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rcooled 10-10-2021 03:32 PM

Anyone recognize this car?
 
Saw it in a TV commercial today. The upper windshield frame looks like it could be the front edge of a removable hardtop.

Tried Google image search...no hits.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1633904959.jpg

Sooner or later 10-10-2021 03:38 PM

1957-59 Borgward Isabella.

https://www.jeffreysward.com/editorials/entresto.htm

pwd72s 10-10-2021 03:42 PM

Boy, that didn't take long...

Sooner or later 10-10-2021 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwd72s (Post 11481372)
Boy, that didn't take long...

I saw the commercial several months ago and looked it up.

stevej37 10-10-2021 03:47 PM

Same guy driving both cars! :D

rcooled 10-10-2021 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sooner or later (Post 11481370)
1957-59 Borgward Isabella.

Wow, that was fast! Thanks...

speeder 10-10-2021 04:01 PM

Air-cooled boxer engine too, if not mistaken.

dafischer 10-10-2021 06:38 PM

Nope, water cooled vertical iron lump 4 cyl.

rockfan4 10-10-2021 07:07 PM

Given all the other imagery in that commercial, my vote is from Blackbird, or something similar. The heart shaped interchange, for example.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lJhn1OPO3Ig" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Steve Carlton 10-11-2021 12:22 PM

We had a white Borgward Isabella wagon when I was in grade school. Seemed okay, but it blew a head gasket on a vacation.

Zeke 10-11-2021 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rockfan4 (Post 11481517)
Given all the other imagery in that commercial, my vote is from Blackbird, or something similar. The heart shaped interchange, for example.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lJhn1OPO3Ig" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I love that car! I did LOL when he said, "Prius? I think I'll walk."

Golden.

Otter74 10-13-2021 08:52 AM

It's an Isabella 2-door sedan with the top cut off. There was an Isabella convertible, but it was based on the coupe, which had a different, and prettier, body.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcooled (Post 11481367)
Saw it in a TV commercial today. The upper windshield frame looks like it could be the front edge of a removable hardtop.

Tried Google image search...no hits.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1633904959.jpg



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