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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2013 => Topic started by: olavr on January 02, 2013, 05:13:55 AM

Title: Solved - olr#001 Il Tempo Minimale by Ermanno Martinuzzi
Post by: olavr on January 02, 2013, 05:13:55 AM

My first puzzle!

Can you answer who is the builder of this car, what it is based on and the cars name?
One point for all three answers

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: olavr on January 09, 2013, 03:38:08 PM

Time to let the experts try!

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: D-type on January 09, 2013, 03:55:45 PM

based on a Renault 5?

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: olavr on January 09, 2013, 04:10:28 PM

No Renault

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: frederick59 on January 10, 2013, 08:01:23 AM

Based on Innocenti de Tomaso?

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: olavr on January 10, 2013, 08:21:35 AM

Sorry, not that either

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: kwgibbs on January 10, 2013, 08:38:53 AM

is this car ,soviet one-off?

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: olavr on January 10, 2013, 08:44:05 AM

one off, yes, but not soviet

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: kwgibbs on January 10, 2013, 08:47:31 AM

I trust this car is european?

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: olavr on January 10, 2013, 08:53:50 AM

yes, european

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: kwgibbs on January 10, 2013, 08:54:57 AM

I,ll go with french?

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: thorax on January 10, 2013, 10:49:15 AM

based on a japanese car?

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: olavr on January 10, 2013, 02:39:58 PM

not french, but still european

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: kwgibbs on January 10, 2013, 02:44:58 PM

anything to do with poland?

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: olavr on January 10, 2013, 04:14:07 PM

Nothing to do with Poland

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: frederick59 on January 10, 2013, 04:51:03 PM

Fiat base?

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: olavr on January 11, 2013, 01:35:57 AM

Yes, Fiat is correct

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: dzima1985 on January 11, 2013, 02:06:41 AM

From Norway? ;)

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: olavr on January 11, 2013, 02:38:45 AM

Also correct, built in Norway

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: olavr on January 29, 2013, 07:59:51 AM

Enough time for the experts, time to go to the professionals

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: SeaLion on January 29, 2013, 02:53:24 PM

This is the Il Tempo Minimale, made by Ermanno Martinuzzi in Norway, based on a Fiat 127 with a A112 Abarth engine. The car was Martinuzzi's personal car for many years. The bodywork was handcrafted in steel, så the car became heavier than the base car. So even with the more powerful engine, the top speed was still about 140 km/h.

Ermanno Martinuzzi also made the movie car Il Tempo Gigante in full scale, for the premiere of the Norwegian animated movie Flåklypa Grand Prix (Pinchcliffe Grand Prix). Martinuzzi also made the full scale Bil-bilen in 1979, from my sketches, for a Norwegian national car design competition.

Title: Re: olr#001
Post by: olavr on January 30, 2013, 02:57:42 AM

This is all correct, thank you for a very informative answer, one point for you is added