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Nice car, nice girl.

For one point, please respond and identify this car.

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Re: Wendax 1550
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2015, 02:33:16 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1550
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2015, 07:46:19 AM »
German?

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Re: Wendax 1550
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2015, 08:20:31 AM »
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Re: Wendax 1550
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2015, 04:07:08 PM »
Moretti 2500 SS Spyder (design by Michelotti).

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Re: Wendax 1550
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2015, 04:46:07 PM »
You are right, and you are wrong.  ;D
The pictured car served as illustration for two different cars, one of them is the Fiat Moretti 2500 SS Cabriolet (see below), but also for a different one. It is even written on the number  plate in the original picture. Locked for you to find this one.

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Re: Wendax 1550
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2015, 05:54:23 PM »
You are right, but you are wrong too...  :)
Indeed on the original picture the car has a plate "2300 S". But for a reason I don't know, this was a 2500 SS.
The proof is that in the same catalogue they also pictured the 2 different coupes: the 2300 S coupé kept the original disk wheels, while the 2500 SS was fitted with those wonderful Rudge Special.
But they only had one cabriolet (it's clear in the cover picture, with the full line-up) and - hard to understand- they put the "2300 S" plate on what was actually a 2500 SS, and used the same car for both the descriptions inside the brochure.

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Re: Wendax 1550
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2015, 02:44:21 AM »
Yes, I'll post another picture tonight.
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Re: Solved: Wendax 1550 - Fiat Moretti 2300 S / 2500 SS Cabriolet
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2015, 02:28:43 PM »
The same car as a Fiat 2300 S Cabriolet:

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Re: Solved: Wendax 1550 - Fiat Moretti 2300 S / 2500 SS Cabriolet
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2015, 03:27:31 PM »
The blue one is slightly older (1962): note the different grille on the front fender.