Another Name That Car - 4th of July Edition
 

Okay, I had never seen one. Name that car:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278276765.jpg

Kaiser Darrin.







Tim

Kaiser

Fiberglass body, low HP six cylinder engine. Very slow. It had doors that slid into the front fenders to open. Not many made.

Tim got it right in under 9 minutes.
Pretty impressive buddy!

Really not all that rare...the U.S. Postal service even did a stamp featuring it a couple of years back...Also featured a 53 Vette, a 53 Starliner, 52 Nash Healey and a 53 Thunderbird Was called "America on the move - 50's sporty cars".

that was an easy one....i've seen a few of these around.

There's one here in Denver. Seen it parked on the street.

:)These are always fun threads. :)

Can ya ID these?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278304246.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278304273.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278304292.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278304316.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278304413.jpg

I'd REALLY like to have the 2nd one to tool 'round town in!

Those are pretty easy as well, but you'll have people looking funny at you when you say "AC Ace".....;)

Pretty sure Superman had one too..

Ummm...it's not an AC Ace. Easy? What have you got the others pegged at? :)

How 'bout this one?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278307480.jpg

Or these:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278308563.jpg


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278308591.jpg
Xtra points if you name the famous piloto (behind the wheel in this pic) of this famous speciale (and the running gear it's based on).

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278308863.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278307480.jpg

That's an Arnolt Bristol.

I was privileged to visit the Arnolt Bristol corral in the Road Atlanta infield one day in the early or mid-70's.

It had two cars in it... one red, one blue. :cool:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278304413.jpg

Fiberfab Jamaican (kit car on VW chassis)

Yup. Cool cars.

Nope (VW monocoque with that long of a WB?! :eek:). Hint: scarfing down on langostini in yer Stang...

Here's another of the same marque (actually more typical of the maker).:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278310122.jpg

This one should be easy:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278310513.jpg

The Jamaican could be put on an MG, Austin Healey, Triumph, or VW chassis.

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One of my all time golden oldy favorites (ain't a Ferrari, ain't a Maserati):

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278311288.jpg


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278311315.jpg

Hey! That one is a Pegaso!!!!!

It is the only sports car ever designed and built in Spain. Less than 100 ever made. I think that one is the Pegaso Thrill.

You're right - that's a Jamaican pictured; the other example I posted is representative of the actual marque I'm referencing>

'Tis indeed! :D

From Wiki:

"Pegaso built about a hundred high-end Z-102 sports cars in the 1950s. The cars in many ways were advanced for the time, as they had all-wheel independent suspension, a five-speed gearbox, and very powerful supercharged engines. They were offered with the choice of Touring, Saoutchik, Serra, or Enasa's own luxury bodies."

A fiberglass kit car company barely qualifies as a "marque," but just for laughs, the Jamaican you are "referencing" wouldn't be the marque anyway... it would be Fiberfab.

You misunderstand me; the chintsy kit car is not what I'm referencing (its image was declared to be other than what it is at the source that I found the image). See my subsequent post for pics of the marque that I am referencing. Do you know what it is?

So what you're saying is that you didn't know what the Jamaican was. Or what chassis it could be put on.

Maybe you don't know what these other marques are, either. It appears your internet research skills are severely lacking, but you're still good for a laugh because you... oh, nevermind. :rolleyes:

facel vega....listed that one on my list of exotics to own.

btw: i'd love to get a Jamaican for a spare TR4 chassis that I have. Drop a 302 in it, and have some fun

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Siata 208S.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278304246.jpg


Osca MT4 Spider.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278304273.jpg


Veritas.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278304316.jpg

Ken Miles' Flying Shingle MG.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278308591.jpg







Tim

Stanguellini formula junior is the open wheel car. The Italian mfg specialized in a lot of specials, some close body, some open wheel. I believe almost all were powered by fiat engines

5 down, 3 to go. :)

Make it 4 to go:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278348731.jpg

the facel vega model is a facel II from about 1962
my dad had a HK500 a 1958 with the hemi
and a facel II with a 413

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278348731.jpg

Bizzarrini P538.






Tim

Wow, look's just like the modern one.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1278353321.jpg

Lancia sports racer posted above (with the mobil pegasus on the side)- they were very competitive in the mid fifties. Is that one of the Carrera Panamericana cars?

Yes, Lancia D24. Don't know if the one pictured was one of them or not.

From http://www.supercars.net/cars/4207.html:

"...historic win at the Carrera Panamericana Mexican road race. After 2100 miles (3,300 kms), Juan Manuel Fangio took overall victory just ahead of two more Lancias which took second and third place. Motivated by their 1-2-3, Scuderia Lancia was set to take on the 1954 season."