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Title: SOLVED - What car #72 - 2005 Palazzi Motorcars Godfather Sedan
Post by: @re on November 27, 2007, 04:51:41 PM
Recognize this?

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Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: chapel on December 12, 2007, 10:32:34 AM
It was a Lincoln Town Car.

Odds are it's a Zimmer... monstrosity.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on December 12, 2007, 11:07:25 AM
Not a Zimmer.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: chapel on December 12, 2007, 11:15:20 AM
God... someone else is making these...
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on December 12, 2007, 11:18:56 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: chapel on December 12, 2007, 11:58:39 AM
Classic Motor Carriages Tiffany?
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on December 12, 2007, 02:34:52 PM
Nice try, but no...
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on December 22, 2007, 05:59:15 AM
Christmas is getting ever closer... another gift for the Experts.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 09, 2008, 05:37:25 AM
Suere is a dead ringer for a Zimmer Golden Spirit 4-Door Sedan. The bumpers, fenders, fender-mounted signals, etc., are a direct copy. The only diference I can readily see is the wheels.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on January 09, 2008, 02:07:44 PM
Of course I see your point. It's more or less a copy - obviously it's the same idea, based on the same car. But this one has another name, and is manufactured by another company. It is also, reportedly, currently in production.

Obvious, too, is the fact that neither Zimmer nor the manufacturer of this car mentions the other car on their respective web pages. Why admit that it's the same car when all your customers care about is exclusivity?

Then again, Ford/Mercury/Lincoln, or for that matter Peugeot/Citroën, have never officially talked about their 'brand marketing' strategy of just putting another grille or badge on the same car, either. Instead, cars are marketed as purely Lincoln, purely Mercury, purely Citroën, although it's plain for all to see that the vehicles are the same. So it's nothing new that one 'marque' does not mention the other producing the same car..
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: SeaLion on January 11, 2008, 08:23:47 AM
Clénet "Something"?
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on January 11, 2008, 10:05:58 AM
Not a Clénet - but yes, that's also up the same alley. There have actually been quite a lot of manufacturers of neo-classic cars, although there are not too many that are still building cars. This one is quite obscure - I admit I hadn't heard of it just some months ago.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: chapel on January 11, 2008, 12:46:15 PM
Mitsuoka?
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on January 11, 2008, 12:52:20 PM
Nope. Wrong country, wrong continent.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: chapel on January 11, 2008, 01:18:05 PM
Excalibur?
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: chapel on January 11, 2008, 01:30:24 PM
I'm actually embarrassed that I know this many Neo Classic companies...
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 11, 2008, 03:13:38 PM
Hi, normally I'll check by myself but...is it among these?:
Archer
Concorde
Easer Limousine
Excellence Motor Carriage
Johnson
JPR
Matco
Prinzing
Sparks
Sunrise
Zaiker
I've got few pics of all of them but no one seems like that....
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: chapel on January 11, 2008, 03:15:35 PM
I like how we're all trying to carpet bomb this thing off the main page.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: chapel on January 11, 2008, 03:18:22 PM
Quote from: PAUL JARAY on January 11, 2008, 03:13:38 PM
Hi, normally I'll check by myself but...is it among these?:
Archer
Concorde
Easer Limousine
Excellence Motor Carriage
Johnson
JPR
Matco
Prinzing
Sparks
Sunrise
Zaiker
I've got few pics of all of them but no one seems like that....

I was thinking Easer, but Easer is a Lincoln Limo with an Excalibur front end on it. They don't offer a 4 door.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on January 11, 2008, 04:38:00 PM
This more or less confirms something that I'd already guessed: The reason why you haven't figured this one out yet is probably not because you can't think of the right manufacturer - it's because you've never heard of it. So no, it's not any of the mentioned manufacturers.

I like your answer, Paul - it also tells me that several of the neo-classics that I have lying around for later posting are just as obscure as I thought, as they are not among those that you listed...  ;D
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 11, 2008, 04:50:23 PM
Well, this is just less than a half of the list of neo-classics that I've stored in my database, but knowing your previous posts I think we are all going to face hard days...
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on January 11, 2008, 05:02:13 PM
 ;D I'm amused!
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 11, 2008, 05:32:40 PM
May I add:
Archer
Acquila
Baron
Blackstone
Corsair
Delegance
De Courville
Excelerator
Empress
Gatsby
Golden Eagle
Griffin
Luxxor
Phantom
Spartan
Templar....
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on January 11, 2008, 05:38:26 PM
Please do! And I will continue to be amused - because it's none of those!

Those other cars I mentioned aren't on that list either ;)
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 11, 2008, 05:45:50 PM
Classic
Creusere
Dante
Di Napoli
Diamond
Doval
Moselle
Wasil








Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 11, 2008, 06:56:07 PM
Or is it probably there....
http://www.oldtimer-replica.de/neoclassic/inhalt.htm
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: chapel on January 11, 2008, 08:02:58 PM
oh, if it's a Chapelle I'm gonna virtually slap you.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on January 12, 2008, 04:40:42 AM
Quote from: PAUL JARAY on January 11, 2008, 05:45:50 PM
Classic
Creusere
Dante
Di Napoli
Diamond
Doval
Moselle
Wasil

No, none of these.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on January 12, 2008, 04:43:27 AM
Quote from: PAUL JARAY on January 11, 2008, 06:56:07 PM
Or is it probably there....
http://www.oldtimer-replica.de/neoclassic/inhalt.htm

And not there, either...

No slapping from Chapel: It's not a de la Chapelle.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on February 03, 2008, 09:08:14 AM
Here's a clue for you: The model designation of this car is the same as a quite famous movie.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 03, 2008, 09:10:02 AM
Death Race 2000?

Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on February 03, 2008, 09:30:17 AM
 ;D

Good one. The movie in question is not one that focuses mainly on cars.
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: Allan L on February 03, 2008, 09:32:08 AM
Quote from: @re on February 03, 2008, 09:08:14 AM
Here's a clue for you: The model designation of this car is the same as a quite famous movie.
Duck Soup?
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on February 03, 2008, 09:47:09 AM
I'm not really sure if I should take that suggestion seriously...  :D
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 03, 2008, 10:15:15 AM
Town Without Pity?
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: luxxor on February 04, 2008, 10:25:03 AM
I will bet it's a Godfather Classic !     The one that they built on a newer Thunderbird looked much better !
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: Paul Jaray on February 04, 2008, 01:14:36 PM
Luxxor got it!
It's a Palazzi Godfather Sedan!
What a triumphal entry!
http://www.palazzimotorcars.com/main1.htm
Title: Re: What car #72
Post by: @re on February 04, 2008, 02:47:39 PM
A triumphant start for Luxxor, indeed! As I asked for make and model designation, I'd normally give this to Paul Jaray, but since Luxxor is new I'll be generous and award a point to each of the two entrants. It is, as you say, the Palazzi Motorcars Godfathers Sedan, and as our new member states, their Roadster is much more comfortable on the eyes. If you can stand neo-classics at all, that is.

Welcome to AutoPuzzles, Luxxor!
Title: Re: SOLVED - What car #72 - 2005 Palazzi Motorcars Godfather Sedan
Post by: chapel on November 13, 2008, 01:30:24 PM
ew.
a new manufacturer...