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Re: SAC#83
« Reply #50 on: March 09, 2012, 03:58:56 AM »
Happy to have find the solution (even if very late: I know very well that cat but, I didn't connected the rear with the front view  >:().

Only a small detail: Gilco is not a car brand. It's just the maker of the tubular frame chassis. Gilco never made one single car; but according to the period FIA regulations, cars entered races with the name of the chassis-maker. This is the only reason why sometimes some cars are called "Gilco", but under an historical point of view this is not correct.  ;)



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Re: SAC#83
« Reply #51 on: March 09, 2012, 04:04:04 AM »
Yes  ,no Gilco badge !  :)

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Re: SAC#83 : Fiat 1100s ,Gilco chassis ,by Zagato 1951
« Reply #52 on: March 09, 2012, 05:42:49 AM »
I had it lined up for a future puzzle!:



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Re: SAC#83 : Fiat 1100s ,Gilco chassis ,by Zagato 1951
« Reply #53 on: March 09, 2012, 10:27:55 AM »
I had it lined up for a future puzzle!:




Are you sure that it's the same car? At least the vents in the hood are missing..

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Re: SAC#83 : Fiat 1100s ,Gilco chassis ,by Zagato 1951
« Reply #54 on: March 09, 2012, 10:53:17 AM »
I had it lined up for a future puzzle!:




Are you sure that it's the same car? At least the vents in the hood are missing..

It is a Gilco 1100S Zagato but not necessarily the same car (the wheels are different of course!); maybe they made more than one?
My picture is described as the "prototype" on the Zagato Cars 'site, but that in itself doesn't meant there was more than 1.
I think I've seen a picture from a different angle and the vents are actually there.
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Re: SAC#83 : Fiat 1100s ,Gilco chassis ,by Zagato 1951
« Reply #55 on: March 09, 2012, 02:26:22 PM »
I think that the wheelbase is different :

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Re: SAC#83 : Fiat 1100s ,Gilco chassis ,by Zagato 1951
« Reply #56 on: March 09, 2012, 06:48:50 PM »
Yes - and the front grille could be slightely less square as well.
So - they built more than one!
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Re: SAC#83 : Fiat 1100s ,Gilco chassis ,by Zagato 1951
« Reply #57 on: April 14, 2017, 06:27:29 AM »
No puzzle photo...

This car was for sale at this year´s Techno Classica for a whopping 185.000€...