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Solved - NEH 818: Giannini prototype on Fiat 850 chassis - 1972
« on: November 01, 2010, 12:15:47 PM »
What's this car, for 1 point?
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Re: NEH 818
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2010, 12:48:54 PM »
That one looks familiar...
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Re: NEH 818
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2010, 12:50:16 PM »
Very..
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Re: NEH 818
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2010, 01:13:27 PM »
Well, I've done another Search for it but still the name I have doesn't come up...
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Re: NEH 818
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2010, 01:47:02 PM »
is a Giannini prototype
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Re: NEH 818
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2010, 12:10:21 PM »
Quote from: thorax on November 02, 2010, 01:47:02 PM
is a Giannini prototype

It is a Giannini prototype, yes.
Some sites give it a name but I'm not sure it ever had one officially, so if you tell me when it was first shown and what it was based upon the point is yours!
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Re: NEH 818
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2010, 09:50:13 AM »
this prototype is based on the chassis of the Fiat 850 and showed at Turin motor show in 1972
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Re: NEH 818
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2010, 09:52:49 AM »
Quote from: thorax on November 04, 2010, 09:50:13 AM
this prototype is based on the chassis of the Fiat 850 and showed at Turin motor show in 1972

That's what I have too so it's another point for you!
Well done.
I had the name 'Dune Bug' but don't think that's really what it was called...
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Re: Solved - NEH 818: Giannini prototype of Fiat 850 chassis - 1972
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2010, 10:01:51 AM »
isn't that the reverse motorboat car?
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Re: Solved - NEH 818: Giannini prototype of Fiat 850 chassis - 1972
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2010, 10:30:59 AM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on November 04, 2010, 10:01:51 AM
isn't that the reverse motorboat car?

Yes, think it was said to be inspired by motor-boat design!
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Re: Solved - NEH 818: Giannini prototype of Fiat 850 chassis - 1972
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2010, 12:51:22 PM »
Nope, I meant literally....
In Sannia's book "Fiat 850 Fuoriserie" there's written:
"la bizzarra Giannini 850 'trimarano' esposta al Salone di Torino del 1972, su progetto dell'ing. Melchionda; la carrozzeria era lo scafo di una barca capovolto ed il parabrezza la cupola di un telefono pubblico."

"the bizarre Giannini 850 'trimarano' shown at the Salone di Torino in 1972, based on a project by ing. Melchionda; body was an upside down boat hull and the windshield a phone boot dome."
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Re: Solved - NEH 818: Giannini prototype of Fiat 850 chassis - 1972
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2010, 01:25:00 PM »
Thanks.  That explains a lot!
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Re: Solved - NEH 818: Giannini prototype on Fiat 850 chassis - 1972
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2013, 06:32:23 PM »
Here´s a 1972 photo:
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