For one point, please respond and identify this car. :)
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!! :thumbsup:
Thanks ! :D
Experts ?
American ?
Corvette proposal by a Italian designer ?
Not Corvette and not American !
European
Italian ? Abarth ?
Yes , European but not Italian !
Opel GT styling proposal
Not Opel ! but ...
Bitter?
Ghia concept
Not Bitter and not Ghia !
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)
Yes , Vauxhall GT Concept Prototype ( no more information ! )
1 point for you !
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 !
Taken form eBay auctions:
Quote from: Ecnelis on June 12, 2013, 06:12:06 AM
Taken form eBay auctions:
Photos taken inside Vauxhalls Design & Engineering Centre centred around the 1965 GT Concept car prototype.
the model seems to be assymetrical, with different door cut, window shape and rear wheelarch on each side.
So wonderful!!!
Pity they did not make it,would have made an absolute classic today even compared with the Aston Martin
Quote from: wingroad on June 12, 2013, 12:12:05 PM
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..
True Carnut,have to go on ebay and see the pictures are still there
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.
Wouldn't be surprised If that car wasn't designed by Wayne Cherry.
I loved the stuff he did whilst at Vauxhall.
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!
Quote from: Carnut on June 13, 2013, 05:36:22 AM
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.
Aclassic David Jones design, I wonder if Wayne Cherry had anything to do with it
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):