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Title: TIFOSITEASER # 40 <SOLVED> TOYOTA PININFARINA PROTOTYPE 1961
Post by: Tifosi on October 07, 2007, 06:53:59 AM
Since my last puzzle didn't even last an hour, maybe this one will be a bit more difficult.   Maybe not...
Title: Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
Post by: SeaLion on October 07, 2007, 09:00:52 AM
It looks as if it's an early prototype for the Ford Cardinal project, which ended with the german production car Ford Taunus 12-M.
Title: Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
Post by: Tifosi on October 08, 2007, 01:57:25 AM
Not a Ford...



Dan
Title: Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 08, 2007, 02:09:41 AM
Is it a Pietro Frua design?
Title: Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
Post by: Tifosi on October 08, 2007, 02:35:29 PM
No Frua involvement, although there are similarities...




Dan
Title: Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
Post by: Tifosi on October 17, 2007, 03:01:00 PM
This car came from a major auto company that usually doesn't  rely on coachbuilders for one-offs...the chassis and body came from opposite sides of the world.


Dan
Title: Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
Post by: grobmotorix on October 17, 2007, 04:25:52 PM
The hubcabs look japanese...
Title: Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
Post by: Tifosi on October 17, 2007, 11:53:56 PM
They are...




Dan
Title: Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
Post by: JR on October 18, 2007, 07:20:28 AM
This car strongly resembles the Toyopet Sport X concept from 1961 but has a number of detail differences from the Sport X including a completely changed front styling. I can't find any evidence this car was ever exhibited so it may be an earlier Toyopet/Toyota prototype of the Sport X dating from around 1960-1961.

JR
Title: Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
Post by: Tifosi on October 18, 2007, 06:23:33 PM
Quote from: JR on October 18, 2007, 07:20:28 AM
This car strongly resembles the Toyopet Sport X concept from 1961 but has a number of detail differences from the Sport X including a completely changed front styling. I can't find any evidence this car was ever exhibited so it may be an earlier Toyopet/Toyota prototype of the Sport X dating from around 1960-1961.

JR

Details on this car are rather sketchy...I found it while googling the Abarth Pininfarina car in a previous puzzle.  It was listed as a "Toyota Pininfarina Prototype 1961", so I'm giving the puzzle point to JR.  I saw the similarity to a Frua design, but evidently Pietro Frua didn't have anything to do with this car.  It's a handsome vehicle, and it would have been a strong seller, IMO. 

Well done.



Dan
Title: Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 19, 2007, 05:14:15 AM
Quote from: JR on October 18, 2007, 07:20:28 AM
This car strongly resembles the Toyopet Sport X concept from 1961 but has a number of detail differences from the Sport X including a completely changed front styling. I can't find any evidence this car was ever exhibited so it may be an earlier Toyopet/Toyota prototype of the Sport X dating from around 1960-1961.

JR

Here's the concept, a 300 SL clone, it appears...
Title: Re: TIFOSITEASER # 40 <SOLVED> TOYOTA PININFARINA PROTOTYPE 1961
Post by: JR on October 19, 2007, 08:51:17 AM
Karnutz, you've got the wrong concept. The Toyopet Sport "X" is a completely different, later vehicle.

JR
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