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Solved - NEH 307: ADO 68/28 Marina Coupe 'Condor' project
« on: January 29, 2010, 11:19:42 AM »
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2010, 08:04:35 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2010, 10:43:10 AM »
Maserati?
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2010, 10:52:49 AM »
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2010, 11:49:57 AM »
The wheels look like they are Fiat Dino.

Is that what its based on?

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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2010, 11:53:07 AM »
The wheels look like they are Fiat Dino.

Is that what its based on?

No.
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2010, 09:32:14 AM »
Vauxhall?

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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2010, 10:17:18 AM »
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2010, 02:17:11 PM »
Well its right hand drive and doesn't look like british or japanese - so Australian?
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2010, 02:25:26 PM »
Well its right hand drive and doesn't look like british or japanese - so Australian?

Not Australian, no.
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2010, 02:36:15 PM »
british then?
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2010, 03:19:00 PM »
The rear quarter reminds me of american muscle cars. COuld it be a coachbuilt american car?
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2010, 07:17:10 PM »
british then?

Yes!
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2010, 05:12:49 AM »
The wheels look an awful lot like those on an Opel Diplomat. Any relation?

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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2010, 08:24:33 AM »
The wheels look an awful lot like those on an Opel Diplomat. Any relation?

No relation to Opel, no.
Think Metalshapes got it right when he said the wheels were from a Fiat (and Ferrari!) Dino.
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2010, 10:08:50 AM »
Those look like Marina / Lotus door handles

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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2010, 10:48:55 AM »
Those look like Marina / Lotus door handles

You're probably right..
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2010, 05:19:53 PM »
What the Allegro should have looked like?  ;D
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #18 on: February 07, 2010, 09:17:04 PM »
The wheels look an awful lot like those on an Opel Diplomat. Any relation?

No relation to Opel, no.
Think Metalshapes got it right when he said the wheels were from a Fiat (and Ferrari!) Dino.

That would make them 14" Cromodora's with ( I believe ) a bolt pattern of 5 X 4.25" ( 108mm )
If its not Dino based, what British car had that bolt pattern?





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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #19 on: February 08, 2010, 07:11:44 AM »
The wheels look an awful lot like those on an Opel Diplomat. Any relation?

No relation to Opel, no.
Think Metalshapes got it right when he said the wheels were from a Fiat (and Ferrari!) Dino.

That would make them 14" Cromodora's with ( I believe ) a bolt pattern of 5 X 4.25" ( 108mm )
If its not Dino based, what British car had that bolt pattern?







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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #20 on: February 08, 2010, 01:06:17 PM »
The wheels look an awful lot like those on an Opel Diplomat. Any relation?

No relation to Opel, no.
Think Metalshapes got it right when he said the wheels were from a Fiat (and Ferrari!) Dino.

That would make them 14" Cromodora's with ( I believe ) a bolt pattern of 5 X 4.25" ( 108mm )
If its not Dino based, what British car had that bolt pattern?







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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #21 on: February 08, 2010, 02:10:07 PM »
Ford Cortina based?

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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2010, 02:19:35 PM »
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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2010, 05:03:49 PM »
ADO 68/28 prototype

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Re: NEH 307
« Reply #24 on: February 08, 2010, 05:15:09 PM »
Aka Marina Condor
Roy Haynes styled this as the sports version of the Marina. A British car designed to fight the likes of the Toyota Celica - this car went under the name "Condor" and was known internally as the ADO68/28. Because the floorpan was simple, it was also very adaptable - and Haynes envisaged MG and Jaguar versions of this coupé being devised, many different versions being mocked-up before the whole project was stopped.
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