What's this, built by whom, when and powered by what - for 1 point? There seem to be two different identities claimed on the 'Net for this car but only one of them is right - the question is, which one?!
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Experts?
French, with Panhard engine?
Professionals?
Coriasco BMW barchetta with modified Nardi chassis from 1951
This car was the object of a long article in Ruoteclassiche magazine, last year.
Ruoteclassiche should be the definitive article, but..
There is a website about this car which says a lot of what is written about it is not right, and the information on it conflicts with the publicity when it was auctioned by Coys.
Although Coriasco wasn't mentioned there, Nardi and BMW were, along with another well-known chassis maker from that time. 1951 ties in.
But the car was given a different name and it has their badge on the nose (in addition to the BMW badge) which the writer said was proof of its identity.
What name is on that badge?
Locked for PJ.
Gilco was the supposed builder of the chassis. I'll find the article back and post it here ;)
Quote from: Paul Jaray on November 20, 2015, 06:45:52 AM
Gilco was the supposed builder of the chassis. I'll find the article back and post it here ;)
That's the third name I'm looking for!
Still looking for the badge on the front though: "***** *******", as well as which BMW engine powers it.
And still locked for PJ..
According to what I found online, the missing part is "Senza marchio" (without brand) but I really don't think it was actually called that way. Engine is a motorcycle unit, from an R75. I will double check these info with the article I have, that was dated 2014.
The 6-pages article explains that according to the original papers it has a "telaio senza marchio con motore BMW" ( chassis with no brand and BMW engine). According to various experts the chassis is a modified Nardi because original Nardis had the engine mated in the lower side and here are in the upper side. Nardi and Coriasco had a story too. Other sources claim Gilco, but there are no elements supporting that.
Right, now I see whaat senza marchio means... I should have translated it! Sorry!
Coys introduced the Gilco name, but the other website has a different bodybuilder! Is it wrong then and Coriasco right?
BMW R75 is the right engine of course.
Coriasco is definetly right.
In another source there was the idea it could be Canta, because Coriasco badge was different, but this barchetta wears a correct Coriasco badge from the early years, before they changed it.
It's all in this article from Ruoteclassiche, March 2014:
Another point for PJ!
Well done.
What's this, who built it and when - for 1 point?:
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Lancia based Italian etceterini?
Jowett mechanicals?
Fiat wheels??
Quote from: vasilis1200101 on March 05, 2019, 10:36:42 AM
Fiat wheels??
They might be, I don't know.
It's not a Fiat but there could be some Fiat parts in it.
Experts?
It's the Nardi-Bmw-Gilco #1456-51.
Yes, that's right.
But the other question is: who bodied it?
Locked for you to say.
I forgot to write it...it's bodied by Canta.
That's what I wanted you to say!
The car was displayed at Techno Classica Essen in 2016 on the Galerie des Damiers stand, where it was described as being built by Canta.
But this is actually a repost of:
https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2015-44/solved-neh-4305-1951-nardi-bmw-special-bodied-by-coriasco/msg385447/#msg385447
and there was some discussion about its builder there, when it had been auctioned by Coys.
PJ said it was definitely by Coriasco and PJ is not usually wrong about these things!
So are Galerie des Damiers wrong?!
Would you like to dig into this one and see if you can find out who is right and who is wrong?
You've already won your point anyway but I'd really like to know the truth!
I'm quite sure Paul is right....I'm actually surprised both from Coriasco and Canta, because I haven't seen other sports cars by them and I thought they begun to coachbuild cars some years later after 1951....but etceterini are not my best field, so, if Paul days it's a Coriasco it must be correct.
This is an article published on Ruoteclassiche: the car is described as Coriasco Nardi-Bmw-Gilco.
Yes, it's curious.
I don't know how the Canta name came into.
Maybe somebody just mistook the Corisasco badge for a Canta one!