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Solved - NEH 486: Vignale Fiat 600 Rendez-vous 1955/6
« on: April 20, 2010, 09:45:41 AM »
What's this car and who built it, for 1 point?
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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2010, 08:21:38 AM »
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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2010, 02:26:33 PM »
lancia?

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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2010, 06:37:23 PM »
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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2010, 11:39:00 AM »
Volkswagen-based?

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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2010, 12:19:21 PM »
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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2010, 04:20:23 AM »
The Experts will sort this one out in a jiffy, I'm sure...
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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2010, 04:24:33 AM »
Fiat-based?

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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2010, 04:26:36 AM »
Fiat-based?

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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2010, 09:13:09 AM »
Could we be talking about a 1954 FIAT 1100/103 TV  Pininfarina Coupe?

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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2010, 10:43:03 AM »
Could we be talking about a 1954 FIAT 1100/103 TV  Pininfarina Coupe?

I'm afraid not, no.
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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2010, 11:08:39 AM »
It's a Siata Amica based on Fiat 600 chassis. Should be 1956.
If not, give me the time to check on one of my books: I'm pretty sure I've published a picture of that car.

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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2010, 12:05:03 PM »
It's a Siata Amica based on Fiat 600 chassis. Should be 1956.
If not, give me the time to check on one of my books: I'm pretty sure I've published a picture of that car.

It IS based on a Fiat 600 but it's not a Siata Amica and it's not from 1956.
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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2010, 01:03:38 PM »
Right. In fact it is a Rendez-Vous coachbuilt by Vignale. However, 1956 should be correct: unveiled at November 1956 Turin Motor Show.

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Re: NEH 486
« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2010, 06:50:27 PM »
Right. In fact it is a Rendez-Vous coachbuilt by Vignale. However, 1956 should be correct: unveiled at November 1956 Turin Motor Show.


That's the car!
But on the Vignale website it's quoted as being introduced in 1955, with small numbers being produced until 1959.
I'll have to dig into it to confirm that it first appeared at Turin in November 56.

You are right that you have published a picture of this car before: it's on p120 of Fiat 600 fuoriserie..  You describe it there as having been introduced at Turin in 1956 so you've obviously got that from somewhere!

And it has another of those previous-series Italian registration numbers - Brescia this time!

Here are a couple more pictures:
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Re: Solved - NEH 486: Vignale Fiat 600 Rendez-vous 1955/6
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2012, 03:09:31 PM »
Here´s a scan of a contemporary photo:

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Fiat 600 Rendez Vous by Vignale
« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2017, 05:11:52 PM »
Who knows this car?
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Re: grob 2017.05.12 (02)
« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2017, 02:33:22 PM »
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Re: grob 2017.05.12 (02)
« Reply #18 on: June 28, 2017, 05:15:01 PM »
Fiat 600 Rendez Vous Vignale 1956
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Re: grob 2017.05.12 (02)
« Reply #19 on: June 28, 2017, 05:31:25 PM »
Perfect!

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Re: Solved - NEH 486: Vignale Fiat 600 Rendez-vous 1955/6
« Reply #20 on: June 29, 2017, 02:46:16 AM »
Merged

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Re: Solved - NEH 486: Vignale Fiat 600 Rendez-vous 1955/6
« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2017, 04:34:08 AM »
Merged

When I saw Grob's post I was pretty sure we'd had it before, so I checked "Rendez Vous" and "Rendezvous" but nothing came up, which I thought a bit odd.

Silly me; I didn't check "Rendez-Vous"..
Another case of acute hyphenitis!
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Re: Solved - NEH 486: Vignale Fiat 600 Rendez-vous 1955/6
« Reply #22 on: June 29, 2017, 05:02:08 PM »
I also checked before and did not find anything...  :P