What's this, built by whom, what it is based on?
Identify this one-off car for 1 point! ;)
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Based on an Alpine A310?
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So when he gave it Mercedes-Benz wheel covers and taillights, did he change the engine as well?
I know Alpine did an A310 prototype disguised as a Maserati Merak so would presume they dremt up this psudo SM/ Mercedes one up to disguise the new V6 version with its Citroen SM style headlamp setup that came out in 1976?
The thought did cross my mind it was a Delorean test mule, but they would have left it looking like a standard A310.
Quote from: sixtee5cuda on January 16, 2013, 12:16:55 PM
So when he gave it Mercedes-Benz wheel covers and taillights, did he change the engine as well?
I don't have information about the engine, but I think that the engine of the A310.
Quote from: WayneB on January 16, 2013, 01:28:25 PM
I know Alpine did an A310 prototype disguised as a Maserati Merak so would presume they dremt up this psudo SM/ Mercedes one up to disguise the new V6 version with its Citroen SM style headlamp setup that came out in 1976?
The thought did cross my mind it was a Delorean test mule, but they would have left it looking like a standard A310.
It's not a prototype, but a real car that man has built for himself.
So it is powered by a Mercedes V8 engine?
Quote from: WayneB on January 20, 2013, 03:58:19 PM
So it is powered by a Mercedes V8 engine?
I don't have information about the engine, sorry...
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I remember seeing that car in an article some 40 years ago, but all I can recall is that it was built by a German or a Swiss guy.
Quote from: Wendax on January 31, 2013, 03:12:15 PM
I remember seeing that car in an article some 40 years ago, but all I can recall is that it was built by a German or a Swiss guy.
Yes, German guy.
Do there exist any info/pictures about this one on the internet ?
Quote from: Lofotleif on November 16, 2015, 09:17:16 AM
Do there exist any info/pictures about this one on the internet ?
Yes, I found this photos and info on the one famous car site/forum.
The car has been sold in 1976. I found the announcement in an old car magazine.
What I found out is, that the seller came from Burgwedel near Hannover and the second number is today used by a bus company called Kelpe.
All the technical data are named - unfortunately the name of the car can not be read clearly.
The left letters look more like "ARRIATHA" and the right rear letters like "AFFIENAR"... :-\
Quote from: grobmotorix on December 08, 2015, 03:13:01 PM
The car has been sold in 1976. I found the announcement in an old car magazine.
What I found out is, that the seller came from Burgwedel near Hannover and the second number is today used by a bus company called Kelpe.
All the technical data are named - unfortunately the name of the car can not be read clearly.
The left letters look more like "ARRIATHA" and the right rear letters like "AFFIENAR"... :-\
Great find! But I don't know the name of this car, only a base (Alpine A310), year (197...) and name of builder - GXXXZ NXXXXXXXLL
Quote from: dzima1985 on December 09, 2015, 02:11:04 AM
But I don't know the name of this car, only a base (Alpine A310), year (1976) and name of builder - GXXXZ NXXXXXXXLL
Easy name and surname...
GOXXZ NAXXXXXXLL
Gortz Nathanaell ?
His first name should be Götz or Goetz.
Quote from: Wendax on December 14, 2015, 05:17:43 AM
His first name should be Götz or Goetz.
Goetz, right.
Goetz Naeschnell ?
Nachtigall?