Q588 - solved - Nardi 750 Spider

Quiller · September 04, 2009, 06:12:44 PM

What's the make and model of this car?

Carnut · September 07, 2009, 08:37:05 AM

Fiat 1100 Cabriolet Allemano?

28/09:
Regarding als15's answer below:
This is a period photo of the car, not a restoration, so the front is correct.
Think the one with a rectangular central front light he is referring to is from an earlier (1956) version of the car on the same base?

Quiller · September 07, 2009, 07:33:28 PM

Not that ......

als15 · September 27, 2009, 01:27:16 PM

Allemano, based on Fiat 600, made in 1957.
Frankly speaking, I've some doubts about the central light, which should be rectangular... it seems a restoration error...

Quiller · September 27, 2009, 05:03:39 PM

Hi als15, great to see you on the site.
This is a contemporary photo, so I believe its lighting arrangement is original.
It is Fiat 600 based - and I concur that it's an Allemano body - but I have a specific and unique name for this...

als15 · September 28, 2009, 02:35:02 AM

The only Allemano with a specific name I can remember is the "Milady", but it's the following generation 600. The mistery remains and I'm more and more curious...

Quiller · September 28, 2009, 11:40:47 AM

The ID I'm looking for relates to the fact that the mechanicals are not strictly Fiat...

als15 · September 28, 2009, 03:20:42 PM

If perhaps you are referring to Abarth, again it would sound very strange and I should say it's a current owner's fantasy... The Abarth 850 Scorpione and Riviera were made on the following Allemano 600 generation and the early Abarth 750 spyder were definitely different, even if one version was bodied by Allemano.

als15 · September 28, 2009, 04:27:50 PM

And if is not an Abarth, then it should be a Seat 600...

But if so, I don't deserve the point: I've found an old puzzle here on Autopuzzles reffering to my book "Fiat 600 fuoriserie" and discussing about a Seat-based version of the Allemano Fiat 600 I featured in that book.

Quiller · September 28, 2009, 05:45:02 PM

Again this pic is from a contemporary source and is captioned as a particular marque that hasn't yet been mentioned...

als15 · September 29, 2009, 02:44:38 AM

It becomes interesting...
So Allemano as the coachbuilder is correct and the mechanics are "not strictly Fiat".
Not an Abarth nor a Seat...
Ok, is perhaps a Nardi?

Carnut: the 1956 looks slightly different. All the pictures I've in my archive of this car (both coupè and spider) have the rectangular light, but if this is a contemporay picture, so we have found a new variant. Great!

Quiller · September 29, 2009, 05:26:42 AM

Quote from: als15 on September 29, 2009, 02:44:38 AM

Ok, is perhaps a Nardi?

Nardi = yes

It's captioned as a Nardi 750 Spider in my source book, which dates from 1958

als15 · September 29, 2009, 05:39:44 AM

Happy for the point, but much more for having found a new Fiat derivative which I didn't know before!

Now, can I ask you wich is your source (and perhaps if you can send me o good scan of it)?

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Q588 - solved - Nardi 750 Spider