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RHD car, so British ?
Italian?
Fiat 508?
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Remember me a Fiat 1500 6C by Touring
Lancia Aprilia? Maybe by Bertone?
Quote from: Iluvatar on September 20, 2012, 03:21:16 AM
Lancia Aprilia? Maybe by Bertone?
Not a Bertone design, not an Aprilia... ;)
But a lancia?
Pretty sure it's a Lancia, looks a couple of years earlier than a Astura. So I guess a Lancia Dilambda. Body not by Bertone as mentioned in an earlier reply, so could very well be Zagato or Farina. I go for a Dilambda Zagato.
Looks like Mekubb is right. I found it as a 1929 Lancia Dilambda Sport. 1929 seems awful early for a body that sleek.
Quote from: mekubb on September 20, 2012, 04:48:06 PM
Pretty sure it's a Lancia, looks a couple of years earlier than a Astura. So I guess a Lancia Dilambda. Body not by Bertone as mentioned in an earlier reply, so could very well be Zagato or Farina. I go for a Dilambda Zagato.
That's the one!
Telling by the looks, 1929 can only be the year of the chassis. The body must have been made later on, mid-30s I would guess.
I took it from the official Zagato classic gallery where it is captioned as 1929 Dilambda Sports. It's not mentioned on their historical timeline, though.. ???
I believe this was bodied in 1938 and was owned by the racing driver Luigi Villoresi.
Guiseppe Farina had a very similar Lancia in 1937
SAC#91 ( Lancia Aprilia by Zagato for Luigi Villoresi 1938 ) is the same car ???
Quote from: SACO on September 21, 2012, 04:09:18 PM
SAC#91 ( Lancia Aprilia by Zagato for Luigi Villoresi 1938 ) is the same car ???
:huh:
Yes, it is. Look at the number plates:
I noticed as well, but it's still not clear which source is more reliable...
The wheels surely resemble Lancia wheels from 1938, while all Dilambda pictures in the Weernink book show wire wheels or flat solid wheels without ventilation holes.
And if I understand it right, the front numberplates looked different before 1934.
The plate, the wheels and the shape of the body are for sure later, maybe from 1937-'38... so the SAC#91 identification of this car looks more realistic...
Maybe an error in the Zagato site caption...
The plate should be from 1938-'39
the plates of Milan from MI 71191 to MI 74086 belonges to the period between july to december 1939.
I had a photo of this car (from a much different angle) that I'd named 1938 Lancia Aprilia (Luigi Villoresi) 01 (Zagato) 01.jpg I can't remember where I found it. Hell, that was last March and with my memory, that's like a previous lifetime. ;D