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[JimH]

I'll give you a clue. We've already had the manufacturer on this thread.

[lusovx]

The 911 GT1 replica is a Farboud. Couldn't get one so he built it himself (has since sold is company to someone else who is putting the GTS into production)... "Well respected manufacturer hitting the hard times." Can only think of BMW and Isetta, but doesn't look like any I know...

Edited by lusovx, 14 November 2005 - 03:57 PM.

[TurboTomato]

lusovx, on Nov 14 2005, 16:21 , said:

The 911 GT1 replica is a Farboud. Couldn't get one so he built it himself (has since sold is company to someone else who is putting the GTS into production)...

[JimH]

One of the most pointless cars ever produced. There's a bonus point if you can explain why they even bothered.

[lusovx]

Tony_M, on Nov 14 2005, 15:25 , said:

Here's an easy one while you are thinking, bonus point for a full size photo...

Shelby GT500

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[jules_s]

JimH, on Nov 14 2005, 16:32 , said:

There's a bonus point if you can explain why they even bothered.

trying to make a bristol lookie likie?

[JimH]

Looks like someone is asking for a chinese burn.

[lusovx]

JimH, on Nov 14 2005, 16:04 , said:

I'll give you a clue. We've already had the manufacturer on this thread.

VW Orix microcar?

[Pomeroy]

I think JimH's pointless car is a Panther Rio which is a Dolomite Sprint in drag. Why did they bother? 'Cos the late Robert Jankel always made money almost whatever he did - a real fall in the dungheap and come up smelling of roses bleeder! The toy car is an Allardette, isn't it?

[TurboTomato]

jules_s, on Nov 14 2005, 16:37 , said:

JimH, on Nov 14 2005, 16:32 , said:

There's a bonus point if you can explain why they even bothered.

trying to make a bristol lookie likie?

lmao

[JimH]

Pomeroy, on Nov 14 2005, 16:43 , said:

The toy car is an Allardette, isn't it?

Close. It's an Allard Clipper.

There literature showed the car out of all proportion to the occupants. It gave the impression that the car was the same size as an XK120. I don't think many were built before they called it a day.

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[JimH]

Pomeroy, on Nov 14 2005, 16:43 , said:

I think JimH's pointless car is a Panther Rio which is a Dolomite Sprint in drag. Why did they bother? 'Cos the late Robert Jankel always made money almost whatever he did - a real fall in the dungheap and come up smelling of roses bleeder!

Correct. I think there were 72 of these ali bodied creations built. He can't have made much money on that, surely?

[TurboTomato]

Another quite easy one but close to my heart as it's the first car I remember my parents having

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[lusovx]

What a sad bunch of anoraks and this?

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[JimH]

Talbot/Chrysler Alpine (in the UK). It was the Simca 130 something in France.

[TurboTomato]

Looks like another De Tomaso..... dunno which one though

[Pomeroy]

I parked one of those TurboTomatofirstcars at Gatwick airport once and checked it would start before I paid the parking ... it stood to be cheap 1 way transport even if I took the coach home

[lusovx]

TurboTomato, on Nov 14 2005, 16:51 , said:

Looks like another De Tomaso..... dunno which one though

nope, not a De Tomaso...

[TurboTomato]

JimH, on Nov 14 2005, 16:51 , said:

Talbot/Chrysler Alpine (in the UK). It was the Simca 130 something in France.

£1 WHSmith voucher on its way to you Jim!

My parents had a thing about choosing slightly strange/rare cars. Dad had an MGC and there aren't many of them left now. He crashed it twice - once his fault, once not his fault. They bought a Polo Formel E thing that you turned itself off in traffic jams or something

[JimH]

It has the look of something that Pegasso might produce.