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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2011 => Topic started by: grobmotorix on May 18, 2011, 01:06:34 PM

Title: Isotta Fraschini 8C "Monterosa", 1946 rolling test chassis
Post by: grobmotorix on May 18, 2011, 01:06:34 PM
Who knows this car - or better: what kind of prototype is it?
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Post by: grobmotorix on May 28, 2011, 02:02:42 AM
Next step.
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Post by: shamrock on May 28, 2011, 02:45:26 AM
PROTOTYPE OF THE BURMEY STREAMLINER
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Post by: grobmotorix on May 28, 2011, 02:48:38 AM
It might have looked like that, but it is not the Burney, nor british anyway.
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Post by: barrett on May 28, 2011, 06:04:35 AM
IIRC, it's a post war Isotta Fraschini? I guess the 8C
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Post by: grobmotorix on May 28, 2011, 06:33:30 AM
Very good!

It is indeed a rolling test chassis for the postwar Isotta Fraschini 8C "Monterosa"

The car was planned to get many different body styles due to its modular design.
I´ve got a magnificent (reprint) brochure of the 8C in my collection.
So I´ve scanned and photoshopped it to show you all the planned body options in one image:
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