What is this?
1 point for you!
Italian body and chassis ?
Yes & yes.
This puzzle has been promoted to the Pros immediately, which suggests it isn't easy. But it looks awfully like a Stanguellini 1100S.
But it has indicators fitted. Is this a recreation/replica of a 1950s etceterini?
WRE-Maserati?
Quote from: nicanary on September 24, 2015, 07:12:01 PM
This puzzle has been promoted to the Pros immediately, which suggests it isn't easy. But it looks awfully like a Stanguellini 1100S.
But it has indicators fitted. Is this a recreation/replica of a 1950s etceterini?
Not a Stanguellini or a replica/recreation.
Not a WRE.
Any OSCA connection ?
Fiat-based?
Any Maserati bits in it?
Lancia underpinnings ?
Not Maserati or Lancia bits.
Alfa Romeo underpinnings ?
Not AR.
Ferrari underpinnings ?
Not Ferrari.
We estabilished the car has italian body & chassis.
To avoid misleadings, please specify when you are guessing at the body, the chassis or the engine.
So far none of the names are good for any bit of it ;)
BMW engine?
An Italian special without any Fiat, Alfa or Lancia bit ? Now I understand why it went straight to the pros !
Is it powered by a motorcycle engine ?
Not BMW or motorcycle engine.
Italian engine ?
Moretti?
No & no.
British engine?
Not British...
I completely misread the clues. I thought the whole car was Italian.
Panhard engine?
Not Panhard-engined.
French engine?
Not French.
Long shot - Crosley?
German engine ?
Siata chassis ?
Not a Siata chassis.
Bandini chassis ?
Not a Bandini chassis
Anything to do with Nardi then?
Not Nardi...
Cisitalia chassis ?
Gilco?
Not Cisitalia or Gilco chassis.
Ermini chassis ?
Not Ermini.
Abarth chassis ?
Not Abarth.
Giannini chassis ?
Not Giannini.
Volpini chassis ?
Not Volpini
Giaur chassis ?
Osca chassis ?
I'm going more obscure - Mandarini ?
Not Giaur Osca or Mandarini.
I keep wondering why someone in Italy would import a Crosley engine when the Fiat was already freely available. If the car was installed with the Crosley engine in the US, why would it have an Italian body?
Confused.....
Paganelli?
...and if you knew which chassis it used!
Not Paganelli.
Time for a small clue: this care matches a Crosely engine with an italian chassis, taken from a popular car...but I'm pretty sure it was the only car with that chassis!
Excerpts from Wikipedia :
"Tony Pompeo, an American car dealer of Italian origin, was pleased with the previous Bandini 1100 and 1100 sport he had purchased, so he explicitly asked Ilario Bandini for cars to run in the 750 cc engine capacity category. Pompeo sent a Crosley engine to Bandini for him to study and use. Lightweight and compact, this American engine was very versatile, having been used with boats, aircraft, and even in fire pumps. [...] With the modified Crosley engine, the 750 sports torpedo was launched, contesting scores of races: hill climbs, road courses, and airbase circuits, as well as challenging six and twelve hour endurance events, such as the 12 Hours of Sebring or Mille Miglia, both of which were World Sports Car Championship rounds."
"Following the Amica, Siata introduced the 300BC Barchetta Sport Spider in 1951. The Barchetta Sport Spider was designed by Mario Revelli de Beaumont and built by Nuccio Bertone and Rocco Motto. Around 50 production models were created and predominantly featured either a 750 cc Crosley or 1100 cc Fiat engine."
So an Italian etceterini with Crosley engine is not that uncommon...
I also found the web entry above, but we know it's neither of those makes.
Am I correct in thinking this is a one-off chassis built by an otherwise well-known maker?
Quote from: nicanary on September 26, 2015, 07:52:44 AM
I also found the web entry above, but we know it's neither of those makes.
Am I correct in thinking this is a one-off chassis built by an otherwise well-known maker?
The builder of this car (who build other specials too ;) ), took a Crosely engine (that he tuned) and a chassis to make this Sport.
The chassis was not from a one-off or expecially made for him, but taken from a well known maker.
BTW: Nardi used a Crosley engine too.
Don't believe it but ask anyway : de Tomaso ? May be the car is younger than it looks ?
Not De Tomaso...how old do you think it is?
Innocenti chassis ?
Not Innocenti, but you are really on the right path.
Autobianchi?!
Autobianchi ?
Not Autobianchi.
(With right path I meant a maker you do not associate with racing car at all, not obscure but not active anymore)
Italian chassis at all?
Surely not a Vespa?
Prewar chassis ? Pretty much all postwar Italian car brands have already been mentioned...
Italian postwar but not Vespa (but may be a connection there...).
I believe it's a matter of minutes, now...
Piaggio ?
Volpe?
Not Volpe or Piaggio, but close to both.
Volugrafo?
Not Volugrafo.
Isetta chassis ?
Panther?
Iso 400?
Isocarro ?
Much closer to the Isetta than the GTs...it was actually from a vehicle derived from an Isetta...
Quote from: oko94 on September 26, 2015, 09:42:54 AM
Isocarro ?
Yes!
Pretty sure with the answer there will be a nice pic of this car with a couple of modern cars in the background very, very soon now...
1957 Pasqualetti 750 Sport, designed by Niko Giovannetti and built by Oreste Pasqualetti
And we have a winner!
A most unexpected chassis for a sportscar ! Nice puzzle.
Very nice car, would look great on my driveway. ;)
more pictures:
Thorax - you've just lost a potential new puzzle. That's a completely different car. It's rear-engined.
Oh, no problem! just wanted to add more informations about Mr. Pasqualetti :)