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Title: Solved - NEH 5274: Maserati 3500GT with replica Drogo body
Post by: Carnut on June 20, 2018, 08:56:35 AM
What's this, for 1 point?:

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Title: Re: NEH 5274
Post by: norberthanke on June 23, 2018, 05:45:22 PM
Abarth
Title: Re: NEH 5274
Post by: Carnut on June 23, 2018, 06:29:08 PM
Quote from: norberthanke on June 23, 2018, 05:45:22 PM
Abarth

No.
Title: Re: NEH 5274
Post by: norberthanke on June 26, 2018, 12:47:21 PM
Otas
Title: Re: NEH 5274
Post by: Carnut on June 26, 2018, 01:42:42 PM
No..
Title: Re: NEH 5274
Post by: das_mittel on June 29, 2018, 01:20:56 PM
Some kind of Maserati?
Title: Re: NEH 5274
Post by: Carnut on June 29, 2018, 02:49:55 PM
Quote from: das_mittel on June 29, 2018, 01:20:56 PM
Some kind of Maserati?

Yes!
Title: Re: NEH 5274
Post by: das_mittel on June 29, 2018, 02:57:12 PM
Quote from: Carnut on June 29, 2018, 02:49:55 PM
Quote from: das_mittel on June 29, 2018, 01:20:56 PM
Some kind of Maserati?

Yes!

Alrighty! Time to shut this battle zone down!

Is it a Tipo 151?
Title: Re: NEH 5274
Post by: Carnut on June 29, 2018, 11:11:59 PM
No, that's not the answer so you need to keep looking.  I'm in the USA until the week after next without my files though so may not be able to give you a definitive answer until I get back.
Title: Re: NEH 5274
Post by: das_mittel on June 29, 2018, 11:42:40 PM
Wow, this is the rookie section yet you sure don't go easy on these challenges!  :P

I was like 300% SURE it was gonna be a Tipo, a friend had pointed it out to me once in a discussion about Maserati...until I made the recent connection it was only dressed up to look like the Tipo!

Final answer be the 3500 GT. One heck of a barn find
Title: Re: NEH 5274
Post by: Carnut on June 30, 2018, 09:48:05 AM
Yes, it's a 1961 3500GT-based sort of replica of a 151 with a Mexico engine.
The owner hints that it was made by Drogo but I doubt that so I didn't make it part of the question.
Normally I would ask for the name of the builder and what engine powers it - life isn't easy on AutoPuzzles!
So you earn your first point!
Here's another picture:

Title: Re: Solved - NEH 5274: Maserati 3500GT with replica Drogo body
Post by: autospeurder on June 30, 2018, 11:18:38 AM
A picture from better times
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 5274: Maserati 3500GT with replica Drogo body
Post by: nicanary on June 30, 2018, 12:19:25 PM
It looks more like the 1957 450S coupe designed by Frank Costin and ruined by Zagato.
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 5274: Maserati 3500GT with replica Drogo body
Post by: Carnut on June 30, 2018, 06:01:52 PM
Yes, it does seem to be the same car.
So maybe my puzzle car isn't a later replica?  I don't know..