond below and let us know the make and model designation of the car posted here.

If you haven't registered yet, you need to do so in order to reply with your answer. You can do so by clicking here.

Also, please be sure to check out our other puzzles, and, please post a puzzle of your own if you'd like - the more, the merrier.  :D
« Last Edit: June 01, 2018, 06:33:36 AM by Wendax »
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

Offline chapel

  • *
  • Posts: 148
  • Puzzle Points 9
  • Contributatorz
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • North Shore Innovations
Re: What car #72
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2007, 10:32:34 AM »
It was a Lincoln Town Car.

Odds are it's a Zimmer... monstrosity.
1995 Buick Roadmaster

Offline @re

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 3711
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 319
  • Cuore Sportivo
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2007, 11:07:25 AM »
Not a Zimmer.
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

Offline chapel

  • *
  • Posts: 148
  • Puzzle Points 9
  • Contributatorz
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • North Shore Innovations
Re: What car #72
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2007, 11:15:20 AM »
God... someone else is making these...
1995 Buick Roadmaster

Offline @re

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 3711
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 319
  • Cuore Sportivo
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2007, 11:18:56 AM »
 ;D
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

Offline chapel

  • *
  • Posts: 148
  • Puzzle Points 9
  • Contributatorz
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • North Shore Innovations
Re: What car #72
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2007, 11:58:39 AM »
Classic Motor Carriages Tiffany?
1995 Buick Roadmaster

Offline @re

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 3711
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 319
  • Cuore Sportivo
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2007, 02:34:52 PM »
Nice try, but no...
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

Offline @re

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 3711
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 319
  • Cuore Sportivo
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2007, 05:59:15 AM »
Christmas is getting ever closer... another gift for the Experts.
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

Offline Otto Puzzell

  • Founder and
  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 31556
  • Country: us
  • Puzzle Points 444
  • Open field, with a window.
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • AutoPuzzles
Re: What car #72
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2008, 05:37:25 AM »
Suere is a dead ringer for a Zimmer Golden Spirit 4-Door Sedan. The bumpers, fenders, fender-mounted signals, etc., are a direct copy. The only diference I can readily see is the wheels.
« Last Edit: June 01, 2018, 06:52:21 AM by Wendax »
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

Offline @re

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 3711
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 319
  • Cuore Sportivo
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2008, 02:07:44 PM »
Of course I see your point. It's more or less a copy - obviously it's the same idea, based on the same car. But this one has another name, and is manufactured by another company. It is also, reportedly, currently in production.

Obvious, too, is the fact that neither Zimmer nor the manufacturer of this car mentions the other car on their respective web pages. Why admit that it's the same car when all your customers care about is exclusivity?

Then again, Ford/Mercury/Lincoln, or for that matter Peugeot/Citroën, have never officially talked about their 'brand marketing' strategy of just putting another grille or badge on the same car, either. Instead, cars are marketed as purely Lincoln, purely Mercury, purely Citroën, although it's plain for all to see that the vehicles are the same. So it's nothing new that one 'marque' does not mention the other producing the same car..
« Last Edit: January 09, 2008, 02:37:18 PM by @re »
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

Offline SeaLion

  • Expert
  • *
  • Posts: 782
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 261
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2008, 08:23:47 AM »
Clénet "Something"?

Offline @re

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 3711
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 319
  • Cuore Sportivo
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2008, 10:05:58 AM »
Not a Clénet - but yes, that's also up the same alley. There have actually been quite a lot of manufacturers of neo-classic cars, although there are not too many that are still building cars. This one is quite obscure - I admit I hadn't heard of it just some months ago.
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

Offline chapel

  • *
  • Posts: 148
  • Puzzle Points 9
  • Contributatorz
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • North Shore Innovations
Re: What car #72
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2008, 12:46:15 PM »
Mitsuoka?
1995 Buick Roadmaster

