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Solved - NEH 2506: Miglia Speedster - 2013
« on: March 01, 2013, 07:22:42 AM »
Identify this car correctly and from when it dates for 1 point:

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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2013, 05:04:54 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2013, 05:12:52 AM »
Sammio?

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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2013, 05:13:24 AM »
Sammio?

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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2013, 11:51:29 AM »
British?

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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2013, 11:53:43 AM »
This is a modern car?

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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2013, 12:35:33 PM »
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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2013, 12:44:23 PM »

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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2013, 03:43:44 PM »
British?

Sorry, missed that.
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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2013, 04:02:44 PM »
Based on a British car?

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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2013, 06:59:05 PM »
It's pretty much a pastiche of a Ferrari 375 Plus rear end and a 250 Testa Rossa nose. Is it MGB based?
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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2013, 07:23:15 PM »
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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2013, 07:52:20 PM »
Ford Sierra Base?
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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2013, 12:27:04 AM »
Miglia Speedster, MG-engined, Triumph Herald/Vitesse based.
Built in 2012?

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Re: NEH 2506
« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2013, 07:21:37 AM »
Yes, it's the Miglia Speedster, a kit which is designed to be built on a Triumph base as you say, with any Triumph engine including a V8.  I don't know about an MG engine, that wasn't mentioned on their website, but I do know that the car pictured doesn't have an engine at all!

Although this project has been launched and there is a website, it is subject to a considerable amount of controversy as the owner of the Sammio rights is threating to sue Miglia for such a blatant copy of their product if they so much as even think of marketing it!  The Miglia owners insist it's nothing like the Sammio of course....

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Re: Solved - NEH 2506: Miglia Speedster - 2013
« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2013, 07:34:20 AM »
Why on earth didn't I spot that "Triumph" camber on the back wheels? The Sammio is blatantly a copy of a Lancia D24, so I don't know what they're getting worked up about - the Miglia has an air of Ferrari about it IMO.
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