Solved - MJW #102 - Colucci VW 1947/51

[woodinsight]

One point for what this car was based on and who made it

[Iluvatar]

It looks very similar to Cisitalia 202, but ...
Maybe a french car or a Jaguar.

[woodinsight]

Please choose one!

[Iluvatar]

 :-[Jaguar!

[woodinsight]

Not that one!

[Michiel Mobiel]

Italmeccanica by Stabilimenti Farina?

[woodinsight]

It's not that but the body (I think) is copied from a Stabilimenti Farina design

[Iluvatar]

Is it French?

[woodinsight]

Yes it is!

[Iluvatar]

  Renaul 4CV???

[woodinsight]

No - the car is not based on a French chassis but was constructed in France by a man who also built a Formula Junior and another sports racer.

[Iluvatar]

Dal Bo?

[woodinsight]

Not Dal Bo

[woodinsight]

Experts?

[franck.kegelart]

It is a Volkswagen-based car built in 1947/1948 - but the pic shows the later-modified car, in ca 1951 - by the frenchman Vincent Colucci - frenchman of italian origin.

[DeAutogids]

With the steering on that side?

[woodinsight]

Very well done Franck - I thought this might last a bit longer.
It was built by Vincent Colucci at Cap d'Ail, France near the Italian border.
The body, as I mentioned earlier, appears to be a copy of the Stab. Farina Cisitalia 202 design.

DeAutogids - I suggest that as the car was built by a man of Italian origin very close to the Italian border, it was natural that it may have had right-hand steering in common with many Italian cars of that period.

[Paul Jaray]

@ woodinsight: can you post the unmodified picture? I can't find any info on the web...

[woodinsight]

with pleasure

[Paul Jaray]

Grazie 1000!