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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2012 => Topic started by: Wendax on November 06, 2012, 02:36:18 AM

Title: Solved: Wendax 712 - Lancia Ardea by Carrozzeria Stefano/Cremona
Post by: Wendax on November 06, 2012, 02:36:18 AM
A little beauty of a van.

For one point, please respond and identify this car and its coachbuilder.
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Post by: Wendax on November 13, 2012, 02:42:32 AM
up
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Post by: del78 on November 13, 2012, 02:48:56 AM
Russian GAZ?
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Post by: Wendax on November 13, 2012, 02:54:02 AM
Neither Russian nor GAZ
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Post by: als15 on November 13, 2012, 03:05:07 AM
I'd say a Lancia Ardea.
The body conversion is perhaps by Carrozzeria Franco?
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Post by: Wendax on November 13, 2012, 03:16:38 AM
Yes, it is a Lancia Ardea, but from a different coachbuilder.
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Post by: als15 on November 13, 2012, 03:23:02 AM
Let's start from the most obvious, so.
Fissore?
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Post by: Wendax on November 13, 2012, 03:28:43 AM
No, less known
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Post by: als15 on November 13, 2012, 04:12:37 AM
Monticone?
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Post by: Wendax on November 13, 2012, 04:16:18 AM
No
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Post by: thorax on November 13, 2012, 03:46:17 PM
Albanesi?
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Post by: Wendax on November 13, 2012, 03:47:52 PM
No
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Post by: thorax on November 13, 2012, 03:49:59 PM
another coachbuilder that made this conversion was Riva
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Post by: Wendax on November 13, 2012, 04:03:42 PM
Not Riva
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Post by: thorax on November 13, 2012, 04:49:51 PM
Introzzi?
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Post by: Wendax on November 13, 2012, 05:13:48 PM
No
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Post by: richard cuyler on November 14, 2012, 06:52:52 AM
What a handsome little thing! Looks as if it may be pillarless and capable of carrying 6 or more passengers. If so, it has Ford beaten to the pillarless people-carrier design (new Ford B-Max, Fiesta-based) by many, many years.   ;D


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Post by: FrontMan on November 16, 2012, 09:04:53 AM
Viotti?
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Post by: Wendax on November 16, 2012, 09:11:30 AM
No, less known
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Post by: FrontMan on November 16, 2012, 11:43:09 AM
Colli?
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Post by: Wendax on November 16, 2012, 12:14:13 PM
No, less known
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Post by: thorax on November 16, 2012, 12:57:32 PM
Montescani?
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Post by: Wendax on November 16, 2012, 01:00:21 PM
No
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Post by: thorax on November 17, 2012, 08:31:15 AM
is the coachbuilder from northwest Italy?
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Post by: Wendax on November 17, 2012, 03:21:07 PM
From Northern Italy
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Post by: thorax on November 17, 2012, 06:13:51 PM
 :-\
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Post by: Wendax on November 18, 2012, 02:58:31 AM
A little hint: A son of this town had the worst time of his life in Germany a long time ago. The town was also home of three families of world famous craftsmen whose works are regarded (and valued) in their field as high as a Bugatti or Ferrari in the automotive world.
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Post by: als15 on November 18, 2012, 03:59:15 AM
Quote from: Wendax on November 18, 2012, 02:58:31 AM
A little hint: A son of this town had the worst time of his life in Germany a long time ago. The town was also home of three families of world famous craftsmen whose works are regarded (and valued) in their field as high as a Bugatti or Ferrari in the automotive world.
More than a hint, this is another puzzle into the puzzle...  :D

