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Solved NIC#210 - Duchess kit car based on a Chevrolet Chevette
« on: May 27, 2014, 03:41:34 PM »
What is this car, and what lies beneath that body?
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Re: NIC #210
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2014, 07:25:52 AM »
My guess is that it's a Fiberfab replica on a Volkswagen Beetle chassis.
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Re: NIC #210
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2014, 07:51:31 AM »
Quote from: Solracer on May 29, 2014, 07:25:52 AM
My guess is that it's a Fiberfab replica on a Volkswagen Beetle chassis.

Not what I have.
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Re: NIC #210
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2014, 08:32:14 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC #210
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2014, 08:50:14 AM »
Looks like a Classic Roadsters Grand Duchess, a VW Beetle-based MG TD replica
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Re: NIC #210
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2014, 10:35:46 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on June 10, 2014, 08:50:14 AM
Looks like a Classic Roadsters Grand Duchess, a VW Beetle-based MG TD replica

LOCKED for you. It is a Duchess, but this particular car has a different donor car. What lies beneath?
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Re: NIC #210
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2014, 11:23:26 AM »
Alright, this Duchess has Chevrolet Chevette mechanicals.
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Re: NIC #210
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2014, 11:30:57 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on June 10, 2014, 11:23:26 AM
Alright, this Duchess has Chevrolet Chevette mechanicals.

Yes. As far as I can make out, the Duchess was originally designed in the UK to be built on Herald/Vitesse bases, but the idea was franchised to the US, where several were built on a variety of donor cars.

The puzzle car was found on a thread where the author says it was used by his father as a "loaner" from a garage!
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