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Pretty thing :)
your opinion?
Nothing yet, but it looks like a German car to me.
Not from there...
Ah..I forgot to mention Italy :) Fiat basis?
Sorry, I miss that....yes it is Fiat-based, but can't find back my source!
So, what is the name of this Fiat-based car?
An extra point for the name of that man.
(I have this info somewhere....)
Damned, somehow it looks so familiar...
Is it 100% Italian?
I'll be honest...I found this pic in a magazine, where is written more or less ' this is Mr ? with his new Fiat ".
Then I found the car in another book, but now I can't remember wich one!
I'll say that this is 100% italian...
Ok, I'll promote this an Art & Cars #119 (with kind permission of the owner of the copyright...)
1 point for the name of this fiat-based car and
1 point for the name of that man.
The man looks like Eddie Constantine, who played the detective Nick Carter. But a so german-looking Fiat ?
Not him...
Is it a Fiat 1950 by Colli ?
:-\
I can't find this car again...
I'll give 1 point to faksta for the Fiat-based guess
1 point for the man in the picture
2 points for the coachbuilder (that I can't find...)
I found a similar car...not sure if it's the same firm behind this.
And since it's my foult...here's a...
The man is character actor Howard Da Silva.
The coachbuilder I have no idea of.
No doubt You knew him!
The final 2 points for the coachbuilder...I found one slightly similar to this and it's not Colli.
I knew the face but couldn't put a name on it. He is here with Eve Arden in a 1951 movie called "Three Husbands", if it can help anyone (he might wear the same suit in the puzzle picture).
Oh, this beautiful creation again... I didn't know I've got the point here :D Could the body be made by Motto?
I can't find back my source.
Let's hope our new friend can find it...
Probably our fiat-experts can tell us more about this?
Some relation to Volpini?
My source, an old magazine, reports only that it is a Fiat.
I thought it was a Volpini, because it's similar to the BMW one, and Volpini made some sports on Fiat chassis, but I can't find a pic with a car like this.
I need a proven name for this, because I do not know it.
Maybe we could ask als15, in case he didn't notice this car yet?
Down the hole!
Als15, only you can find this!
Castagna?
Similar looking:
Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 10, 2010, 06:52:27 AM
Als15, only you can find this!
..or 75america, of course!
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
I think you found it... there are no relevant differences between my pic and yours (the logo?)..is your source a reliable one?
I can't believe we can finally move this to the solved section!
I believe we can finally send this puzzle to rest.
Still with us!
I know, I took these pics at the 2008 Mille Miglia:
So this IS a Rovelli? :o I knew this car, but would never thought it was the same...
This puzzle brought a lot of surprises!
What is this car, who built it and when? All for 1 point!
Sorry to say, but we've had it twice already:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8305.0 (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8305.0) and http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8021.0 (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8021.0)
This give me the chance to add some info:
Ing. Nino Rovelli was a friend and a schoolmate of Ing. Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni at the Politecnico of Milan, and after the war he found a full chassis and an engine of a BMW 328. He bought by Touring the body developed for the Berlin-Rome of 1941. His car was finished by a carrozzeria in Castellanza, but some sources say it was also developed by Colli. After a race in Piacenza the car was modified by Volpini, who took the german mechanicals and put it on a Fiat 1100 chassis, all in a siluro body. During 1947-48 the car was again modified by Volpini and Colli and after a race in Vercelli it was sold to Clocchiatti.
Another creation of Ing. Rovelli was this 1100 barchetta, with Testadoro engine and Castagna body, that raced the Mille Miglia with Ghiringhelli-Galli and later by Giulio Cabianca.
All these info and the pic that I will add later comes from the EXTRAORDINARY book of Andrea Curami.
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8914.0
The search I did was using the name 'Rovelli' as there are just so many Fiats to go through..
Needless to say this car did not show up because Rovelli is not named in the heading!
Oh well...
Quote from: Carnut on November 28, 2010, 06:02:58 PM
The search I did was using the name 'Rovelli' as there are just so many Fiats to go through..
Needless to say this car did not show up because Rovelli is not named in the heading!
Oh well...
I'm sorry, but I don't understand.. If the name "Rovelli" does not appear in the headings it doesn't mean it does not appear at all, right? Maybe you shouldn't look after "Search in topic subjects only" next time. At least you would have found it in faksta's reply #33... ;)
I choose not to add 'Rovelli' in the title because the puzzle car should be a 1100 by Castagna, that is very close to the Castagna-bodied Rovelli. I don't know if they are the same, (I doubt it) but, once it's been linked to this puzzle, I merged them and add my info...technically speaking it was not a repost.
Quote from: Paul Jaray on November 29, 2010, 03:24:01 AM
I choose not to add 'Rovelli' in the title because the puzzle car should be a 1100 by Castagna, that is very close to the Castagna-bodied Rovelli. I don't know if they are the same, (I doubt it) but, once it's been linked to this puzzle, I merged them and add my info...technically speaking it was not a repost.
It does certainly look very different from the original puzzle, and when a car has been re-bodied like this might have been there could be a case for allowing it as a new puzzle. If it was not a re-body then it wasn't a re-post, as you say.
To answer Allemano - I don't think I did ask only for headings come to think of it, as I never really do. Still 'Rovelli' didn't come up at all - not once.
Quote from: Carnut on November 29, 2010, 05:33:01 AM
To answer Allemano - I don't think I did ask only for headings come to think of it, as I never really do. Still 'Rovelli' didn't come up at all - not once.
Sad, but true. :-\
It came out in Search for me, though - three positions... ???
What car is this and from when ?
Up a level
Castagna race car (1946)
Another photos: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8021.25
Quote from: thorax on January 17, 2013, 01:26:57 PM
Castagna race car (1946)
Yes that's the car, a point for you. Apparently it was a repost (thanks dzima), my source didn't mention it being a Fiat 1100, so couldn't find it as a repost.
Quote from: dzima1985 on January 17, 2013, 01:30:38 PM
Another photos: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8021.25
PM please merge
so now I'm a Pro ;D
Merged!
Quote from: thorax on January 19, 2013, 06:44:57 AM
so now I'm a Pro ;D
Congratulations!!! :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
You did it very quickly... :thumbsup:
thank you Paul ;D
Welcome to the club! :applause: :applause: :applause:
Quote from: thorax on January 19, 2013, 06:44:57 AM
so now I'm a Pro ;D
My congratulations, thorax! :thumbsup:
WTG!
Quote from: thorax on January 19, 2013, 06:44:57 AM
so now I'm a Pro ;D
Excellent thorax. Very well done. Welcome to the barren wastelands of Professionaldom!
:applause: :applause:
thanks to all!
now is more difficult.
Congrats!
Welcome to the club.
Well done Thorax! :applause:
I wouldn't say it becomes more difficult but it's much more frustrating because most of the interesting puzzles are solved before they reach Pro level.....
Perhaps it's now time to place some new puzzles in the Pros & Feature Writers section (not the easy ones).....
thanks to all of you!
beautiful picture Grob!
Quote from: Ray B. on June 14, 2009, 06:24:50 AM
I knew the face but couldn't put a name on it. He is here with Eve Arden in a 1951 movie called "Three Husbands", if it can help anyone (he might wear the same suit in the puzzle picture).
That suit is one hell of a sartorial disaster area...even having lived thru the flower power, bell-bottom and leisure suit era, it's still a natural disaster. :nerves:
Ohh...and congratulations to you, Thorax. As my pa useta say, "Ya done good." ;D