Author Topic: Solved: GTE 498 - 1964 Piccolo (Lancia-Ford special) by Peter Meffan  (Read 4993 times)

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #25 on: September 06, 2023, 08:12:48 AM »
i'll take a step back.  Was it British? (the full size car)
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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #26 on: September 06, 2023, 12:54:22 PM »
Lotus XV?
No
i'll take a step back.  Was it British? (the full size car)
No, though I believe British components were used.

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #27 on: September 13, 2023, 01:21:10 AM »
Pros?

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #28 on: September 13, 2023, 01:29:29 AM »
Perhaps an Elfin?

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #29 on: September 13, 2023, 01:37:07 AM »

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #30 on: September 13, 2023, 03:59:28 AM »
Is it from Australia?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #31 on: September 13, 2023, 04:02:22 AM »

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #32 on: September 20, 2023, 01:54:37 PM »
Open to all.

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #33 on: September 20, 2023, 04:06:18 PM »
Is it from Europe ?

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #34 on: September 20, 2023, 04:15:11 PM »

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #35 on: September 20, 2023, 04:19:12 PM »
European underpinnings under an American body ?

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #36 on: September 20, 2023, 04:30:13 PM »
European underpinnings under an American body ?
European underpinnings, but body isn't American.

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #37 on: September 20, 2023, 05:09:14 PM »
Asian body ?

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #38 on: September 20, 2023, 05:11:58 PM »

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #39 on: September 20, 2023, 05:14:57 PM »
South American body ?

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #40 on: September 20, 2023, 05:17:21 PM »

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #41 on: September 21, 2023, 01:43:32 AM »
Body from New Zealand ?

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #42 on: September 21, 2023, 03:07:18 AM »

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #43 on: September 21, 2023, 04:25:08 AM »
European body ?

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #44 on: September 21, 2023, 04:29:17 AM »

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #45 on: September 21, 2023, 04:33:16 AM »
South America?

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #46 on: September 21, 2023, 05:21:56 AM »
Body from Africa ?

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #47 on: September 21, 2023, 10:41:56 AM »

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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #48 on: September 21, 2023, 10:47:26 AM »
Protea Triumph from South Africa ?
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Re: GTE 498
« Reply #49 on: September 21, 2023, 03:02:12 PM »
Protea Triumph from South Africa ?
Not that