Solved NIC#501 - 1929 Itala Tipo 61 Coupe Speciale

[nicanary]

What is this car?

[nicanary]

Experts?

[richard cuyler]

British, pre- or post-1930?

[nicanary]

British, pre- or post-1930?

That's 2 questions!  ;D. It's not British, I don't know when the body was built, but the base car was in production from 1926 to about 1930.

[nicanary]

Pros with LESS THAN 400 POINTS.

[ropat53]

1929 Itala tipo 61 with body by Pur Sang

[nicanary]

1929 Itala tipo 61 with body by Pur Sang

Yes. One more point nearer to that dreaded 400 mark!

Actually I could find no information about the coachbuilder, but I did guess that it was a modern recreation - I will take your word for it, as Pur Sang would be the people who would create this style of car.

[ropat53]

Two pictures from when I visited Pur Sang in 2007, they were making the body.

[nicanary]

I think that's good enough proof!  ;D. Thanks.

[Paul Jaray]

Two picture from when I visited Pur Sang in 2007, the were making the body.

Only at Autopuzzles... ;D

[Ecnelis]

What is the story behind this car? What it suppose to look like this when it was new?

[nicanary]

What is the story behind this car? What it suppose to look like this when it was new?

I think it was an idea by Pur Sang to build something which MAY have been built in period. Maybe ropat53 can tell us.

[Carnut]

This, perhaps?:

[ropat53]

Pur Sang has become famous for it's Bugatti, Alfa Romeo and Mercedes SSK recreations but also make one-offs that look period correct but aren't replicas of any specific car, like this Itala and others that have been previously on Autopuzzles: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=29873.msg355332#msg355332
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=15977.0

The Blue Train may very well have inspired this creation, I remember seeing many pedal cars and scale models at their premises and one that stood out was a very large scale model of the Bentley Blue Train.

[mekubb]

Ropat, do you know if the chassis is from an original Itala (I hope not...) or is the entire car built by Pur Sang ? Nice job anyway

[ropat53]

I believe it was built on an all original Itala chassis.