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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2019, 02:19:42 PM »
before 1985?

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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2019, 02:35:51 PM »
it is from the '80s: I don't know the correct year
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2019, 04:20:00 PM »
Was it a leisure vehicle (e.g., executive flagship/land yacht) or did it serve some other purpose?

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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #28 on: December 20, 2019, 04:31:37 PM »
it was a leisure vehicle
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #29 on: December 20, 2019, 05:07:55 PM »
Was it celebrity-owned?

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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #30 on: December 21, 2019, 06:53:12 AM »
no but was very rich!  ;)
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #31 on: December 21, 2019, 07:08:18 AM »

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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #32 on: December 22, 2019, 12:55:12 PM »
not Agnelli and not Italian
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #33 on: December 22, 2019, 01:06:02 PM »
Was either the owner or coachbuilder Dutch?
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #34 on: December 22, 2019, 01:42:17 PM »
Onassis?
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #35 on: December 22, 2019, 02:28:22 PM »
Was either the owner or coachbuilder Dutch?
no and no: the coachbuilder was Italian (look at #12)
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #36 on: December 22, 2019, 02:30:04 PM »
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #37 on: December 22, 2019, 02:38:07 PM »
Ranier?

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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #38 on: December 23, 2019, 11:26:41 AM »
no
I think we should look for who built the vehicle rather than look for who it belonged to
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #39 on: January 01, 2020, 05:45:40 PM »
It's a Fiat chassis so was the builder Italian?
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #40 on: January 01, 2020, 06:24:09 PM »
It's a Fiat chassis so was the builder Italian?
This appears to be the case

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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #41 on: January 02, 2020, 07:05:17 AM »
A leisure vehicle - so was it a hunting car?
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #42 on: January 05, 2020, 06:16:55 PM »
A leisure vehicle - so was it a hunting car?
Maybe, I don't know
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #43 on: January 09, 2020, 10:33:34 PM »
no
I think we should look for who built the vehicle rather than look for who it belonged to
Barbi?

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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #44 on: January 10, 2020, 04:30:41 PM »
not Barbi: much more obscure and never mentioned in AP
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #45 on: January 10, 2020, 09:43:55 PM »
Built on a modified 470 chassis?
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #46 on: January 12, 2020, 09:24:21 AM »
not a 470 chassis
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #47 on: January 16, 2020, 05:12:17 PM »
pros!
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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #48 on: January 16, 2020, 05:19:26 PM »
Based on a bus chassis ?

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Re: THOR #178
« Reply #49 on: January 17, 2020, 04:29:30 PM »
no: based on a truck chassis
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