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Title: Puzzle #186 - Solved! Nardi Silver Ray
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 20, 2007, 07:44:58 AM
Know what it is?

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Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: SeaLion on January 21, 2007, 05:39:01 AM
Cadillac?
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 21, 2007, 06:25:53 AM
Not a Cadillac, but it is an Italian carrosserie's work, based on an American car.
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: SeaLion on January 21, 2007, 06:30:55 AM
But it is US-amercan?
Your edited in the answer KU, thanks.
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Tifosi on January 21, 2007, 03:00:12 PM
is that a Buick crest in the grille?


Dan
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Arthur Dent on January 21, 2007, 11:52:56 PM
Wild guess but Packard revival car?
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 22, 2007, 04:11:49 AM
Quote from: Tifosi on January 21, 2007, 03:00:12 PM
is that a Buick crest in the grille?


Dan

No
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 22, 2007, 04:12:41 AM
Quote from: Arthur Dent on January 21, 2007, 11:52:56 PM
Wild guess but Packard revival car?

Not a Packard.
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Tifosi on January 22, 2007, 11:51:08 AM
If it isn't a Buick crest, maybe it's a Ghia badge...and the car is based on a Mustang platform?


Dan
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 22, 2007, 03:22:12 PM
No, and no.
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: SeaLion on January 22, 2007, 04:26:07 PM
Hmm, I was thinking on the Oldsmobile Thor, but you said it not a Ghia car.
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 23, 2007, 04:53:58 AM
No.

FWIW, the Thor (to my eyes, anyway) is instantly recognizable as a Toronado. However, pictures of the car are virtually impossible to find.
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Jagman on January 23, 2007, 11:44:46 AM
Looks AMC to me, I'll guess a Ghia Ambassador of some sort..........
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 23, 2007, 12:14:21 PM
Not AMC.
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 08, 2007, 03:41:27 PM
:bump:
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: GRAYWOLF on February 08, 2007, 05:28:43 PM
Chrysler
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 09, 2007, 03:51:09 AM
Very close...
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: GRAYWOLF on February 09, 2007, 09:15:09 AM
plymouth
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 09, 2007, 10:18:25 AM
Yep - based on a Plymouth. Now, what is it?
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: GRAYWOLF on February 09, 2007, 11:07:11 AM
"Based on a Plymouth"...meaning it isn't a Plymouth?
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 09, 2007, 11:22:17 AM
It has a two-word name, and was presented by an Italian company as a "<Company> <Model Name>". The name of the Italian company in the aforementioned title is not the name of the company that designed it.  It has a Plymouth powertrain and other bits.
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: erbas on February 26, 2007, 06:16:18 AM
Nardi Silver Roy by Michelotti
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Tifosi on February 26, 2007, 10:53:00 AM
It's Silver RAY...last car Nardi ever built.  But Erbas was close enough for my tastes...


Dan
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: erbas on February 26, 2007, 03:46:42 PM
Quote from: Tifosi on February 26, 2007, 10:53:00 AM
It's Silver RAY...last car Nardi ever built.  But Erbas was close enough for my tastes...

Dan

Yes, yes,  because English is a foreign language to me :D
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: MG on February 26, 2007, 04:00:07 PM
English is a foreign language to me

Most of us too!    ;)
Title: Re: Puzzle #186
Post by: Tifosi on February 26, 2007, 05:15:45 PM
Quote from: erbas on February 26, 2007, 03:46:42 PM
Quote from: Tifosi on February 26, 2007, 10:53:00 AM
It's Silver RAY...last car Nardi ever built.  But Erbas was close enough for my tastes...

Dan

Yes, yes,  because English is a foreign language to me :D

Sorry...


Dan
Title: Re: Puzzle #186 - Solved! Nardi Silver Ray
Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 27, 2007, 05:12:38 AM
The Nardi "Silver Ray" by Michelotti.  This car is featured in the 1962 International Auto Parade yearbook. In Automobile Year #9 (1961-62) there is another picture of the same car on page 101 with the caption:

"This low two seater coupe has a body designed by MIchelotti on a Nardi chassis to the order of an American client (James Simpson). The Plymouth Golden Commando V-8 engine develops about 350BHP giving it a maximum speed of about 140mph. The frame is tubular, suspension is by modified Alfa Romeo coil spring units at the front and semi elliptic springs at the rear; brakes are discs on all four wheels."
Title: Re: Puzzle #186 - Solved! Nardi Silver Ray
Post by: Allemano on November 15, 2010, 08:58:33 AM
Nothing to add except of some pictures.
Title: Re: Puzzle #186 - Solved! Nardi Silver Ray
Post by: Allemano on September 05, 2011, 07:12:25 AM
the master and the client: