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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2009 => Topic started by: Otto Puzzell on April 18, 2007, 04:41:23 AM

Title: Puzzle #282 - Solved! 1962 APAL Prototype
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 18, 2007, 04:41:23 AM
(http://www.autopuzzles.com/PP282.jpg)

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Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: rchirnom on April 18, 2007, 11:02:14 PM
corvette-based?  the windscreen and hood are what i'm going on...
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: Tifosi on April 18, 2007, 11:57:16 PM
Or is that a '53 Studebaker rear window?

Dan
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: grobmotorix on April 19, 2007, 12:33:05 AM
Despite its american styling I think that one was built in Europe.
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 19, 2007, 03:50:58 AM
Quote from: rchirnom on April 18, 2007, 11:02:14 PM
corvette-based?  the windscreen and hood are what i'm going on...

Not 'Vette-based.
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 19, 2007, 03:51:41 AM
Quote from: Tifosi on April 18, 2007, 11:57:16 PM
Or is that a '53 Studebaker rear window?Dan

No.
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 19, 2007, 03:52:06 AM
Quote from: grobmotorix on April 19, 2007, 12:33:05 AM
Despite its american styling I think that one was built in Europe.

Yep.
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: otis89 on April 28, 2007, 08:24:04 PM
Could it possibly have been built by Ghia?
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 29, 2007, 04:22:22 AM
To the best of my knowledge, no Ghia involvement..
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: grobmotorix on May 01, 2007, 03:38:43 PM
looks like some swiss or unknown german VW Beetle based luxury one-off
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: Tifosi on May 02, 2007, 01:23:57 AM
Is it a Porsche underneath?


Dan
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 02, 2007, 04:45:52 AM
Quote from: grobmotorix on May 01, 2007, 03:38:43 PM
looks like some swiss or unknown german VW Beetle based luxury one-off

Not Swiss or German. Their are indeed VW bits under that body.
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 02, 2007, 04:46:21 AM
Quote from: Tifosi on May 02, 2007, 01:23:57 AM
Is it a Porsche underneath?

Dan

The engine is.
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: rchirnom on May 02, 2007, 09:03:08 PM
Rometsch?
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: grobmotorix on May 03, 2007, 02:51:03 AM
Monsieur Edmond Pery´s first homemade APAL?
Title: Re: Puzzle #282
Post by: Otto Puzzell on May 03, 2007, 03:36:32 AM
It is indeed. Well done, maestro!  :drink:
Title: Q250 - solved - 1962 Apal 'number one'
Post by: Quiller on February 01, 2009, 11:01:14 AM
What's the identity of this car?
Title: Re: Q250
Post by: Quiller on February 07, 2009, 10:41:56 AM
Uppalevel
Title: Re: Q250
Post by: Quiller on February 17, 2009, 11:22:58 AM
Upanothalevel
Title: Re: Q250
Post by: Paul Jaray on February 17, 2009, 12:01:33 PM
That's an Apal Prototype.
Title: Re: Q250
Post by: Quiller on February 17, 2009, 12:53:38 PM
Indeed it is! Apal's very first car, in fact, circa 1962
Title: Re: Q250 - solved - 1962 Apal 'number one'
Post by: Paul Jaray on February 17, 2009, 01:44:50 PM
I'm desperately trying to post this pic....
Title: Re: Q250 - solved - 1962 Apal 'number one'
Post by: Quiller on February 17, 2009, 01:52:44 PM
Ah yes, I have the same pic. It looks almost the same as the one posted, except for details and squarer rear wheel arches. Maybe two examples were made, or maybe this is the same car but altered over the years?
Title: Re: Q250 - solved - 1962 Apal 'number one'
Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 17, 2009, 04:13:24 PM
Twas a puzzle, long ago.

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=1552.msg13056#msg13056
Title: Re: Puzzle #282 - Solved! 1962 APAL Prototype
Post by: Ray B. on February 18, 2009, 03:12:19 AM
It cannot be properly called a 1962 APAL, because A.P.A.L. was not formed before 1962, and this car was built in 1957. By the coachbuilder Edmond Pery, who later established APAL indeed, on a VW platform.
Title: Re: Q250 - solved - 1962 Apal 'number one'
Post by: Ray B. on February 18, 2009, 03:14:42 AM
I am not sure that the puzzle car is the same as the one in the black and white pic, who was built in 1957, and possesses a kind of T-Top, when the red car is a roadster.
Title: Re: Puzzle #282 - Solved! 1962 APAL Prototype
Post by: Carnut on August 12, 2013, 10:03:26 AM
And this is what it looks like now, or did before restoration:

Title: Re: Puzzle #282 - Solved! 1962 APAL Prototype
Post by: Wendax on April 15, 2023, 08:47:47 AM
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