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Solved - NEH 5654: Vialto by Martin Packer on Imp mechanicals - 1971
« on: March 05, 2021, 09:49:13 AM »
What's this, by whom, based on what and from when - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2021, 09:30:16 AM »
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2021, 12:33:22 PM »
I upscaled your image using deep AI enhancer with artifact removal. There is text on the license plate and on the side of the vehicle.
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2021, 01:17:06 PM »
 Is this car somehow connected to the Lancia Stratos HF? Body similarities, 6 headlights, text on the side looks like it is ending in -os.
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2021, 03:52:46 PM »
Not related to to the Stratos at all.
Its name does not end in 'os' and if you can read what it says on the side you're a lot cleverer than I am!
It looks more like 'TYPE'  to me but I have no idea why it would say that as that's not part of what it is at all!
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2021, 03:59:47 PM »
Is the plate a British reg or does it read the name of the car?
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2021, 07:10:48 AM »
It's a British registration plate.
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2021, 07:18:59 AM »
Is it an M-reg (73/74)?
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2021, 08:45:15 AM »
With a nose like that, it must be named the Aardvark.  Is it?
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2021, 10:09:37 AM »
Quote from: 727 on March 22, 2021, 07:18:59 AM
Is it an M-reg (73/74)?

No; earlier.

Quote from: D-type on March 22, 2021, 08:45:15 AM
With a nose like that, it must be named the Aardvark.  Is it?

'Fraid not!
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2021, 10:11:21 AM »
H-reg (69/70)?
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2021, 10:43:48 AM »
No, K. It's from 1971.
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2021, 02:29:20 PM »
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2021, 02:19:04 PM »
This is a 1971 Vialto, built by Martin Packer and based on Imp mechanicals with the larger 998cc engine. The car featured a 1+2 seating arrangement with the driver central to the car. Both chassis construction and body were aluminium.
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Re: NEH 5654
« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2021, 09:38:19 AM »
Absolutely right.
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