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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2013 => Topic started by: SACO on June 03, 2013, 07:04:55 AM
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For one point, please respond and identify this car. :)
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B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!! :thumbsup:
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Thanks ! :D
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Experts ?
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American ?
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Corvette proposal by a Italian designer ?
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Not Corvette and not American !
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European
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Italian ? Abarth ?
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Yes , European but not Italian !
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Opel GT styling proposal
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Not Opel ! but ...
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Bitter?
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Ghia concept
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Not Bitter and not Ghia !
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I have found reference to it as a Vauxhall GT Concept Prototype, which is a very vague and "general" description.
I can find no more information at the present time. (That photo is a Vauxhall/GM press picture which was for sale on E-bay in the past)
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Yes , Vauxhall GT Concept Prototype ( no more information ! )
1 point for you !
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Yes, I found that photo of the frontal aspect too. That was a really good-looking car, such a pity it didn't reach production. No doubt GM would have had trouble selling it under the Vauxhall brand name, but what a waste !
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Taken form eBay auctions:
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Taken form eBay auctions:
Photos taken inside Vauxhalls Design & Engineering Centre centred around the 1965 GT Concept car prototype.
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the model seems to be assymetrical, with different door cut, window shape and rear wheelarch on each side.
So wonderful!!!
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Pity they did not make it,would have made an absolute classic today even compared with the Aston Martin
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Pity they did not make it,would have made an absolute classic today even compared with the Aston Martin
History shows though that the public don't buy a sports car with a Vauxhall badge, however good it might look or be..
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True Carnut,have to go on ebay and see the pictures are still there
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May it be a Vauxhall or not this is one of the most beautiful designs I've ever seen! Reminds me on Chuck Jordan's Opel CD concept from around the same time.
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Wouldn't be surprised If that car wasn't designed by Wayne Cherry.
I loved the stuff he did whilst at Vauxhall.
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There was no doubt in my mind that Vauxhall made some of the best-looking cars of their time. I made sure my Dad got a Vauxhall Ventora in 1969, as the combination of those looks and a 3.3 litre 6-cylinder engine were very attractive at the time.
It's a pity that neither mechanically nor from a quality point of view did the cars match their appearance, but then I wasn't aware of that at the time!
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There was no doubt in my mind that Vauxhalls made some of the best-looking cars of their time. I made sure my Dad got a Vauxhall Ventora in 1969, as the combination of those looks and a 3.3 litre 6-cylinder engine were very attractive at the time.
It's a pity that neither mechanically nor from a quality point of view did the cars match their appearance, but then I wasn't aware of that at the time!
A friend of mine had a Ventora - you could actually stand INSIDE the engine bay to work on it, with the bonnet off. It was like looking out over a boardroom table, nearly as big as a Zephyr Mk4. Most popular makes of car in those days were shoddy compared to today, but I agree that Vauxhalls seem rarer than,say, Fords at classic car shows because they've all rusted away.
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Aclassic David Jones design, I wonder if Wayne Cherry had anything to do with it
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Vauxhall built two versions of the car in 1964-1965 - GT1 and GT2, which differed only in the side windows.
SACO's puzzle - GT1, Ecnelis's photos - GT1 et GT2.
More my better photos (3 GT1 and 3 GT2):