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Solved:TGF-6: AlfaRomeo 1900 Paris-Nizza
« on: January 04, 2013, 07:00:14 AM »
Make, model and coachbuilder of this interesting wagon.
« Last Edit: January 15, 2013, 12:18:02 PM by targhediferro »

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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2013, 11:13:38 AM »
Wartburg Camping?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2013, 11:46:49 AM »
Not a Wartburg.

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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2013, 11:59:23 AM »
European?

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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2013, 12:21:02 PM »
yes

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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2013, 01:18:29 PM »
Shape of front fenders  and door handles suggest Alfa 1900?

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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2013, 02:34:26 PM »
Yes, looked for 24 hours.

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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2013, 03:37:55 PM »
Monterosa?

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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2013, 01:46:35 AM »
Not Monterosa but good guess because Monterosa too realized a station wagon on 1900 base.
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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2013, 02:48:56 AM »
Was it made by an established coachbuilder?

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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2013, 06:52:16 AM »
Yes and No;  I found some  pictures with a related history, that speaks about an obscure coachbuilder who realized this wagon and some other cars, perhaps everyone "one-off"...but I have no prove about it.
So the point is for who's able to report the name of the coachbuilder, as he seems to be.
Any further information would be nice.

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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2013, 11:24:42 AM »
I've found some pictures in a 1900 website: the car is called 1900 Giardiniera by Paris-Nizza. Never heard about this coachbuilder
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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2013, 12:12:54 PM »
That's what I know. So a point for you.
The car was in Uruguay, and I've been told that an italian collector was Young to buy it.

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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2013, 02:54:19 PM »
That's what I know. So a point for you.
The car was in Uruguay, and I've been told that an italian collector was Young to buy it.
Yes, the car is in Italy now!
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Re: TGF-6
« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2013, 04:53:56 AM »
That's what I know. So a point for you.
The car was in Uruguay, and I've been told that an italian collector was Young to buy it.

"Young"?

Did you mean "...an Italian collector was trying to buy it"?!
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