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Monty394 - Solved: APM by Antonio Pereira Machado, based on 1937 Fiat 508 Balilla
« on: November 15, 2018, 05:24:19 AM »
Fellow Autopuzzlers, for a point please tell me the marque and year of this car.

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Re: Monty394
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2018, 05:25:19 PM »
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Re: Monty394
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2018, 10:32:10 AM »
It's the A.P.M. built in Porto, Portugal, by Antonio Pereira Machado and based on a Fiat chassis, I suppose 508C.
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Re: Monty394
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2018, 10:37:36 AM »
Correct! Just to complete the answer, can you provide the year? Locked of course.
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Re: Monty394
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2018, 08:06:50 AM »
I've just the base car year, 1937, but this car has been surely built after the war...some parts come from other cars, ad Austin A40, that are from the fifties.
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Re: Monty394
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2018, 09:33:05 AM »
Yes, all my sources say 1937 too, but I had trouble believing that date as the design of the body looks far too modern for that time. I trust your judgement. The point is yours! :thumbsup:
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Re: Monty394 - Solved: APM by Antonio Pereira Machado, based on 1937 Fiat 508 Balilla
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2018, 11:58:54 AM »
Could it be that the base car, the Fiat 508C[?], dates from 1937 and the body and conversion from
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Re: Monty394 - Solved: APM by Antonio Pereira Machado, based on 1937 Fiat 508 Balilla
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2018, 12:38:53 PM »
Yes, I think that must be correct, but I haven't been able to find any source that gives an accurate date for the bodywork.
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Re: Monty394 - Solved: APM by Antonio Pereira Machado, based on 1937 Fiat 508 Balilla
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2018, 10:20:43 AM »
Circumstantial evidence:  The car's colours are obviously inspired by Noddy's car and Noddy didn't appear on the scene until after World War 2.  Does that clinch it?   ;)
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