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Re: What car #337
« Reply #50 on: November 13, 2008, 11:44:59 PM »
Norway?
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #51 on: November 14, 2008, 05:40:16 AM »
Not at all...
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #52 on: November 14, 2008, 05:53:36 AM »
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #53 on: November 14, 2008, 05:57:15 AM »
Is the maker of the engine still manufacturing cars under its own name?
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #54 on: November 14, 2008, 05:40:20 PM »
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #55 on: November 14, 2008, 05:40:41 PM »
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on November 14, 2008, 05:57:15 AM
Is the maker of the engine still manufacturing cars under its own name?

Good question!

And the answer is no.
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #56 on: November 15, 2008, 03:22:06 AM »
Oldsmobile Toronado drivetrain?
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #57 on: November 15, 2008, 07:16:24 AM »
The drivetrain does not come from any Oldsmobile.
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #58 on: November 15, 2008, 07:56:08 AM »
AMC?
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #59 on: November 15, 2008, 10:10:24 AM »
At page 1 Otto Puzzell asked if the car have an US engine and @re answered "not at all". But it is a big otto-engine. A Mercedes V12 engine perhaps?
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #60 on: November 15, 2008, 02:07:20 PM »
Quote from: SeaLion on November 15, 2008, 10:10:24 AM
A Mercedes V12 engine perhaps?

Also this has been asked before.... ;D
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #61 on: November 15, 2008, 08:50:46 PM »
So many guesses have been made that I can't even remember what I've answered and not. I see that I've even answered some of the same questions twice aldready. So to clarify, this is what you know:

This is not a William Towns design, and as far as I can tell, it is a one-off.
There is no Sbarro connection. And it is not a Shark S1.

The car is not: German, Austrian, French, American, Italian, Swiss, Norwegian, or Swedish.
The car is: European.

The engine is not American, and not made by GM, Lamborghini, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, Rolls-Royce, Rover, Ford, Cadillac, or Oldsmobile.
It is not a rotary engine, but a relatively conventional, modern powerplant, made by a manufacturer that does not produce cars under its own name anymore. It's more interesting than that of a Volkswagen Beetle, but it is not Italian.

There, that about sums it up...
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #62 on: November 15, 2008, 10:54:45 PM »
English?
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #63 on: November 15, 2008, 11:08:25 PM »
a lot of obscure cars were made in Czech republic so it might possibly be from there.
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #64 on: November 16, 2008, 02:22:45 AM »
None said British car?
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #65 on: November 16, 2008, 07:06:37 AM »
JeffJue has made the most significant comment so far. I'll have to agree with him.

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Re: What car #337
« Reply #66 on: November 16, 2008, 08:04:39 AM »
Though I haven't found anything so far: has it something to do do with Innotech? (at least the colour is quite the same  :-\)

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Re: What car #337
« Reply #67 on: November 16, 2008, 04:47:30 PM »
I honestly don't know, but I think it is an entirely different venture.
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #68 on: November 17, 2008, 01:29:11 PM »
Maybe a silly question, but is to find on the internet at all?
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #69 on: November 17, 2008, 06:55:39 PM »
The answer is a loud and clear yes!
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #70 on: November 18, 2008, 08:58:28 AM »
The engine is perhaps sourced from Tatra?

Edit: And it was. The car's name is Grafit. It is from 1982/1983. One source call it Tatra Grafit, but in this 10-page magazine article it is just called Grafit:
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #71 on: November 18, 2008, 10:33:17 AM »
Bravo! It took some time, but finally this one met its match.
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Re: What car #337
« Reply #72 on: November 18, 2008, 10:40:18 AM »
Quote from: SeaLion on November 18, 2008, 08:58:28 AM
The engine is perhaps sourced from Tatra?

Edit: And it was. The car's name is Grafit. It is from 1982/1983. One source call it Tatra Grafit, but in this 10-page magazine article it is just called Grafit:
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Re: SOLVED - What car #337 - 1990s (Tatra) Grafit
« Reply #73 on: November 24, 2008, 06:38:29 AM »
WOW! Finally it is solved! Nicely done  ;)
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Re: SOLVED - What car #337 - 1990s (Tatra) Grafit
« Reply #74 on: March 19, 2011, 02:31:51 PM »
More pics ;)
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