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Title: Solved TGF-170: Seat 1400B familiar taxi prototype, 1956
Post by: targhediferro on July 30, 2013, 03:44:27 AM
Which car is this?  A simple question for a point premium.
Title: Re: TGF-170
Post by: kwgibbs on July 30, 2013, 09:54:54 AM
Trabant wagen?
Title: Re: TGF-170
Post by: targhediferro on July 30, 2013, 12:20:35 PM
Not a Trabant.
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Post by: ropat53 on July 30, 2013, 12:55:21 PM
European?
Title: Re: TGF-170
Post by: targhediferro on July 30, 2013, 12:57:07 PM
Yes, European.
Title: Re: TGF-170
Post by: ropat53 on July 30, 2013, 02:39:54 PM
Made in Spain, Fiat/Seat based?
Title: Re: TGF-170
Post by: kwgibbs on July 30, 2013, 02:50:47 PM
Is it ford-based?
Title: Re: TGF-170
Post by: targhediferro on July 30, 2013, 03:19:09 PM
Quote from: ropat53 on July 30, 2013, 02:39:54 PM
Made in Spain, Fiat/Seat based?
Yes, it is.
Quote from: kwgibbs on July 30, 2013, 02:50:47 PM
Is it ford-based?
obviously not.
Title: Re: TGF-170
Post by: mekubb on July 30, 2013, 03:49:46 PM
Seat 1400 based ?
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Post by: Bill Murray on July 30, 2013, 04:07:07 PM
I can get a bit of a way further.

Seat 1400B (600?) taxi (cab?) from 1956.
Also has been called a "Familiar".
Edit:  According to Seat's museum, only one built.
Bill
Title: Re: TGF-170
Post by: targhediferro on July 30, 2013, 04:49:43 PM
Quote from: Bill Murray on July 30, 2013, 04:07:07 PM
I can get a bit of a way further.

Seat 1400B (600?) taxi (cab?) from 1956.
Also has been called a "Familiar".
Edit:  According to Seat's museum, only one built.
Bill
Absolutely right, it's a one-off prototype based on a Seat 1400B familiar, 1956, as a proposal for a taxi. Do you know for which town? Locked for Bill.
Title: Re: TGF-170
Post by: Bill Murray on July 30, 2013, 05:09:20 PM
Tu estas muy duro amigo.  La Ciudad de Torrijos en Espana.

You are really tough my friend.  The City of Torrijos in Spain.

Edit:  I forgot that you are from Italy, not Spain but I am sure you understood the Spanish reply.

Bill
Title: Re: TGF-170
Post by: targhediferro on July 30, 2013, 05:48:45 PM
Estas seguro?    I found it was a prototype for a Barcelona taxi, but this particular wasn't a part of the question, so I think we can say the quiz is solved.
Does anybody know which coachbuilder did this car? I haven't found any clue.
Title: Re: Solved TGF-170: Seat 1400B familiar taxi prototype, 1956
Post by: Bill Murray on July 30, 2013, 06:04:46 PM
To be honest, Fabrizio, I did not find the coach builder.
I found the photo on three different Spanish websites and each site gave a different clue to the identification of the car.

One of our Spanish members who may have access to the SEAT archives may be able to complete the answer, that site was the source of most of my information.  I doubt that it was a "factory" prototype only because of the "styling" of the paint scheme etc.

I hope someone else can add to the solution.

Bill
Title: Re: Solved TGF-170: Seat 1400B familiar taxi prototype, 1956
Post by: targhediferro on July 31, 2013, 06:59:41 AM
The unmodified picture