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Title: Solved - als_031 - Siata 1300 TS
Post by: als15 on January 03, 2010, 07:12:44 PM
The base is quite obvious... but which model is it really?
A clue: it's a one-off... from my personal collection...  ;D
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 03, 2010, 07:14:20 PM
Ok, not the Regata on the right, of course, even if it's one of my favourites...
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 08, 2010, 01:17:14 PM
Up to Experts!
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: pnegyesi on January 08, 2010, 01:35:08 PM
It's not a Zastava, isn't it?
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 08, 2010, 01:39:32 PM
 :shakehead:
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: guido66 on January 08, 2010, 02:15:30 PM
Is it a Siata 1500 TS?
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 08, 2010, 02:30:32 PM
Not exactly... Read the previous posts: the Siata 1500 TS is a serial production model.
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: guido66 on January 08, 2010, 05:07:47 PM
Is it perhaps Fiat 124 or 125 mule, disguised as a 1300/1500?
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 09, 2010, 04:19:13 AM
No: road legal (and used for many years by the former owners).
Another clue: the maker is well known. Just did only one of this very version...
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: guido66 on January 09, 2010, 04:54:10 AM
De Tomaso?
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 09, 2010, 04:57:43 AM
 :shakehead:
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: guido66 on January 09, 2010, 04:58:39 AM
OSCA?
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 09, 2010, 05:00:31 AM
No: one of your previous guesses was closer to the right solution...  ;)
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 09, 2010, 05:03:04 AM
A clue for paper lovers: the car isn't figured on any period magazine (as far as I know), but its engine was mentioned on Quattroruote.
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: guido66 on January 09, 2010, 05:09:59 AM
Maserati engine?
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 09, 2010, 06:12:17 AM
 :shakehead:
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: franck.kegelart on January 09, 2010, 06:32:39 AM
Is it a Neckar 1500 TS - the Siata 1500 TS sold in several european markets by Fiat's german subsidiary ?
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 09, 2010, 08:06:02 AM
No: as I said in a couple of previous posts, it's a one-off, not a serial production model.
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: pnegyesi on January 09, 2010, 09:04:55 AM
DeTomaso prepared Fiat 2300?
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 09, 2010, 09:07:49 AM
Neither De Tomaso nor Fiat 2300.
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: pnegyesi on January 09, 2010, 09:21:22 AM
How did I miss the earlier DeTomaso question?  Shame on me

Anyhow, is it Ferrari-prepared?
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 09, 2010, 09:24:42 AM
 :shakehead:
Another little clue: let's begin properly identifying the base stock car... It would perhaps clarify something...  ;)
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: guido66 on January 09, 2010, 09:43:16 AM
Quote from: als15 on January 09, 2010, 09:24:42 AM
:shakehead:
Another little clue: let's begin properly identifying the base stock car... It would perhaps clarify something...  ;)

Can it be something else than a Fiat 1300/1500?
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 09, 2010, 09:52:11 AM
It could be a Zastava, a Fiat-Concord, a Neckar... but yes, it's indeed a 1300 or a 1500 made by Fiat in Turin.
My suggestion was to fix first of all the base, just to avoid some wrong clues (it means something...  ;)). So, as it's just a fifty-fifty guess, I told it you: it's a Fiat 1300.
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: guido66 on January 09, 2010, 09:56:40 AM
Abarth engine?
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 09, 2010, 10:02:02 AM
No again.
Let's re-consider the previous posts, now that you know it's a 1300.  ;)
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: guido66 on January 09, 2010, 10:05:58 AM
Siata 1300?
Title: Re: als_031
Post by: als15 on January 09, 2010, 10:08:31 AM
The point, finally is your!

 :applause: :applause: :applause:

It's the only 1300 TS ever made, in 1962 for a Siata manager using an engine shown at the 1961 Turin Motor Show.
The performances quite similar to the stock 1500 convinced Siata not to serial-produce it.