Solved - NEH 1607: Ghia Alfa posing as a Monteluci Type G Berlina

Started by Carnut, February 27, 2012, 07:37:19 AM

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Carnut

I do know what this car is, but that's not the puzzle (although I won't stop anyone from identifying it correctly).
The puzzle is to identify what this car purports to be on a spoof website?

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Carnut

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als15

Alfa Romeo 1900 by Castagna?

Carnut

#3
Quote from: als15 on March 05, 2012, 06:28:57 AM
Alfa Romeo 1900 by Castagna?

That's not quite actually what it is. but did you read the puzzle question?!
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als15


Siata1

What it is, is easy: Alfa Romeo 6 C 2500 Sport, telaio 915.382 and body by Ghia, presented at the Concorso Villa d'Este in 1949.

The puzzle ???

Carnut

Quote from: Siata1 on March 05, 2012, 08:06:46 AM
What it is, is easy: Alfa Romeo 6 C 2500 Sport, telaio 915.382 and body by Ghia, presented at the Concorso Villa d'Este in 1949.

The puzzle ???

That's right, designed by Michelotti I believe.
But I'm afraid there are no points for that!
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72Must

Possibly purporting to be the Plymouth XX500 concept car by Ghia for Chrysler ,where Ghia used the styling of the afore-mentioned Alfa instead of actually building the design Chrysler had asked for ?

Carnut

#8
Quote from: 72Must on March 05, 2012, 11:57:18 AM
Possibly purporting to be the Plymouth XX500 concept car by Ghia for Chrysler ,where Ghia used the styling of the afore-mentioned Alfa instead of actually building the design Chrysler had asked for ?

No, that's not the answer.
Don't forget I said it was a spoof site..
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Carnut

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SACO

#10
A Mussolini's Alfa ?  :lmao:

Carnut

Quote from: SACO on March 19, 2012, 08:35:52 AM
A Mussolini's Alfa ?  :lmao:

Only if it was a funeral car...!
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pguillem

This is described as one of the cars built by Automobili Monteluci Venezis SPA from The Grand Duchy of Van Luxemburg, Automobile nation number one.  Monteluci is the fiery producer of the Duca, the Duca Pantera and the Ducareale, as well as the Bucintoro Lusso.

Carnut

#13
Yes, you've found the name!  Well done.
Now all you have to do is tell me which one of the loads of cars this "company" has produced since 1907 this is...!
Someone has a very vivid imagination and an awful lot of spare time; each car has an identity so the puzzle car has a name, a Monteluci ******!
Locked for you to scour that website and see if you can identify it!
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pguillem

All you want to know about the Monteluci models. AP readers will be happy to google this to discover the real cars.

- 1907 : Pangea
- 19?? : Minerva
- 1917 : Tipo 127
- 1921 : Tipo 139 Landaulet Castagna (official state vehicle for the Grand-Ducal Family)
- 1929 : Tipo 166 Berlina, test bed for the Tipo 188
- 1934 : Tipo 188
- 19??-1937 : Tipo 195
- 19?? : Tipo G Berlina (our puzzle car)
- 19?? : Tipo G Berlinetta 2+2
- 2007 : Duca
- 2009 : Duca Pantera
- 2010 (?) : Ducareale (one of them was sold to His Imperial and Royal Majesty Hamengkubuwono I. Indonesian Emperor and King of Java.)
- 2010 (?) : Bucintoro Lusso

Carnut

You got it!
It doesn't mention the date, but the real car in the photo is a Ghia Alfa-Romeo 2500 Sport by Boano/Michelotti, from 1949 (as Siata1 identified).
What a glorious waste of someone's time!!
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