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Solved: Allemano's № 572 - Caracal from South-Africa
« on: February 22, 2011, 09:12:20 AM »
First to the rookies, but guess the experts will have it soon...

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Re: Allemano's № 572
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2011, 04:32:02 AM »
Experts know this rarity?

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Re: Allemano's № 572
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2011, 09:26:18 AM »
It's a Caracal, a South African concept from 1990, using a VW 4-cyl engine (Golf) mounted midships. It has a fibreglass body. As far as I know, only the one has been built.

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Re: Allemano's № 572
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2011, 09:32:47 AM »
Perfect answer, well done! I expected this puzzle would stay for a while..
I'll post the magazine article later.

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Re: Allemano's № 572
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2011, 09:44:53 AM »
It's a Caracal, a South African concept from 1990, using a VW 4-cyl engine (Golf) mounted midships. It has a fibreglass body. As far as I know, only the one has been built.
According to my source at least 2.

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Re: Solved: Allemano's № 572 - Caracal from South-Africa
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2011, 09:52:43 AM »
Here is a photo of it