Author Topic: Puzzle #1252 - Solved! 1967 Vetta Ventura Coupe (Read 1221 times)

Otto Puzzell · « **on:** March 22, 2009, 06:55:15 AM »

Know what it is?

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ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2009, 08:22:12 AM »

I believe that is a Vetta Ventura.

BTW, I have a picture of me at about 6 standing by what I'm told is a VV (dark green convertible), but I've never been sure if that's what is was. It only looks kind of like actual VV pics I've seen since.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2009, 08:27:22 AM »

Correct!

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2009, 08:35:22 AM »

Quote from: ftg3plus4 on March 22, 2009, 08:22:12 AM

BTW, I have a picture of me at about 6 standing by what I'm told is a VV (dark green convertible), but I've never been sure if that's what is was. It only looks kind of like actual VV pics I've seen since.

can you post it?

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2009, 07:54:52 PM »

Quote from: Paul Jaray on March 22, 2009, 08:35:22 AM

can you post it?

I don't have it in digital form. I'll have to see if I can get a good digital pic of the pic.

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2009, 08:57:41 PM »

OK, here it is. You guys tell me... is this really a V.V.?

(Date of picture: around 1967)

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2009, 12:50:40 PM »

That's interesting, those lateral air vents are very Bertone-Bolwell style!
May I ask you where was this picture taken?

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2009, 06:24:17 PM »

Michigan.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #8 on:** March 24, 2009, 03:36:47 AM »

Now we've got another puzzle on our hands.

While the hood and fender slots seem consistent with a Bolwell (MK VII?), the Aussie car had 4 slots per side, arranged pretty much in a straight vertical line. This car has either 7 or 8 slots (hard to tell if there is one behind that exhaust pipe), in a row that slants forward. And the headlight 'buckets' seem consistent with the Ventura.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #9 on:** March 24, 2009, 03:58:30 AM »

Oops - that's a reflection, not the exhaust.

(just found my glasses)!

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #10 on:** March 24, 2009, 05:06:55 AM »

I'm incline to consider it an heavy customized Vetta Ventura (or one of the same breed) more than a Bolwell, the front is quite the same...

Allemano · « **Reply #11 on:** March 24, 2009, 05:16:03 AM »

Quote from: Paul Jaray on March 24, 2009, 05:06:55 AM

the front is quite ~~the~~ a shame...

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2009, 08:49:33 AM »

BTW, I only have my dad's word that the green car was a "Vetta Ventura." Not necessarily the most reliable source (although at the time he was as likely as anyone to be able to borrow one of the 12 or so V.V.s in the world).

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #13 on:** March 26, 2009, 04:19:56 AM »

A lead, perhaps!

ftg3plus4: Was your dad in the music business?

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 26, 2009, 07:54:32 AM »

No, the car business!

porridgehead · « **Reply #15 on:** March 26, 2009, 09:30:11 AM »

Quote from: Paul Jaray on March 23, 2009, 12:50:40 PM

That's interesting, those lateral air vents are very Bertone-Bolwell style!
May I ask you where was this picture taken?

Wasn't Bertone stylist Franco Scaglione involved in the design of the V-V? I thought he helped with the Apollo, which later became the Vetta Ventura.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #16 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:34:26 PM »

Quote from: ftg3plus4 on March 26, 2009, 07:54:32 AM

No, the car business!

Check out the Apollo thread over at the H.A.M.B. site.

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:42:53 PM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on March 26, 2009, 03:34:26 PM

Check out the Apollo thread over at the H.A.M.B. site.

Is that directed to me in particular, or everyone? I don't know what site you mean.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #18 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:46:36 PM »

I posted your picture there. A guy responded who worked on a similar car (an Apollo, vs. a VV - same difference, mostly) in the sixties, for a member of the band "The Association". It too was painted green.

<<< link removed >>>

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 26, 2009, 06:26:06 PM »

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on March 26, 2009, 03:46:36 PM

I posted your picture there. A guy responded who worked on a similar car (an Apollo, vs. a VV - same difference, mostly) in the sixties, for a member of the band "The Association". It too was painted green.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/

Can you point me to the specific thread there? I can't find it among all the other stuff.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #20 on:** March 27, 2009, 04:30:00 AM »

<<< link removed >>>

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 27, 2009, 08:01:01 AM »

So you think the one in my pic may have been customized by someone?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #22 on:** March 27, 2009, 08:20:33 AM »

Probably - I've not seen another with that hood and those fender vents. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I've never seen one in any configuration anywhere but in print or on the web.

ftg3plus4 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 27, 2009, 09:36:19 AM »

Sadly, I have no firsthand memory of seeing this car...

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