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Title: Solved -PJ226- Carrozzeria Cattelan Gazzella
Post by: Paul Jaray on September 23, 2009, 07:02:54 PM
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Title: Re: PJ- 226
Post by: studhamsmudger on September 24, 2009, 12:48:17 PM
Volkswagen Country Buggy?
Title: Re: PJ- 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on September 24, 2009, 01:00:03 PM
It is a Volkswagen-based vehicle and it is a sort of buggy.
I have a different maker and name for it...
Title: Re: PJ- 226
Post by: Allemano on September 24, 2009, 01:55:47 PM
Sakbayan?
Title: Re: PJ- 226
Post by: guido66 on September 24, 2009, 02:01:33 PM
Judging by the licence plate size: Italian?
Title: Re: PJ- 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on September 25, 2009, 02:48:11 AM
Quote from: Allemano on September 24, 2009, 01:55:47 PM
Sakbayan?
No
Quote from: guido66 on September 24, 2009, 02:01:33 PM
Judging by the licence plate size: Italian?
Quote from: guido66 on September 24, 2009, 02:01:33 PM
Judging by the licence plate size: Italian?
Sì.
Title: Re: PJ- 226
Post by: als15 on September 26, 2009, 05:58:25 PM
Woksvagen aren't my best expertise field, but I try... Perhaps is made by Greppi?
Title: Re: PJ- 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on September 26, 2009, 06:24:56 PM
Not Greppi, but for sure someone you know...
Title: Re: PJ- 226
Post by: guido66 on September 26, 2009, 06:32:09 PM
Is it from Automirage?
Title: Re: PJ- 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on September 26, 2009, 06:44:01 PM
Not Automirage...
Title: Re: PJ- 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 12, 2009, 08:47:24 AM
This Carrozzeria is also featured in Sannia's books and in the 'italian coachbuilders' article, with some old Fiats...
Title: Re: PJ- 226
Post by: pnegyesi on November 12, 2009, 10:57:28 AM
Viotti?
Title: Re: PJ- 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 12, 2009, 11:00:50 AM
Not Viotti...one of the minor ones...
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: als15 on November 12, 2009, 12:18:33 PM
Baldi-GAMC?
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 12, 2009, 12:21:59 PM
Not Baldi...
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: als15 on November 12, 2009, 01:04:08 PM
Perhaps Francis Lombardi in his last years?  ???
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 12, 2009, 01:18:20 PM
Not Lombardi...
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: 75america on November 12, 2009, 01:20:22 PM
Did Franco Venturi made a new car?
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 12, 2009, 01:24:28 PM
Not the name I have...
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: als15 on November 12, 2009, 02:50:12 PM
So hard to find!  >:( And it's Italian and I know it... However, I'm not able to match this one with any other car I know...
Perhaps Rocco Motto while making autocaravans? Or Carrozzeria Caprera?
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 12, 2009, 03:00:19 PM
This Carrozzeria is featured in your books (1 of them), so its not Motto or Caprera, but a minor one.
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: als15 on November 12, 2009, 03:12:34 PM
I'm trying to think to somebody able to manage fiberglass... Perhaps Sibona & Basano?
If not, let me summarize the clues: it's mentioned in one of my books (only one) and has done some conversions on old Fiats (more than one). "Old" should place his Fiat-based work in the first half of my books pattern... Am I on the right way?  ???
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 12, 2009, 03:29:14 PM
Not Sibona&Basano.
The first part of the first half of the pattern...(but not the 1st book  ;))
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: als15 on November 12, 2009, 03:39:30 PM
I went through the indexes twice, but of course I'm missing something...
We talk about a coachbuilder who was already active in the Fifties or even before, not a famous name and still working... let me say ...in the late 60s or early 70s, like does this VW look.

What about Colli?
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 12, 2009, 03:43:43 PM
I hope my source is not wrong, but it's not Colli.
It's a firm active in the late 30s...
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Carnut on November 13, 2009, 04:44:14 AM
Castagna?
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 13, 2009, 06:32:14 AM
It is one of the less known.
If you search for this name in the whole site, the only result will be in the 'italian coachbuilder' article.
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Carnut on November 23, 2009, 06:41:45 PM
Coriasco?
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 24, 2009, 12:42:24 PM
Not Coriasco...
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: als15 on November 24, 2009, 01:04:05 PM
Obscure, having done Fiats in the late 30s...
Perhaps Carrozzeria Italiana or Chiabra & Bertolino?
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 24, 2009, 02:33:26 PM
Not those....
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 01, 2009, 06:18:10 PM
The last letter of this Carrozzeria is not a vowel....and this narrows down a lot the list.
I won't lock the puzzle after the builder's name: make and model is required.
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on December 26, 2009, 02:12:43 PM
...
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 07, 2010, 07:18:00 AM
The last letter of this Carrozzeria is not a vowel....and this narrows down a lot the list.
I won't lock the puzzle after the builder's name: make and model is required.

(this carrozzeria is featured in Sannia's books and here: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=7241.0 )

No wild-guesses please, read the clues and only one name will match.
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: ImpishGrin on January 07, 2010, 08:09:55 AM
I'll probably just make things easier for others, but seeing as I can't find anything myself - is it made by Cattelan?
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on January 07, 2010, 08:11:44 AM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 07, 2010, 07:18:00 AM
I won't lock the puzzle after the builder's name: make and model is required.

Yes, this car was made by Carrozzeria Cattelan from Udine.
What is its name?
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: 75america on February 09, 2010, 12:32:12 PM
Finding pictures of this car, but not it's name... VERY FRUSTRATING  :taz:
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on February 10, 2010, 06:54:56 AM
The car is named after an animal...
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: faksta on February 10, 2010, 02:02:51 PM
I would call it Gazzella, but it's a wild guess  ::)
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: 75america on February 10, 2010, 02:06:11 PM
Quote from: faksta on February 10, 2010, 02:02:51 PM
I would call it Gazzella, but it's a wild guess  ::)

If it was a Boneschi instead of a Cattelan creation, I would have made the same guess.  :D
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: faksta on February 10, 2010, 02:08:26 PM
What, someone was before me?  ;D
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on February 10, 2010, 02:31:03 PM
 :applause: :joker: :drink: :cheer: :drink:  :joker: :applause:
It is a Gazzella, by Carrozzeria Cattelan!
(how on earth did you chose that animal among thousands of possible choises?)
Title: Re: PJ - 226
Post by: Paul Jaray on February 10, 2010, 02:37:12 PM
ImpishGrin found the coachbuilder, 75america found other good pics of it but faksta got the point with a sheer stroke of luck...
another one is gone!
Title: Re: Solved -PJ226- Carrozzeria Cattelan Gazzella
Post by: faksta on February 10, 2010, 02:55:29 PM
It's small and Africa-ish, I was stuck between Gazzella and Zebra  ::) But honestly, I haven't found any proof in the web.
Title: Re: Solved -PJ226- Carrozzeria Cattelan Gazzella
Post by: Paul Jaray on February 10, 2010, 03:20:29 PM
There is not...the only reference to that name that I've found is in a magazine...
Title: Re: Solved -PJ226- Carrozzeria Cattelan Gazzella
Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 11, 2010, 03:31:09 AM
Wow, some durable old Puzzles are falling by the wayside!