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What's this, by whom, from when - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 5499
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2019, 06:23:33 AM »
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Re: NEH 5499
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2019, 06:32:11 AM »
A Moretti 1500GT from 1959 !

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Re: NEH 5499
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2019, 06:38:13 AM »
A Moretti 1500GT from 1959 !

Not exactly, but it is a Moretti and you're very close so I'll lock it for you.
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Re: NEH 5499
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2019, 09:23:22 AM »
A Moretti Golden Arrow ?

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Re: NEH 5499
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2019, 01:52:37 PM »
Yes, it is the Moretti Golden Arrow Spyder (one of two Golden Arrows made, a Coupé and a Spyder).
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Re: NEH 5499
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2019, 09:34:50 AM »
Moretti Golden Arrow Spyder 1959 by Moretti Argentina ?

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Re: NEH 5499
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2019, 02:26:34 PM »
Moretti Golden Arrow Spyder 1959 by Moretti Argentina ?

It was first shown in 1959, yes; and it was eventually produced as the 1500GT you originally guessed, with a few minor aesthetic alterations.
Nothing to do with Argentina though.
I'm after the name of its designer.
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Re: NEH 5499
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2019, 02:41:24 AM »
No please ,unlocked !

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Re: NEH 5499
« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2019, 03:48:49 AM »
You've got nearly all of it so I really can't unlock it and give someone else the point!
All I need is the designer; he designed several Morettis around that period.  Surely it's worth a go?  You know him well...!
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Re: NEH 5499
« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2019, 04:21:30 AM »
By Michelotti ?

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Re: NEH 5499
« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2019, 07:33:44 AM »
By Michelotti ?

Quite so!
Very similar to some of his Triumphs of the period and of course the same body as the Moretti 1500 GT.
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