Pietroboni form Bassano (but we have to find the people, then...)?
Title: Re: Wendax 712
Post by: Wendax on November 18, 2012, 04:03:13 AM
Not from the Veneto
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Post by: als15 on November 18, 2012, 04:05:06 AM
Let's exclude a wide part of the choice: from Turin?
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Post by: Wendax on November 18, 2012, 04:09:57 AM
No, not from Piemonte
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Post by: thorax on November 19, 2012, 10:16:53 AM
Let's exclude another part of the choice: Lombardia?
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Post by: Wendax on November 19, 2012, 10:19:24 AM
Quote from: thorax on November 19, 2012, 10:16:53 AM
Let's exclude another part of the choice: Lombardia?
Sorry, you can't exclude that one, because it is from Lombardia.
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Post by: als15 on November 19, 2012, 10:33:19 AM
But neither Riva not Introzzi...  ??? Perhaps Boneschi?
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Post by: thorax on November 19, 2012, 11:01:37 AM
Wendax says that is a less known coachbuilder
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Post by: Wendax on November 19, 2012, 01:56:15 PM
Quote from: thorax on November 19, 2012, 11:01:37 AM
Wendax says that is a less known coachbuilder
Yes, I never heard of him before.
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Post by: thorax on November 20, 2012, 04:44:18 AM
do you find this picture in a magazine or in the web?
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Post by: Wendax on November 20, 2012, 04:56:03 AM
It can be found online.
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Post by: thorax on November 20, 2012, 09:00:49 AM
ok, thank you.
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Post by: Wendax on November 20, 2012, 09:09:05 AM
Quote from: Wendax on November 20, 2012, 04:56:03 AM
It can be found online.
... but not easily.
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Post by: thorax on November 20, 2012, 10:05:12 AM
I've seen ..........
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Post by: targhediferro on November 20, 2012, 12:05:13 PM
Perhaps Borsani?
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Post by: Wendax on November 20, 2012, 01:29:25 PM
Not the name I have
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Post by: Bill Murray on November 20, 2012, 05:44:05 PM
Franco?
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Post by: Wendax on November 21, 2012, 02:08:59 AM
No
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Post by: als15 on November 21, 2012, 05:21:38 AM
Esperia from Brescia?
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Post by: Wendax on November 21, 2012, 05:26:16 AM
Not Esperia and not from Brescia
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Post by: als15 on November 21, 2012, 05:32:19 AM
Tenconi from Milan?
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Post by: Wendax on November 21, 2012, 05:32:49 AM
Not Tenconi and not from Milan
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Post by: thorax on November 21, 2012, 07:57:26 AM
Carrozzeria Varesina?
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Post by: Wendax on November 21, 2012, 07:59:47 AM
Not them
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Post by: Facel on November 25, 2012, 05:03:25 PM
I have seen it too.
It is a Lancia-Carrozzeria Stefano/Cremona
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Post by: Wendax on November 26, 2012, 02:25:12 AM
Yes, it is. One point for you.
Additional information about that coachbuilder is welcome.
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Post by: Wendax on November 26, 2012, 02:34:24 AM
Quote from: als15 on November 18, 2012, 03:59:15 AM
Quote from: Wendax on November 18, 2012, 02:58:31 AM
A little hint: A son of this town had the worst time of his life in Germany a long time ago. The town was also home of three families of world famous craftsmen whose works are regarded (and valued) in their field as high as a Bugatti or Ferrari in the automotive world.
More than a hint, this is another puzzle into the puzzle...  :D
The son of Cremona having the worst time of his life in Germany was Publius Quinctilius Varus. He lost three Roman legions and his own life when attacked by Germanic leader Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD.
The three worldwide known families were Amati, Guarneri and Stradivari, crafter of string instruments.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 712 - Lancia Ardea by Carrozzeria Stefano/Cremona
Post by: als15 on November 26, 2012, 06:03:26 PM
Stefano is the coachbuilder and Cremona is the city, is it? Or is he called Stefano Cremona and based somewhere else?

Stefano is more often a name than a surname, while Cremona is a common Italian surname...  ???
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 712 - Lancia Ardea by Carrozzeria Stefano/Cremona
Post by: Wendax on November 27, 2012, 02:14:12 AM
All I have is the description
Quote
Lancia-Carrozzeria Stefano/Cremona
which makes me think of a company named Stefano in the city of Cremona.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 712 - Lancia Ardea by Carrozzeria Stefano/Cremona
Post by: als15 on November 27, 2012, 02:42:08 AM
It it is written with the slash, I agree with you.
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 712 - Lancia Ardea by Carrozzeria Stefano/Cremona
Post by: targhediferro on November 27, 2012, 04:32:45 AM
Riva di merate
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Post by: thorax on November 27, 2012, 05:34:30 AM
Quote from: Facel on November 25, 2012, 05:03:25 PM
I have seen it too.
It is a Lancia-Carrozzeria Stefano/Cremona

never heard about it
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 712 - Lancia Ardea by Carrozzeria Stefano/Cremona
Post by: Wendax on November 23, 2013, 03:47:11 PM
Another Lancia creation of this coachbuilder:
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 712 - Lancia Ardea by Carrozzeria Stefano/Cremona
Post by: als15 on November 24, 2013, 08:11:42 AM
Very interesting!
Have you any further info on this almost unknown coachbuilder? Is there any caption on the back of the photo, with perhaps an address?
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 712 - Lancia Ardea by Carrozzeria Stefano/Cremona
Post by: Wendax on November 24, 2013, 08:26:22 AM
Sorry, no
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 712 - Lancia Ardea by Carrozzeria Stefano/Cremona
Post by: richard cuyler on January 21, 2014, 07:45:20 AM
What a wondefully neat and well-proportioned little thing 8). Pity about the flip-up side-glasses, gives the car a hearse-like look.
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