Author Topic: Puzzle #692 Solved! 1967 Meccanica Maniero Mustang by Michelotti  (Read 3860 times)

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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2008, 01:07:31 AM »
Looks like Borrani wires, so I'm guessing it's Italian.

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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2008, 02:43:06 AM »
The body was crafted in Italy.
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2008, 05:37:28 AM »
:bump:

A pretty car like this cannot go unsolved. It deserves to be corralled with the rest of the solved puzzles, so that some new cars can be added.
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2008, 06:01:47 AM »
Frua design?
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2008, 06:22:25 AM »
If there was such a thing as a coachbuilt Ford Escort Mk II, this is what it should look like :)

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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2008, 06:23:28 AM »
Frua design?

No. This car was from another well-known design house.
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2008, 06:24:28 AM »
If there was such a thing as a coachbuilt Ford Escort Mk II, this is what it should look like :)



I'm not sure I see the visual connection, but the two are distantly related, odly enough.
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2008, 09:01:56 AM »
You must be kidding! Look at that rear end!
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2008, 06:04:11 AM »
Well, they do both have one, if that's what you mean.  ;)
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2008, 05:12:05 AM »
Ok, time to get you flat feet back on the ground and name this car!
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2008, 05:22:16 AM »
When another AutoPuzzler solves this, one of these early mornings, oh, you gonna be wiping your weeping eyes.
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2008, 08:46:01 AM »
I do not know the guy on the pic....

Vignale then,

Pony car involved?

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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2008, 09:53:52 AM »
Not Vignale; pony connection is correct.
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #14 on: March 09, 2008, 12:29:10 PM »
Ok, time to get you flat feet back on the ground and name this car!


If memory serves, that's Wilson Pickett...so there's gotta be a Mustang involved somewhere...


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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2008, 03:47:24 AM »
I think a solution is imminent!
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #16 on: March 13, 2008, 11:54:49 AM »
Yesterday I did see a Monteverdi High Speed 375L . Looks very similar

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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #17 on: March 13, 2008, 11:56:21 AM »
Are you sure it wasn't a Ford Escort Mk II?  ;)
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2008, 05:58:18 PM »
Hey! You makin' fun of me??
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2008, 02:50:45 AM »
 ;)
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #20 on: April 04, 2008, 06:12:11 AM »
The studio that built this car also triumphed in penning some well-known British roadsters.  8)

With that clue on the table, I'm going to ask that the person who solves this post a picture of the front of this car to get their AutoPuzzles point.
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #21 on: April 04, 2008, 10:12:12 AM »
Let me solve it then. I'll provide a picture of the front sooner or later, though I can't find a single one anywhere on the web. It's the 1967 Meccanica Maniero, designed by Michelotti (who was also responsible for most Triumph designs). I've found this same picture on this site: <<< link removed >>> - but it's the only one I can find.
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #22 on: April 04, 2008, 01:01:26 PM »
Here what I've got...from Quattroruote magazine n.136 (April '67)
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #23 on: April 04, 2008, 02:21:32 PM »
Yeah, I would have looked there, but whaddyaknow, the April '67 issue seems to be missing from my otherwise immaculate Quattroruote collection ;D
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Re: Puzzle #692
« Reply #24 on: April 04, 2008, 02:32:32 PM »
Just ask, I've all of the 630 issues....but pardon the italian...