Topic: Monty394 - Solved: APM by Antonio Pereira Machado, based on 1937 Fiat 508 Balilla

[el_monty]

Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please tell me the marque and year of this car.

Don't be naughty! Stay away from Google Search by Image, kids.

[el_monty]

Up to the Experts.

[targhediferro]

It's the A.P.M. built in Porto, Portugal, by Antonio Pereira Machado and based on a Fiat chassis, I suppose 508C.

[el_monty]

Correct! Just to complete the answer, can you provide the year? Locked of course.

[targhediferro]

I've just the base car year, 1937, but this car has been surely built after the war...some parts come from other cars, ad Austin A40, that are from the fifties.

[el_monty]

Yes, all my sources say 1937 too, but I had trouble believing that date as the design of the body looks far too modern for that time. I trust your judgement. The point is yours!

[D-type]

Could it be that the base car, the Fiat 508C[?], dates from 1937 and the body and conversion from
 postwar?

[el_monty]

Yes, I think that must be correct, but I haven't been able to find any source that gives an accurate date for the bodywork.

[D-type]

Circumstantial evidence:  The car's colours are obviously inspired by Noddy's car and Noddy didn't appear on the scene until after World War 2.  Does that clinch it?