Solved - olr#001 Il Tempo Minimale by Ermanno Martinuzzi

[olavr]

My first puzzle!

Can you answer who is the builder of this car, what it is based on and the cars name?
One point for all three answers

[olavr]

Time to let the experts try!

[D-type]

based on a Renault 5?

[olavr]

No Renault

[frederick59]

Based on Innocenti de Tomaso?

[olavr]

Sorry, not that either

[kwgibbs]

is this car ,soviet one-off?

[olavr]

one off, yes, but not soviet

[kwgibbs]

I trust this car is european?

[olavr]

yes, european

[kwgibbs]

I,ll go with french?

[thorax]

based on a japanese car?

[olavr]

not french, but still european

[kwgibbs]

anything to do with poland?

[olavr]

Nothing to do with Poland

[frederick59]

Fiat base?

[olavr]

Yes, Fiat is correct

[dzima1985]

From Norway?

[olavr]

Also correct, built in Norway

[olavr]

Enough time for the experts, time to go to the professionals

[SeaLion]

This is the Il Tempo Minimale, made by Ermanno Martinuzzi in Norway, based on a Fiat 127 with a A112 Abarth engine. The car was Martinuzzi's personal car for many years. The bodywork was handcrafted in steel, så the car became heavier than the base car. So even with the more powerful engine, the top speed was still about 140 km/h.

Ermanno Martinuzzi also made the movie car Il Tempo Gigante in full scale, for the premiere of the Norwegian animated movie Flåklypa Grand Prix (Pinchcliffe Grand Prix). Martinuzzi also made the full scale Bil-bilen in 1979, from my sketches, for a Norwegian national car design competition.

[olavr]

This is all correct, thank you for a very informative answer, one point for you is added