Solved -PJ699- Cisitalia 202D Spider 2.0

[Paul Jaray]

Here you are a speedy puzzle for you.
1 point for the precise Make & Model.
It's not hard but, for the point, the exact model is needed.
I won't lock it for lucky random guesses.

[SACO]

A Cisitalia 303DF !

[Paul Jaray]

Not that...(but not far from that )

[thorax]

Siata?

[Paul Jaray]

Not a Siata.

[pguillem]

It reminds me of the Nash-Healey Le Mans roadster from 1951.

[Paul Jaray]

Not a Nash-Healey.

[oko94]

Cisitalia 303 F ?

[Paul Jaray]

Cisitalia 303 F ?

Not that.

Huge clue: this is 1 of 5.

[oko94]

Cisitalia-Abarth 204 ?

[Carnut]

It's Italian?

[SACO]

Cisitalia Volo Radente ?

[Paul Jaray]

Cisitalia-Abarth 204 ?

Not that

It's Italian?

Yes, it is

Cisitalia Volo Radente ?

Not that

[Wendax]

But it is a Cisitalia?

[Paul Jaray]

But it is a Cisitalia?

That's the right (and dangerous) question!

Yes, that's a Cisitalia.
There where just 5 exemplars of this model, each one was different from the other.
I'm not asking for the chassis (that I know) but the exact model: there were only 2 with that bodystyle and only 2 with that engine.
This is the only one with that bodystyle AND that engine

[pnegyesi]

BPM 2800?

[SACO]

Ford engine ?

[Wendax]

808 XF?

[Paul Jaray]

Ford engine ?

Not Ford engine

808 XF?

Not that

BPM 2800?

Very, very close.
What was the model name? The enigne was not the 2.8.
Locked for you now.

[pnegyesi]

I should do this more often. I am sitting at the Technisches Museum in Vienna, buried deep in research for my PhD. Occassionally I look at other stuff, mainly AutoPuzzles. The setting must be inspiring as I just earned a lock for a puzzle, where PJ said "no lock

So you say five, Nino Balestra says four:
"Montano dentro un motore di derivazione marina BPM, (Botta e Puricelli, Milano) che esiste ancora sul Lago di Garda, e
elaborano questo motore che eroga circa 185 cavalli con 2800 di cilindrata, poi faranno anche una versione 2000. In realtà
costruiscono solo quattro vetture: un Coupè 2800, un Coupè 2000, uno Spider 2800 e uno Spider 2000; anche questa è un'
avventura che termina in fretta. "

So I assume this is the Spider 2000 version of the 202.

[Paul Jaray]

..no lock for "lucky random guesses".
Nino is right, 4 versions. I am right too, 5 exemplars
#189,190,191,192 and 193: Resp. a 2.8 coupè, another 2.8 coupè, a 2.0 coupè, a 2.8 spider and this 2.0 Spider!
This was later modified in France as you can see in my pic.

Point for you!

[Paul Jaray]

BTW, the precise model name is Cisitalia 202D and I took my info from an article by ...Nino Balestra where he wrote about those 5 cars.