What's this, from when and where - for 1 point?:
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Experts?
is it a drawing?
Quote from: thorax on November 29, 2012, 05:11:57 AM
is it a drawing?
Indeed it's not a real car but a rendering!
yes rendering, my mistake!
DKW?
Europe ? Italy ?
America ?
Ok then... South America ?
Ford-based or is it a make of its own ?
Quote from: mekubb on November 30, 2012, 02:45:35 AM
Ford-based or is it a make of its own ?
Nothing to do with Ford, but it is a concept for an established make.
A prototype by Fiat Brazil?
Quote from: D-type on November 30, 2012, 06:26:09 AM
A prototype by Fiat Brazil?
Brazil: Yes, but Fiat: No.
I'm not quite there yet and my printer just ran out of ink and I cannot get a new cartridge for 3 hours so cannot print the photo to compare with other stuff.
I think this may be a design exercise by GM do Brasil for the Puma type vehicle (Opala range).
Quote from: Bill Murray on November 30, 2012, 07:38:51 AM
I think this may be a design exercise by GM do Brasil for the Puma type vehicle (Opala range).
No, it's nothing to do with GM.
Well, that sort of leaves us with Chrysler do Brasil.
Perhaps a rendering for a proposed Valiant Charger around 1973, 1974?
On the other hand, that doesn't seem right as it sort of looks like the south end of a current Chrysler 200/300 in the background.
Well, there quite a few others..
But there is a Chrysler connection, although it's not a Chrysler.
Well, you learn something new every day.
Perhaps a rendering for an Alfa Romeo do Brasil car in the 1973-74 time period?
Quote from: Bill Murray on November 30, 2012, 04:30:08 PM
Perhaps a rendering for an Alfa Romeo do Brasil car in the 1973-74 time period?
No, nothing to do with Alfa and earlier than 1973/4.
Well, Norman, you really know how to make a body work.
Simca do Brasil Xango from 1966.
You found it! Well done.
And you've no doubt learned a lot about the Brazilian motoring scene in the process; fascinating, and there are lots and lots of very interesting cars (and puzzles!)
Thanks for the point!!
And yes, I did learn a bit more about the Brasilian auto scene.
Actually, as I have posted elsewhere here, I lived in Peru 1976-1978 (also Sweden 1974-1976 and Canada 1978-1979) so I had a fair amount of exposure to the South American auto/truck scene.
Because of the size of their population and economy, Brasil and Argentina have the most active motor industries in South America, and have produced a wide variety of vehicles based on primarily American and European origin vehicles with the Japanese vehicles coming in lately as well. As you know, many were adaptations/different versions of the original vehicles.
When we lived in Peru, my wife drove a brand new 1976 VW Beetle that was shipped from VW do Brasil as a kit and assembled by VW del Peru. A very appropriate car for the area and the time.
A bit off subject, but I wonder if anyone here would be interested in doing a photo story of American and Russian vehicles from the 1930's to the 1960's still circulating in Cuba. I only got to go there once in the 1970's and it was like a time machine then and I just watched a news story about an American citizen being held there just now and the darned cars on the streets look the same as when I was there 35 years ago.
Even Peru was like that in the 1970's due to their protective tariffs on importation of assembled cars and trucks. If I can get my scanner working again, I have lots of photos of 1930's and 1940's American vehicles in everyday use there.
One of my favourites was a 1934 Ford phaeton used as a taxi that worked an area near the office where I worked.
Just some thoughts.