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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2012 => Topic started by: Arunas on May 21, 2012, 08:48:00 AM

Title: Arunas' #519 - Solved: 1969 Liza GTR
Post by: Arunas on May 21, 2012, 08:48:00 AM
What is this car for point or two?
Title: Re: Arunas' #519 - I don't know what it is
Post by: RayTheRat on May 21, 2012, 10:00:40 PM
It's blurry, that's what it is!
Title: Re: Arunas' #519 - I don't know what it is
Post by: Arunas on May 22, 2012, 12:37:44 PM
Quote from: RayTheRat on May 21, 2012, 10:00:40 PM
It's blurry, that's what it is!


Not the answer...
Title: Re: Arunas' #519 - I don't know what it is
Post by: RayTheRat on May 22, 2012, 02:27:06 PM
 :faint:
Title: Re: Arunas' #519 - I don't know what it is
Post by: woodinsight on May 22, 2012, 02:30:33 PM
Let's kick this one off then.....
Obviously Japanese.
From the 1970s?
Title: Re: Arunas' #519 - I don't know what it is
Post by: Quiller on May 23, 2012, 01:26:48 PM
It's the Liza GTR shown at a Tokyo show in 1969, and here's a big pic:
Title: Re: Arunas' #519 - I don't know what it is
Post by: Arunas on May 23, 2012, 04:21:00 PM
Fantastic! Any other info available? Was it a self-made racing car? Somehow, I cannot find anything online.
Title: Re: Arunas' #519 - I don't know what it is
Post by: sixtee5cuda on May 23, 2012, 06:11:26 PM
It is parked next to the 1968 Bizzarini Manta by Giugiaro.

The Liza GTR definitely looks like a purpose-built racing car, having no headlights, and questionable build quality.  It does seem to have gullwing doors.

"Liza GTR" is not an easy phrase to Google.  I suspect the car could be called "The Liza GTR by M. Kaneko".  The main sponsor of the car may be KMCE.  More information might be available, by searching for a race driver named M. Sato, who was active in 1969.

(Sorry if I point out the obvious.  Sometimes it can help to find more info)
Title: Re: Arunas' #519 - I don't know what it is
Post by: Arunas on May 24, 2012, 12:31:51 PM
Two points and many thanks for Quiller!

Below is another picture I have managed to find. Any other info or pictures are very welcome.

The title might be "日本レクランド", but I don't know what it means.. Looks like "Japanese smth".
Title: Re: Arunas' #519 - Solved: 1969 Liza GTR
Post by: sixtee5cuda on May 24, 2012, 12:58:31 PM
I just did some more reading about the Bizzarrini Manta next to Liza.  The Manta was originally painted orange with black and white stripes.  That appears to be the paint scheme from the 1969 Tokyo Motor Show.  This is the only picture I have seen of the Manta with this paint job.  After it left the show circuit, it was painted silver.  When it was restored in the U.S. it was painted the current pale green color.

(It seems the first display of the Manta in 1968, it may have been painted green as well.  More pictures, that are lost in time)
Title: Re: Arunas' #519 - Solved: 1969 Liza GTR
Post by: Arunas on May 24, 2012, 02:02:29 PM
Any pictures of orange Manta?
Title: Re: Arunas' #519 - Solved: 1969 Liza GTR
Post by: sixtee5cuda on May 24, 2012, 04:56:00 PM
I found one.  And it is called "red-orange".
Title: Re: Arunas' #519 - Solved: 1969 Liza GTR
Post by: Allemano on May 25, 2012, 06:01:54 AM
Quote from: Arunas on May 24, 2012, 02:02:29 PM
Any pictures of orange Manta?
In the shack:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8780.0 ;)