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Title: bentleybob12: solved Mercedes Benz 300 SEL 6.3 coupe Pininfarina
Post by: bentleybob on November 19, 2011, 06:50:49 AM
Should not come further than the rookie department? Year make type and by whom for a point, please
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Post by: Julien1A on November 21, 2011, 06:12:42 AM
any connection with Rolls Royce camargue?
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Post by: bentleybob on November 21, 2011, 08:48:58 AM
Yep, there is.
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Post by: Julien1A on November 21, 2011, 09:22:48 AM
ok let's say Rolls Royce camargue prototype, because there are some non matching bits like the door handles or the tail lights...
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Post by: bentleybob on November 21, 2011, 01:38:42 PM
nope, it is not as simple as that
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Post by: Julien1A on November 21, 2011, 02:56:23 PM
two options:
paolo martin / pininfarina
or
rolls royce

which one?
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Post by: bentleybob on November 21, 2011, 03:02:48 PM
it is not a Rolls-Royce
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Post by: Julien1A on November 21, 2011, 05:17:23 PM
fiat?
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Post by: bentleybob on November 21, 2011, 05:20:12 PM
no
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Post by: Julien1A on November 21, 2011, 06:16:56 PM
bentley?
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Post by: bentleybob on November 21, 2011, 06:46:46 PM
no
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Post by: Julien1A on November 22, 2011, 03:33:07 AM
Italian?
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Post by: bentleybob on November 22, 2011, 07:06:03 AM
partly
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Post by: Julien1A on November 22, 2011, 10:11:46 AM
Found it! 1969 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 Pininfarina Coupe

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VgdowJ3todo/TXqgPQgcKfI/AAAAAAAALF4/XHxUN3Is8fw/s640/300SEL%2Bpinin5-744699.jpg)

and yes Paolo Martin/Pininfarina... as the Rolls Royce Camargue...  :)
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Post by: bentleybob on November 22, 2011, 06:10:30 PM
Yep, that's the one. Car used to be in the Netherlands.
Title: Re: bentleybob12: solved Mercedes Benz 300 SEL 6.3 coupe Pininfarina
Post by: del78 on November 23, 2011, 06:16:43 AM
same photo is easy to find by Google Image search
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Post by: Julien1A on November 23, 2011, 09:34:40 AM
no need, just type:

benz "paolo martin" in google and you have it first!

Paolo Martin was the designer for pininfarina of the Rolls Royce Camargue.

Benz comes from the background of the picture.
Title: Re: bentleybob12: solved Mercedes Benz 300 SEL 6.3 coupe Pininfarina
Post by: bentleybob on November 23, 2011, 04:35:10 PM
If he would have searched it by image search he would not have needed so many answers
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Post by: Carnut on November 13, 2014, 11:01:39 AM
Quote from: bentleybob on November 22, 2011, 06:10:30 PM
Yep, that's the one. Car used to be in the Netherlands.

Maybe it still is?:

Title: Re: bentleybob12: solved Mercedes Benz 300 SEL 6.3 coupe Pininfarina
Post by: grobmotorix on November 14, 2014, 09:46:10 AM
It loooks so much better in the daylight...

I also saw it back then in Maastricht at the Interclassics and Topmobiel fair, where it wore the NL-badge: