Puzzle #282 - Solved! 1962 APAL Prototype

Otto Puzzell · April 18, 2007, 04:41:23 AM

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rchirnom · April 18, 2007, 11:02:14 PM

corvette-based? the windscreen and hood are what i'm going on...

Tifosi · April 18, 2007, 11:57:16 PM

Or is that a '53 Studebaker rear window?

Dan

grobmotorix · April 19, 2007, 12:33:05 AM

Despite its american styling I think that one was built in Europe.

Otto Puzzell · April 19, 2007, 03:50:58 AM

Quote from: rchirnom on April 18, 2007, 11:02:14 PM
corvette-based? the windscreen and hood are what i'm going on...

Not 'Vette-based.

Otto Puzzell · April 19, 2007, 03:51:41 AM

Quote from: Tifosi on April 18, 2007, 11:57:16 PM
Or is that a '53 Studebaker rear window?Dan

No.

Otto Puzzell · April 19, 2007, 03:52:06 AM

Quote from: grobmotorix on April 19, 2007, 12:33:05 AM
Despite its american styling I think that one was built in Europe.

Yep.

otis89 · April 28, 2007, 08:24:04 PM

Could it possibly have been built by Ghia?

Otto Puzzell · April 29, 2007, 04:22:22 AM

To the best of my knowledge, no Ghia involvement..

grobmotorix · May 01, 2007, 03:38:43 PM

looks like some swiss or unknown german VW Beetle based luxury one-off

Tifosi · May 02, 2007, 01:23:57 AM

Is it a Porsche underneath?

Dan

Otto Puzzell · May 02, 2007, 04:45:52 AM

Quote from: grobmotorix on May 01, 2007, 03:38:43 PM
looks like some swiss or unknown german VW Beetle based luxury one-off

Not Swiss or German. Their are indeed VW bits under that body.

Otto Puzzell · May 02, 2007, 04:46:21 AM

Quote from: Tifosi on May 02, 2007, 01:23:57 AM
Is it a Porsche underneath?

Dan

The engine is.

rchirnom · May 02, 2007, 09:03:08 PM

Rometsch?

grobmotorix · May 03, 2007, 02:51:03 AM

Monsieur Edmond Pery´s first homemade APAL?

Otto Puzzell · May 03, 2007, 03:36:32 AM

It is indeed. Well done, maestro!

Quiller · February 01, 2009, 11:01:14 AM

What's the identity of this car?

Quiller · February 07, 2009, 10:41:56 AM

Uppalevel

Quiller · February 17, 2009, 11:22:58 AM

Upanothalevel

Paul Jaray · February 17, 2009, 12:01:33 PM

That's an Apal Prototype.

Quiller · February 17, 2009, 12:53:38 PM

Indeed it is! Apal's very first car, in fact, circa 1962

Paul Jaray · February 17, 2009, 01:44:50 PM

I'm desperately trying to post this pic....

Quiller · February 17, 2009, 01:52:44 PM

Ah yes, I have the same pic. It looks almost the same as the one posted, except for details and squarer rear wheel arches. Maybe two examples were made, or maybe this is the same car but altered over the years?

Otto Puzzell · February 17, 2009, 04:13:24 PM

Twas a puzzle, long ago.

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=1552.msg13056#msg13056

Ray B. · February 18, 2009, 03:12:19 AM

It cannot be properly called a 1962 APAL, because A.P.A.L. was not formed before 1962, and this car was built in 1957. By the coachbuilder Edmond Pery, who later established APAL indeed, on a VW platform.

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Puzzle #282 - Solved! 1962 APAL Prototype