Offline @re

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 3711
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 319
  • Cuore Sportivo
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2008, 12:52:20 PM »
Nope. Wrong country, wrong continent.
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

Offline chapel

  • *
  • Posts: 148
  • Puzzle Points 9
  • Contributatorz
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • North Shore Innovations
Re: What car #72
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2008, 01:18:05 PM »
Excalibur?
1995 Buick Roadmaster

Offline chapel

  • *
  • Posts: 148
  • Puzzle Points 9
  • Contributatorz
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • North Shore Innovations
Re: What car #72
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2008, 01:30:24 PM »
I'm actually embarrassed that I know this many Neo Classic companies...
1995 Buick Roadmaster

Offline Paul Jaray

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 22326
  • Country: it
  • Puzzle Points 2073
  • MVP
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2008, 03:13:38 PM »
Hi, normally I'll check by myself but...is it among these?:
Archer
Concorde
Easer Limousine
Excellence Motor Carriage
Johnson
JPR
Matco
Prinzing
Sparks
Sunrise
Zaiker
I've got few pics of all of them but no one seems like that....

Offline chapel

  • *
  • Posts: 148
  • Puzzle Points 9
  • Contributatorz
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • North Shore Innovations
Re: What car #72
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2008, 03:15:35 PM »
I like how we're all trying to carpet bomb this thing off the main page.
1995 Buick Roadmaster

Offline chapel

  • *
  • Posts: 148
  • Puzzle Points 9
  • Contributatorz
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
    • North Shore Innovations
Re: What car #72
« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2008, 03:18:22 PM »
Hi, normally I'll check by myself but...is it among these?:
Archer
Concorde
Easer Limousine
Excellence Motor Carriage
Johnson
JPR
Matco
Prinzing
Sparks
Sunrise
Zaiker
I've got few pics of all of them but no one seems like that....

I was thinking Easer, but Easer is a Lincoln Limo with an Excalibur front end on it. They don't offer a 4 door.
1995 Buick Roadmaster

Offline @re

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 3711
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 319
  • Cuore Sportivo
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2008, 04:38:00 PM »
This more or less confirms something that I'd already guessed: The reason why you haven't figured this one out yet is probably not because you can't think of the right manufacturer - it's because you've never heard of it. So no, it's not any of the mentioned manufacturers.

I like your answer, Paul - it also tells me that several of the neo-classics that I have lying around for later posting are just as obscure as I thought, as they are not among those that you listed...  ;D
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

Offline Paul Jaray

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 22326
  • Country: it
  • Puzzle Points 2073
  • MVP
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2008, 04:50:23 PM »
Well, this is just less than a half of the list of neo-classics that I've stored in my database, but knowing your previous posts I think we are all going to face hard days...

Offline @re

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 3711
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 319
  • Cuore Sportivo
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #21 on: January 11, 2008, 05:02:13 PM »
 ;D I'm amused!
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

Offline Paul Jaray

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 22326
  • Country: it
  • Puzzle Points 2073
  • MVP
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2008, 05:32:40 PM »
May I add:
Archer
Acquila
Baron
Blackstone
Corsair
Delegance
De Courville
Excelerator
Empress
Gatsby
Golden Eagle
Griffin
Luxxor
Phantom
Spartan
Templar....
« Last Edit: January 11, 2008, 05:40:06 PM by PAUL JARAY »

Offline @re

  • Feature Writer
  • *
  • Posts: 3711
  • Country: no
  • Puzzle Points 319
  • Cuore Sportivo
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2008, 05:38:26 PM »
Please do! And I will continue to be amused - because it's none of those!

Those other cars I mentioned aren't on that list either ;)
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

Offline Paul Jaray

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 22326
  • Country: it
  • Puzzle Points 2073
  • MVP
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: What car #72
« Reply #24 on: January 11, 2008, 05:45:50 PM »
Classic
Creusere
Dante
Di Napoli
Diamond
Doval
Moselle
Wasil