Author Topic: SOLVED: WTH # 178 - Calspan RSV Research Safety Vehicle based on 1976 Simca 1308  (Read 615 times)

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Half of this puzzle should be easy.

What is the name of this car, and what car was it based upon?

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Re: WTH # 178
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2013, 02:36:48 PM »
Looks like a modified Talbot 150...  ::)

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Re: WTH # 178
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2013, 03:20:21 PM »
The base car is in the same family as the Talbot 150.

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Re: WTH # 178
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2013, 02:00:58 PM »
Calspan RSV 1976

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Re: WTH # 178
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2013, 05:53:34 PM »
LOCKED for goseatonio.

1976 Calspan RSV is correct.  What car is it based upon?

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Re: WTH # 178
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2013, 04:21:17 PM »
LOCKED for goseatonio.

1976 Calspan RSV is correct.  What car is it based upon?

Chrysler RSV? 

In Spain was very popular as Chrysler 150.

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Re: WTH # 178
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2013, 09:52:17 PM »
Not Talbot, not Chrysler, and not 150.  What other brand was in the family?

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Re: WTH # 178
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2013, 12:55:21 AM »
Dodge, Simca?

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Re: WTH # 178
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2013, 01:50:25 AM »
(One question at a time)

Yes, it is based on a Simca.  Which model?

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Re: WTH # 178
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2013, 09:16:44 AM »
Simca 1037?

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Re: WTH # 178
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2013, 11:09:44 AM »
Close enough, based on a Simca 1308.  The point goes to goseatonio

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Re: WTH # 178
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2013, 02:01:29 PM »
Yes, it is based on a Simca.  Which model?

Also known as the Chrysler Alpine, and Talbot Alpine?  Same car?
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All the same basic car: Simca 1307/1308/1309, Chrysler Alpine, Chrysler 150, Talbot 1510 / Talbot Alpine / Talbot 150. 

Magazines I read around 1980, did indicate the RSV was based on a Simca 1308.