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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2017, 05:53:51 PM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2017, 04:36:17 AM »
Lancia Ardea base?

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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2017, 05:02:29 AM »
It had a Lancia Ardea engine but that wasn't the car's base.
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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2017, 07:39:32 AM »
Was it an Appia base?

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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2017, 01:00:10 PM »
No, it wasn't a Lancia base at all.
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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2018, 05:09:37 AM »
British?

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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2018, 06:39:31 AM »
No connection to GB at all!
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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2018, 09:55:37 AM »
is it a French one-off?

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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2018, 12:15:10 PM »
is it a French one-off?

No, nothing French there..
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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2018, 12:41:05 PM »
Italian?

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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2018, 05:53:53 PM »
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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2018, 06:32:39 PM »
was it based on a cisitalia?

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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2018, 04:19:31 AM »
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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2018, 10:13:42 AM »
was it fiat-powered?

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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2018, 11:12:24 AM »
was it fiat-powered?

It had a Lancia Ardea engine but that wasn't the car's base.
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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2018, 03:44:20 PM »
Is it a Fiat Topolino 500 base, with that Lancia engine?

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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2018, 05:55:29 PM »
Is it a Fiat Topolino 500 base, with that Lancia engine?

Indeed it is...
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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2018, 12:57:38 PM »
Was it homemade or manufactured?

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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #19 on: January 21, 2018, 01:49:19 PM »
It was manufactured.
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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #20 on: January 21, 2018, 04:31:18 PM »
By a company involved in vehicle production/ coachbuillding?

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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #21 on: January 21, 2018, 05:43:28 PM »
Yes.
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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #22 on: January 24, 2018, 04:55:32 AM »
Siata?

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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2018, 06:13:21 AM »
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Re: NEH 5232
« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2018, 04:33:37 PM »
So nothing to do with De Luca .......?