Author Topic: Solved - NEH 5490: Moretti 128 Drag by Michelotti - Turin Show 1970  (Read 2182 times)

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What's this, from when, based on what - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2019, 08:49:13 AM »
Italian coachbuilder?

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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2019, 01:45:10 PM »
Yes
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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2019, 01:56:35 PM »
Moretti?

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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2019, 02:36:14 PM »
Yes - again...
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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2019, 05:02:45 AM »
on Fiat 127 mechanicals?

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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2019, 08:42:04 AM »
No.
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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2019, 02:36:30 AM »
on Fiat 132 mechanicals?

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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2019, 04:04:45 AM »
No.
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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2019, 09:32:36 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2019, 01:31:26 AM »
Wheelbase looks like 125/128. Based on all of the '70s-chic (trim, wheels, mirrors, side-markers, etc), 128-based?

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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2019, 04:27:14 AM »
Yes, it's Fiat 128-based!
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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2019, 09:57:26 PM »
Yes, it's Fiat 128-based!
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Forgot all about this one. Please unlock and let someone else have a go at it. Thanks.

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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2019, 04:13:16 AM »
Unlocked.
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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2019, 11:18:25 AM »
Fiat Moretti 128 Dragster 1971

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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2019, 01:25:29 PM »
Close but not quite right.
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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2019, 01:20:40 PM »
The year is wrong

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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2019, 05:37:13 PM »
The year is wrong

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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2019, 02:37:45 PM »
I only have this picture with this designation, pls unlock

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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #19 on: October 17, 2019, 07:11:55 AM »
OK, unlocked it is.
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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #20 on: October 17, 2019, 02:04:08 PM »
1970 Salone di Torino:
"Moretti Dragster (2+2 coupé previewing the Fiat 128 Moretti)"

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Moretti Dragster, 1970, Fiat 128 Moretti. Is there more? Designed by Michelotti?
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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #21 on: October 17, 2019, 05:55:23 PM »
Turin 1970 is right.
Dragster is not quite the name I have for it though.
If you have a photo of it on display at the Turin Show what does it say on the licence plate and on the bootlid?
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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #22 on: October 17, 2019, 08:34:41 PM »
Turin 1970 is right.
Dragster is not quite the name I have for it though.
If you have a photo of it on display at the Turin Show what does it say on the licence plate and on the bootlid?
I didn't find a clear image of the car, only period media reports covering the '70 Turin Salon. I did find one article that referred the car as the "128 Rallye," but at the time I assumed it was an error. Does the term "Rallye" appear in the name?

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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #23 on: October 18, 2019, 04:05:49 AM »
No it doesn't.  It's very close to the name 'Dragster', which is not quite right.
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Re: NEH 5490
« Reply #24 on: October 19, 2019, 08:10:16 AM »
Is it something like 'Dragstar'?