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SOLVED - What car #366 - 1974 Purvis Eureka
« on: July 27, 2008, 02:48:25 PM »
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1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
2005 Alfa GT 1,9 JTD

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Re: What car #366
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2008, 02:43:00 PM »
That's a Nova Kit Car, based on a Volkswagen Beetle chassis. Cf. the lower pic in http://www.therightsigns.co.uk/nova/introduction.htm

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Re: What car #366
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2008, 05:32:28 AM »
Admittedly, it's based on a Nova, but this one is a little different.
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Re: What car #366
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2008, 05:07:53 PM »
Perhaps the Australian version, Purvis Eureka?

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Re: What car #366
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2008, 06:15:11 PM »
That's the one! The differences are very subtle.
1974 Fiat X1/9 1500
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