Solved - NEH 2500: Lancia Fulvia FF proposal by Trevor Fioré

[Carnut]

What's this a proposal for and who did it - for 1 point?:

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[Carnut]

Experts?

[bubenator]

This looks a lot like the 1963 Ford Allegro Concept.  Is this an early sketch?

[Carnut]

This looks a lot like the 1963 Ford Allegro Concept.  Is this an early sketch?

No Ford connection at all.
The period is not far off though.

[WayneB]

Trevor Fiore /Trident?

[Carnut]

Trevor Fiore /Trident?

Trevor Fioré it is, but not the Trident.
Locked for 24 hours to see if you can find it.

[WayneB]

It looks very much like the TVR Tina , but the vent on the front wing rules probably rules out a rear engine configuration.

So I am thinking TVR still, but probably a Tuscan proposal

[Carnut]

It looks very much like the TVR Tina , but the vent on the front wing rules probably rules out a rear engine configuration.

So I am thinking TVR still, but probably a Tuscan proposal

No, it's not a TVR at all..

[WayneB]

Is it a Bond Equipe GT or an AC Coupe proposal?

[Carnut]

Is it a Bond Equipe GT or an AC Coupe proposal?

Neither of those (only 1 question at a time, don't forget!)

[WayneB]

Is it a Lancia proposal?

[Carnut]

Is it a Lancia proposal?

Yes!
I'll lock it for you now to tell me more specifically.

[WayneB]

Lancia Fulvia FF

[Carnut]

Lancia Fulvia FF

Correct!
The original of this is actually in my possession.
It's much bigger than you might imagine looking at this picture - the size of a picture you might hang on a big wall at home!

I'll post a few more views of it tomorrow.

[WayneB]

Great I would like to see them.

I always admired Trevor Fiores design work, neat that you own some actual renderings by the man himself.

[Carnut]

Great I would like to see them.

I always admired Trevor Fiores design work, neat that you own some actual renderings by the man himself.

Me too; I fell in love with the TVR Trident the moment it was launched at Geneva back in 1965.  Now I own one of course (No. 3), and when his original drawings came up at auction I went along to get them, thinking I was the world's No. 1 TVR Trident fan and they would be part of my big collection of TVR Trident literature and pictures.  I hadn't bargained on there being another fan with much more money than me (a Swiss lawyer who actually is now restoring TVR Trident No. 1 that he brought over from California), so I didn't get any of his Trident drawings, but not wanting to go home empty-handed I got these Lancia renderings instead (which, like you, I thought were a bit similar to the TVR)!

Here they are:

[targhediferro]

Very interesting, I never heard of thi project, and I think it would be a very nice car.

[Allemano]

More or less a badge engineering of his TVR Tina designs..
(which I definetly like)

[Carnut]

More or less a badge engineering of his TVR Tina designs..
(which I definetly like)

Very similar indeed, but I think this one came first.  At least he had the chance to use it when the Lancia proposal came to nought.

[WayneB]

Great I would like to see them.

I always admired Trevor Fiores design work, neat that you own some actual renderings by the man himself.

Me too; I fell in love with the TVR Trident the moment it was launched at Geneva back in 1965.  Now I own one of course (No. 3), and when his original drawings came up at auction I went along to get them, thinking I was the world's No. 1 TVR Trident fan and they would be part of my big collection of TVR Trident literature and pictures.  I hadn't bargained on there being another fan with much more money than me (a Swiss lawyer who actually is now restoring TVR Trident No. 1 that he brought over from California), so I didn't get any of his Trident drawings, but not wanting to go home empty-handed I got these Lancia renderings instead (which, like you, I thought were a bit similar to the TVR)!

Here they are:

Reminds me of when I tried to buy an old scratched up unloved  epowood styling mock up 10 years ago, but out of the blue a wealthy Dutch fellow appeared and pulled the rug out from underneath me.