Solved -PJ637- Innocenti proposal for a 500cc van, 1967-68

[wingroad]

It looks like a version of a Simca van designed by Heuliez.

[Paul Jaray]

Not Simca or Heuliez.

[richard cuyler]

French?

[Paul Jaray]

Not French.

[morphly]

Italian?

[Paul Jaray]

Yes!

[morphly]

prototype for a Fiat 600T?

[Paul Jaray]

Not Fiat.

[richard cuyler]

Innocenti?

[Paul Jaray]

Yes! Locked for you, but there's not much to add...

[richard cuyler]

Paul, I have researched this as thoroughly as time allows and all I can find is that Innocenti was sold to Leyland in the early 1970s (I hadn't known that before - Leyland certainly did nothing with the brand, sadly) and this van may well have been a Leyland attempt at an Innocenti delivery van, using, as other Innocenti vehicles did, Leyland engines and other sub-structure parts. 

It's a lovely, clean design and I'm sad it never made it to the market. Mind you, it probably would have rusted to bits in no time, this era being one of the foremost for manufacturers creating rust-prone vehicles.

I hope this will garner me a point - I was getting to the end of my ideas as to what the van was and kept thinking, those ARE BL wheels, so what else could possibly have had them? After the information as to its origins was confirmed, I just posted 'Innocenti', not expecting to be right at all!

[Paul Jaray]

Ok, no need to insist since there's not much more after all.
I can only add that is was a 1967-68 project for a 500cc water cooled 2-cylinder van and was developed by Innocenti alone.
Point for you! 

[Paul Jaray]

Here's your point!
Moving to solved.

[Carnut]

You're right that BL (or BMC) did nothing with Innocenti, but they did make some very nice cars whilst under their ownership.  I'm sure if the UK management had realised that they would have put a stop to it forthwith!
I'm thinking about the Innocenti 950 (Italian-bodied Sprite, much nicer than our version) and the later Innocenti Mini; a thoroughly wasted very nice design indeed.

[Paul Jaray]

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