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Title: Puzzle #53 - Solved! Brasinca 4200 GT
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 08, 2006, 07:42:08 AM
Know what it is?

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Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: SeaLion on October 08, 2006, 08:46:55 AM
Is it a Nothing? ;D
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 08, 2006, 10:18:26 AM
An FTP problem is preventing me from uploading the picture. Please bear with me.

Thanks
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Tifosi on October 08, 2006, 11:26:13 PM
It's a Gremlin X...



Dan
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Ultra on October 11, 2006, 12:31:26 AM
Quote from: Tifosi on October 08, 2006, 11:26:13 PM
It's a Gremlin X...



Dan

;D

No.

;)
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: SeaLion on October 11, 2006, 12:30:00 PM
BMW?
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 11, 2006, 01:55:10 PM
Not a BMW.
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: D-type on October 11, 2006, 07:29:42 PM
That rear window looks like the Jensen FF but the front doesn't.

A Jensen Interceptor?
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Arthur Dent on October 12, 2006, 12:02:43 AM
Is that a Reliant concept car?
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: SeaLion on October 12, 2006, 04:55:40 AM
Is it an early concept for the Studebaker Avanti?
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 12, 2006, 07:30:43 AM
None of the above, though it has a visual similarity to each.
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Stephen M on October 12, 2006, 05:39:06 PM
Strikes me as Japanese, maybe an earlier version of the Toyota F101?
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 13, 2006, 07:40:05 AM
Not a Toyota; not Japanese.
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: SeaLion on October 13, 2006, 12:47:10 PM
Italian?
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 13, 2006, 02:08:59 PM
No.
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: shamrock on October 14, 2006, 06:16:59 PM
A Glas Germany , or an Osi
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Tifosi on October 14, 2006, 10:08:34 PM
Whatever it is, it looks like it has a big V-8, judging from that long hood...



Dan
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 15, 2006, 02:54:45 AM
There is a stout inline 6 under that hood.
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Jagman on October 15, 2006, 12:22:56 PM
Monteverdi?
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Ultra on October 15, 2006, 11:21:48 PM
Quote from: shamrock on October 14, 2006, 06:16:59 PM
A Glas Germany , or an Osi

Don't forget to reply here, Karn.

;)  :-*

P.S.  Is it South American?
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 16, 2006, 02:59:49 AM
Not a Glas Germany , nor an Osi.
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 16, 2006, 03:00:46 AM
Quote from: Ultra on October 15, 2006, 11:21:48 PM

P.S.  Is it South American?

Yes
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Ultra on October 16, 2006, 10:04:35 AM
Quote from: KarnUtz on October 16, 2006, 03:00:46 AM
Quote from: Ultra on October 15, 2006, 11:21:48 PM

P.S.  Is it South American?

Yes

I shock myself sometimes.  :o
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Tifosi on October 16, 2006, 10:29:13 PM
Could it be an AMC prototype for possible sale in Brazil?  That way, the inline 6 would make sense.  It looks like something Dick Teague would have come up with in the mid '60's...


Dan
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 17, 2006, 08:07:58 AM
No, but there is a tie-in with another Detroit automaker.
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: SeaLion on October 17, 2006, 09:25:06 AM
 Brasinca 4200 GT from 1964 with a engine from Aero-Willys (my source says a 2.6 liter). The top speed was 200 km/h. The car was also called Uirapuru.

Edit: My spanish is not very good, the engine could possibly be from a Chevrolet?
(http://www2.uol.com.br/bestcars/carros/outros/uirapuru-chassi.jpg)
Title: Re: Puzzle #53
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 17, 2006, 09:47:56 AM
Indeed, you are correct! The engine is a 4280 cc Chevrolet inline-6 truck engine. They dressed it up to look a little prettier than it's more typical installation.  

I knew once Brazil was identified, you'd be all over this one. Nice job!  ;D

Title: Re: Puzzle #53 - Solved! Brasinca 4200 GT
Post by: Wendax on August 07, 2015, 05:25:41 PM
The puzzle picture seems to be lost. Here's the car manual:
Title: Re: Puzzle #53 - Solved! Brasinca 4200 GT
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 08, 2015, 04:43:45 AM
Puzzle pic restored
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