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Title: Solved: Wendax 2740 - Modified Ghia 1500 GT with Renault 177 TS running gear
Post by: Wendax on November 24, 2018, 06:02:46 AM: I hardly know anything about this car, just what it is based on. Maybe you know more?

For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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Post by: norberthanke on November 26, 2018, 06:58:04 AM: "Improved" Ghia Fiat 1500 Coupé
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Post by: Wendax on November 26, 2018, 09:33:20 AM: Yes, that's where the bodywork should have its origin. Locked for you to find the drivetrain.
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Post by: norberthanke on November 27, 2018, 03:47:29 AM: Abarth
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Post by: Wendax on November 27, 2018, 05:10:35 AM: No
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Post by: norberthanke on November 27, 2018, 01:57:48 PM: Ford
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Post by: Wendax on November 27, 2018, 05:23:47 PM: No
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Post by: norberthanke on November 28, 2018, 03:33:41 AM: As the bonnet does not lock it is certainly a big engine
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Post by: Wendax on November 28, 2018, 05:13:28 AM: No, about the same size as the original one
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Post by: norberthanke on November 29, 2018, 11:22:06 AM: Lancia HF 1600
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Post by: Wendax on November 29, 2018, 12:36:33 PM: No
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Post by: norberthanke on November 30, 2018, 02:15:47 PM: Steyr Puch 1500 Coupé
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Post by: Wendax on November 30, 2018, 05:11:50 PM: No
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Post by: norberthanke on December 01, 2018, 04:48:31 AM: Polski
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Post by: Wendax on December 01, 2018, 05:33:39 AM: No
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Post by: norberthanke on December 01, 2018, 01:05:03 PM: Test-bed for a new model
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Post by: Wendax on December 01, 2018, 04:00:49 PM: No
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Post by: Wendax on December 08, 2018, 09:18:14 AM: up
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Post by: norberthanke on December 09, 2018, 05:31:05 AM: Italian engine
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Post by: Wendax on December 09, 2018, 05:52:34 AM: No
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Post by: targhediferro on December 18, 2018, 05:36:03 AM: Still Locked?
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Post by: Wendax on December 18, 2018, 06:30:55 AM: Sorry, I forgot to unlock.

Unlocked and open for all experts now.
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Post by: D-type on December 18, 2018, 09:40:01 AM: Triumph Spitfire chassis underneath?
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Post by: Wendax on December 18, 2018, 09:52:51 AM: No
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Post by: targhediferro on December 18, 2018, 02:53:54 PM: Renault 5 Turbo.
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Post by: D-type on December 18, 2018, 02:57:42 PM: Is it based on a Seat?
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Post by: Wendax on December 19, 2018, 02:51:40 AM: Quote from: targhediferro on December 18, 2018, 02:53:54 PM
Renault 5 Turbo.
Getting much closer now, because it has a Renault drivetrain.
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Post by: targhediferro on December 21, 2018, 09:37:51 AM: I remember I saw it in a facebook group some times ago...and I was sure about Renault, but I can't find it again. Perhaps a R 21 engine?
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Post by: Wendax on December 21, 2018, 10:01:12 AM: The source named another Renault model.
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Post by: norberthanke on December 21, 2018, 12:04:45 PM: R 16
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Post by: Wendax on December 21, 2018, 12:44:54 PM: No
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Post by: Carnut on December 22, 2018, 12:16:20 PM: It looks quite like one of those Motto-bodied Rosier Renaults of the early 1950s.
They were based on the Renault 4CV; any connection?
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Post by: Wendax on December 22, 2018, 12:27:03 PM: No
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Post by: targhediferro on December 22, 2018, 03:05:38 PM: I remember that the owner thought that his car could be an Alpine Renault, but it was clear He was wrong. I can't remember other model.
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Post by: Wendax on December 22, 2018, 04:52:28 PM: Not Alpine based, think of another sporty Renault.
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Post by: mekubb on December 23, 2018, 07:05:31 AM: Renault Fuego ?
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Post by: D-type on December 23, 2018, 08:23:05 AM: Is it a front-wheel-drive model
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Post by: targhediferro on December 23, 2018, 08:26:33 AM: Renault 8 Gordini?
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Post by: Wendax on December 23, 2018, 10:09:41 AM: Quote from: mekubb on December 23, 2018, 07:05:31 AM
Renault Fuego ?
No

Quote from: D-type on December 23, 2018, 08:23:05 AM
Is it a front-wheel-drive model
Yes

Quote from: targhediferro on December 23, 2018, 08:26:33 AM
Renault 8 Gordini?
Thus not
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Post by: D-type on December 23, 2018, 11:34:54 AM: Renault 12 Gordini?
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Post by: Wendax on December 23, 2018, 01:05:17 PM: Getting closer, but not a 12
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Post by: targhediferro on December 23, 2018, 01:46:44 PM: Dauphine Gordini?
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Post by: D-type on December 23, 2018, 02:30:48 PM: What's left? Renault 9?
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Post by: Wendax on December 23, 2018, 04:01:48 PM: Quote from: targhediferro on December 23, 2018, 01:46:44 PM
Dauphine Gordini?

Quote from: Wendax on December 23, 2018, 10:09:41 AM
Quote from: D-type on December 23, 2018, 08:23:05 AM
Is it a front-wheel-drive model
Yes

;)
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Post by: Wendax on December 23, 2018, 04:02:07 PM: Quote from: D-type on December 23, 2018, 02:30:48 PM
What's left? Renault 9?
No
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Post by: Spazmatron206 on December 24, 2018, 06:12:36 AM: R14?
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Post by: richard cuyler on December 24, 2018, 09:39:55 AM: Renault R15 or R17?

I had a 17TS once, great fun to drive. 8)
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Post by: Wendax on December 24, 2018, 03:01:32 PM: Quote from: Spazmatron206 on December 24, 2018, 06:12:36 AM
R14?
No

Quote from: richard cuyler on December 24, 2018, 09:39:55 AM
Renault R15 or R17?

I had a 17TS once, great fun to drive. 8)
Now we are almost there. What would your car have been called, if it was sold in Italy?
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Post by: targhediferro on December 24, 2018, 05:45:56 PM: Renault 177
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Post by: Wendax on December 25, 2018, 02:46:56 AM: Yes! As it is Christmas and Richard had basically guessed the right car already, I will give one point each to both of you. :)
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 2740 - Modified Ghia 1500 GT with Renault 177 TS running gear
Post by: richard cuyler on December 25, 2018, 02:56:06 PM: Vieler Dank tatsachlich!
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 2740 - Modified Ghia 1500 GT with Renault 177 TS running gear
Post by: targhediferro on December 30, 2018, 09:29:27 AM: This is the dashboard....a quite comic owner ask 85000 euros for this car!