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Man and Machine - Elio Basano with car designed by Virgil Exner Jr.
« on: March 04, 2010, 04:07:16 AM »


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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2010, 04:24:37 AM »
Perfect Pro puzzle ;)
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2010, 04:35:48 AM »
We'll see if it lasts.
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2010, 04:44:54 AM »
I have my doubts...
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2010, 04:45:22 AM »
Experts? Don't prove Allemano wrong!  ;)
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2010, 04:36:30 AM »
It's your lucky day, Allemano  ;D
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2010, 04:57:55 AM »
My source reports it's a Ghia threewheeler design study from 1961. Could it be Tom Tjaarda behind?
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2010, 05:11:13 AM »
Ghia built, yes. The rest, no.
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2010, 05:18:41 AM »
It seems it's not my lucky day.

Is the man the designer of the 'machine'?
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2010, 05:54:33 AM »
No, but he is associated with Ghia, and by association, the designer of this car.
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2010, 06:13:55 AM »
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Elio Basano with a proposed 1962 wild design of Virgil Exner Jr. that Gigi Segre thought would make a good follow-up to the 1960 Ghia 'Selene II'  but the Italian press told Luigi that it was too radical and it was never finished. Too bad, shortly after, the world's land speed record was broken by a similar design at the Bonneville salt flats in Utah. 
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2010, 06:38:14 AM »
Drat, I was waiting for this to appear at pros ;(
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2010, 07:25:05 AM »
This "Rocket-powered" tricycle was built in the Sibona & Basano factory.
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2010, 08:15:33 AM »
I give up. :(
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2010, 08:21:12 AM »
There is a site, with the same picture and it is reported that this man is indeed Elio Basano, as Allemano wrote...I have a couple of pics, but nothing more.
The picture itself is labelled "Elio Basano".
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2010, 08:29:26 AM »
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Re: Man and Machine - Puzzle #1558
« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2010, 09:59:52 AM »
Quote from: Allemano on March 18, 2010, 08:29:26 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on March 18, 2010, 08:15:33 AM
I give up. :(
Why?

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Re: Man and Machine - Elio Basano with car designed by Virgil Exner Jr.
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2010, 06:44:27 AM »
It's sometimes called the Selene III.
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