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Puzzle #1258 - Solved! Vaughan Super Sports Ghia
« on: March 26, 2009, 02:53:44 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #1258
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2009, 03:18:58 AM »
1953 Fiat Abarth 1100-103 Ghia coupe
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Re: Puzzle #1258
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2009, 04:22:21 AM »
You are on the right track, but no, not exactly.
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Re: Puzzle #1258
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2009, 04:58:19 AM »
Was the 103 part not right?

I found a caption of it somewhere else without it ( Abarth Ghia Fiat 1100 1953 )

I also saw a Simca that was very similar, but with a different grille.
So I dont think that is it.
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Re: Puzzle #1258
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2009, 05:04:15 AM »
It's not a Fiat at all. Not a Simca, either.
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Re: Puzzle #1258
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2009, 10:39:22 PM »
I was also sure of the '53 Fiat-Abarth 1100-103 GT coupé by Ghia.
I only know this type of design to be fitted to a Fiat-Abarth and a Simca-Abarth...
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Re: Puzzle #1258
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2009, 02:08:56 AM »
I assure you, it is not.
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Re: Puzzle #1258
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2009, 05:59:37 AM »
Experts?
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Re: Puzzle #1258
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2009, 10:01:27 AM »
Vaughan Super Sports Ghia
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Re: Puzzle #1258
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2009, 03:27:42 AM »
Hey - I missed your reply - that is correct!
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Re: Puzzle #1258 - Solved! Vaughan Super Sports Ghia
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2009, 06:57:12 AM »
Quoted, from a well known board for Italian cars:

"Regarding the Vaughan V8 discussion: Albeit of no significance to this car, it was quite simply a fantasy that was promoted "in period" but which was never realised. The car displayed by Vaughan was always the Abarth "103" Ghia (bearing the 205 chassis number "104") and never became a "Vaughan" in other than a few photo captions and text references. And yes, there was a Simca that was bodied quite similarly. The design concept was inspired by some work that had been done by Virgil Exner but there is no indication he had a direct hand in the styling of these cars."
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Re: Puzzle #1258 - Solved! Vaughan Super Sports Ghia
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2009, 12:52:22 PM »
Since we all love period pictures...
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