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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1575 on: November 26, 2010, 12:45:33 PM »
OK , I have kind of lost track of all the cars now but appologies is this one has been on before  [-/

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« Reply #1576 on: November 26, 2010, 04:00:31 PM »
Looks like a miniature Luaz to me though it probably isn't.. (don't know of mini Luazs, but would plural be Luai?  :))
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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1577 on: November 27, 2010, 10:19:21 AM »
Looks like a fiat 500 4x4

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« Reply #1578 on: November 27, 2010, 12:17:50 PM »
 This one has been posted before. It is called Ferves Ranger. Based on a Fiat 500. Available in two and later four wheel drive with a five speed box.
 Rusty give it an other go.
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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1579 on: December 02, 2010, 11:02:44 AM »
 :oops: Yes that is the one alright so I will try this one  [-/

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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1580 on: December 02, 2010, 11:37:19 AM »
Zegato 750?
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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1581 on: December 02, 2010, 01:40:40 PM »
 :D It's all too easy for you Darrell so can you name the exact model  ???

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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1582 on: December 02, 2010, 10:14:31 PM »
750 ABARTH ZAGATO DOPPIA GOBBA

Not sure but the overiders on the front look right.

Just love Zagato designs :P
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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1583 on: December 03, 2010, 07:16:34 AM »
OK not sure about the Doppia Gobba & yes I liked the look of this car. The full title seems to be along the lines of :
FIAT ZAGATO 750 ABARTH Series 111 "Double Bubble" COUPE
I guess that the double bubble bit is a nickname for this particular model but still quite a mouthfull.
The size of the title seems to be matched by the amount of cash they go for at auction  ::)
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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1584 on: December 03, 2010, 08:32:32 AM »
 Rusty are you sure it is not a Zagato 500?
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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1585 on: December 03, 2010, 08:35:54 AM »
the "double bubble" bit does that reffer to all the overtime you must do at work to afford to buy it?

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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1586 on: December 03, 2010, 09:25:49 AM »
Rusty are you sure it is not a Zagato 500?

Well this has got me well conflusterated now !  :oops:
I got the picture from a book that is all about Fiat 500s , trouble is the text is in slovakian so I can't read it. The title in the book is "Fiat Coupe Zagato a moterem Abarth - z roku 1958"
I gave google a bash & eventualy found a matching car that was given the double bubble title but I now think it was wrong . I can't find any reference on the internet to a 500 Fiat Zagato Coupe so I have to hold my hand up & say I do not know  :- :-

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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1587 on: December 03, 2010, 12:18:36 PM »
The double bubble had two 'bubbles' in the roof to allow for long slabs like me  :P from what I can gather

But Rusty you may be right as I seem to remember from somewhere they did a 500 engined one but I think it more famous as a 750.

There were different variants and judging by the photos etc on google some had overiders on the front, some not but in my mind one of those inspiring rear engined vehicles all in honour of the god of speed  [-/

When I was a younger lad, there was an old boy who lived a couple of blocks away from me who had something that looked pretty much like that. As I was then more interested in bikes than cars i didnt take too much notice. He was a great help to me as I was then re-building a '56 AJS Model 18 which I still have. His workshop was a place of wonder with machines to grinding valves, rebore blocks, lathe and milling machine, car hoist, bike ramp you name it but all good old gear. Ah the smell of that workshop...His collection was vast and all imaculate.

One thing is for sure, that car might be worth it's weight in gold if you had one now :P
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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1588 on: December 03, 2010, 12:39:05 PM »
Try this groovy number  :P
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Re: Guess?
« Reply #1589 on: December 03, 2010, 02:09:24 PM »
Is it a Durango 95? As used in the film "A Clockwork Orange"