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Solved - NEH 1451: Vignale Lancia Flaminia Convertible - 1959
« on: December 30, 2011, 06:11:32 AM »
What is this car, who built it and when?  For 1 point..

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Re: NEH 1451
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2012, 05:13:10 AM »
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Re: NEH 1451
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2012, 06:45:35 AM »
'58 Lancia Flaminia by Vignale ?

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Re: NEH 1451
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2012, 07:32:47 AM »
'58 Lancia Flaminia by Vignale ?

Yes, that's the car, although I believe it was first shown in 1959.
You did well to find that - it's an almost unknown car.

Here's the story that captioned the photo:

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It was an one-off convertible designed by Michelotti and exhibited at the Turin Motor Show in 1959, but the Lancia management preferred the Touring version. The
car recalls the lines of 3500 Maserati convertible Vignale, a design by Michelotti too.
This car was found abandoned on a state road near Lodi (MI) in 1976. It was in very poor condition with no roof, no windows, no seats, no bumpers, no license plates and documents. A young fan tried to retrieve it, but without success. All steel parts were hopelessly eroded and those in aluminum, hood, doors and trunk oxidized. Were recovered few pieces of the engine and sold later. The engine was a 2500cc with 2 carburettors double body Solex. The car was probably the color burgundy. So it was scrapped. Probably now it would be possible to recover it, but those times was impossible.
The person who found car, collector and enthusiast Lancia Zagato, actually, is sorry still 34 years away
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Re: Solved - NEH 1451: vignale Lancia Flaminia Convertible - 1959
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2012, 07:56:49 AM »
Here's the original unmolested photo:

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