Solved - NEH 3429: Serenissima Agena GT by Drogo - 1970

[Carnut]

Familiar?  It's been pictured on a thread here before but surprisingly hasn't been a puzzle.
So what is it, by whom and from when, for 1 point?:

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[Carnut]

Very easy Expert point...

[serra]

I think I have seen before and was an avatar years ago but I cant remembrer the car, Is it a concept car from italy?

[ValkyrieGT]

1970 Serenissima Agena GT by Conte Volpi. A derivative of the Serenissima Strada of 1969. Also by Conte Volpi. A difference of headlight treatment & rear spoiler.

[Carnut]

That's the car, yes.
But I still need to know who built it..
Locked for ValkyrieGT to have another look into.

[ValkyrieGT]

Tom Tjaarda is credited for the...Salone De Torino Della GT Agena.

[Carnut]

Tom Tjaarda is credited for the...Salone De Torino Della GT Agena.

But who built the body?!
Still locked.

[ValkyrieGT]

I will guess Ghia built the 1970 Serenissima Agena GT.

[Carnut]

I will guess Ghia built the 1970 Serenissima Agena GT.

Not according to my info, which I think is probably right as it's mentioned in more than one source.
I'll keep it locked for you to have another go!

[ValkyrieGT]

Go ahead & unlock the puzzle. I tried, but have not found the coachbuilder of the Sereniisssima Agena GT.

[mekubb]

Because ValkyrieGT has unlocked the puzzle, I would like to reply : I believe That Drogo built the body.

[Carnut]

Because ValkyrieGT has unlocked the puzzle, I would like to reply : I believe That Drogo built the body.

Actually it's only the puzzle poster who can unlock a lock he's put on, but of course I would have unlocked it so you get a point for correctly identifying Drogo as the builder of this car.

I've given valkyrieGT a point as well for correctly identifying the car!

Well done both of you.

[Paul Jaray]

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[mekubb]

Thanks Norman, that's seems fair to Valkyrie as well. I was afraid that I would be too late if I had to wait for you to unlock it, so I took the liberty to do it myself in a way... I knew the answer to both car and coach builder but Valkyrie was just a bit quicker in replying... Next time it's most probably the other way round !

[ValkyrieGT]

It is a gorgeous machine, the Serenissima cars that were made. I would own a Serenissima  if I could.

[Carnut]

It is a gorgeous machine, the Serenissima cars that were made. I would own a Serenissima  if I could.

I agree.

Utter perfection:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=18988.msg190867#msg190867

[Allemano]

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A new picture, thanks a lot!!

[Allemano]

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=4920.msg33556#msg33556

[Allemano]

As far as I know Drogo did NOT bodied this particular car, but the Jet Competizione and Jungla.
Motoring Journalist Wolfgang Blaube had the opportunity to interview Conte Volpi*. He tried to decipher the strange nomensclature of Serenissima models, but except of  'Jet', 'Torpedo' and 'Agena' there never were 'official' names for the cars. All in all there weren't more than eight (!) different one-offs built by Serenissima. All of them survived, but nothing is known where this Agena car is located (same with the Tjaarda designed Ghia car**) . Only Volpi himself got the key of some mysterious garage somewhere in Italy....

* for more info read German OldtimerMarkt 9/2008
**Volpi never accepted this car as being too heavy weight for a thoroughbred Serenissima sportscar.


EDIT: I was wrong about Drogo. He most probably built the bodies for both cars Strada and Agena!

[Allemano]

Apparently Count Volpi opened his secret barn. In the near future three of this gems will be auctioned.
Love this car!

[Carnut]

Wow!
I'm going out for that lottery ticket...