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Title: Solved: Wendax 1610 - Austin-Healey 100 Coupé by De Mola
Post by: Wendax on May 31, 2015, 02:29:54 AM: Seen that face before?

For one point, please respond and identify this car and its coachbuilder.
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Post by: Wendax on June 07, 2015, 02:28:43 AM: up
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 02:20:02 AM: up again
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Post by: SACO on June 14, 2015, 02:42:11 AM: BMW ?
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 02:56:43 AM: No
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Post by: oko94 on June 14, 2015, 03:45:13 AM: Made in Italy ?
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Post by: targhediferro on June 14, 2015, 03:55:15 AM: Maserati?
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 04:11:17 AM: Not Italian, hence no Maserati
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Post by: Paul Jaray on June 14, 2015, 05:07:18 AM: French? Looks like René Dhoëdt's Delettrez...
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 05:16:16 AM: Not French
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Post by: oko94 on June 14, 2015, 05:17:45 AM: British ?
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 05:36:04 AM: Partially
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Post by: oko94 on June 14, 2015, 06:15:04 AM: Austin Healey base ?
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Post by: nicanary on June 14, 2015, 06:26:42 AM: Swiss coachbuilder?
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 06:27:27 AM: Quote from: oko94 on June 14, 2015, 06:15:04 AM
Austin Healey base ?
Yes

Quote from: nicanary on June 14, 2015, 06:26:42 AM
Swiss coachbuilder?
No
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Post by: oko94 on June 14, 2015, 07:29:52 AM: Belgian coachbuilder ?
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 07:30:56 AM: Yes
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Post by: oko94 on June 14, 2015, 07:37:02 AM: Jacques Coune ?
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 07:47:41 AM: No
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Post by: oko94 on June 14, 2015, 08:05:40 AM: D'Ieteren ?
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 08:08:41 AM: No
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Post by: oko94 on June 14, 2015, 08:23:00 AM: Oblin ?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on June 14, 2015, 08:25:59 AM: Could it be T.T.T.?
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 08:28:51 AM: Twice no
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Post by: oko94 on June 14, 2015, 08:30:31 AM: Van den Plas ?
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 08:38:12 AM: No
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Post by: mekubb on June 14, 2015, 09:01:53 AM: Vesters & Neirinck ? Don't think so but...
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Post by: oko94 on June 14, 2015, 09:13:16 AM: Is this coachbuilder known for other cars ?
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Post by: 4popoid on June 14, 2015, 09:26:53 AM: Bidée?
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 09:31:56 AM: Quote from: mekubb on June 14, 2015, 09:01:53 AM
Vesters & Neirinck ? Don't think so but...
Not by them

Quote from: oko94 on June 14, 2015, 09:13:16 AM
Is this coachbuilder known for other cars ?
Yes

Quote from: 4popoid on June 14, 2015, 09:26:53 AM
Bidée?
No
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Post by: oko94 on June 14, 2015, 09:36:38 AM: De Mola ?
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 09:56:23 AM: Yes! The car has been a puzzle before, but with a modified front: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=12831
According to my source it was built in 1956, not in 1954 (perhaps using a 1954 car).
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 09:57:45 AM: and
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 1610 - Austin-Healey 100 Coupé by De Mola
Post by: Paul Jaray on June 14, 2015, 10:02:06 AM: So that is the car restored by Faralli in this way:
Title: Re: Solved: Wendax 1610 - Austin-Healey 100 Coupé by De Mola
Post by: Paul Jaray on June 14, 2015, 10:20:51 AM: That is a very interesting find indeed!
According to an article from Ruoteclassiche, the car was bodied by 2 Italian brothers, Umberto e Bruno De Mola.
King Baldwin's cousin, Count d'Assche, bought an Austin Healey 100, chassis #bn1/150649 in January 1954. It was soon bodied in a racy berlinetta by De Mola and it was used in some races and sold in 1958. It had a bad accident with a tram and was rebuilt by De Mola again, in the form we see today. Colour changed from green to white in that occasion. The car was restored at the highest level by Faralli Restauri.
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Post by: Wendax on June 14, 2015, 10:28:37 AM: That completes the story. Note that on the third small picture on my collage you can see the car with the standard front, but already with the new top.
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Post by: Paul Jaray on June 14, 2015, 10:42:58 AM: Yes, but with different headlights and the air intake took the place of the AH trim on the side...yet another version!