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Sun May 18, 2025 2:11 am

for a fairground/themepark ride car it has a lot of style, the designer had a good eye. I was thinking it had a hint of type 34 at the front...

Sun May 18, 2025 7:00 am

Or NSU.

Sun May 18, 2025 11:59 pm

NJ John wrote: Or NSU.

or hillman Imp, or FIAT 1500... all cars more or less "copied" from the corvair, though.

Tue May 20, 2025 4:07 pm

BMW or something different?

Tue May 20, 2025 5:22 pm

Alpha.

Tue May 20, 2025 8:09 pm

busdaddy wrote: Alpha.

Thanks BD. It was among a group of BMWs and I didn't have a chance to go over and take a closer look.

Wed May 21, 2025 12:10 am

The body is a late model Alfa Romeo 105/115 series, but that surely doesn't look like an Alfa engine. BMW or some other swap?

Wed May 21, 2025 4:25 am

GArBa wrote: NJ John wrote: Or NSU.

or hillman Imp, or FIAT 1500... all cars more or less "copied" from the corvair, though.
Other way around! In fact if I recall correctly one of GM's sales pitches was that the Corvair had "European styling"!

Wed May 21, 2025 9:49 am

GArBa wrote: The body is a late model Alfa Romeo 105/115 series, but that surely doesn't look like an Alfa engine. BMW or some other swap?

That 5.0 badge is almost certainly Ford. I count 4 plug wires leading to the right side, so it's probably a V8. BMW only has one engine that's a V8 and has 5 liter displacement (4.9 technically), the S62. The head covers (just barely visible behind the plug wires) look like the S62's. So either that or a Ford 5.0, but if it was with other BMWs i would guess its BMW powered.

Edit:

I'm leaning towards Ford since I found this other 5.0 Ford conversion online at this site.

http://www.rickwrench.com/index79master.htm?http://www.rickwrench.com/gtv5000.html

Wed May 21, 2025 11:50 am

but those photos of the alfa with a ford lump are from quite a few years back, so maybe they've changed to a bmw engine.

Thu May 22, 2025 6:59 am

oprn wrote: GArBa wrote: NJ John wrote: Or NSU.

or hillman Imp, or FIAT 1500... all cars more or less "copied" from the corvair, though.
Other way around! In fact if I recall correctly one of GM's sales pitches was that the Corvair had "European styling"!

All the cars I mentioned came out after the Corvair, at a time when most euro car companies still looked to the US when styling new models.
In the case of the Prinz 4 and Fiat 1500 (both launched in 1961) the Corvair inspiration has been openly acknowledged by their respective designers Claus Luthe and Felice Mario Boano. I don't have a direct reference about the Imp, it may be even a derivative of the Prinz 4, but the styling cues are pretty obvious and it came out in 1963 after a significant redesign from its "bubble car" prototypes.

Fri May 23, 2025 6:34 pm

BarryL wrote: What kind of vehicle are the two farthest on the right?

Blue Baron wrote:

Fri May 23, 2025 11:53 pm

Ford Taunus Transit and Fiat 1100T.

Tue May 27, 2025 8:44 am

Randolph_Carter wrote: Ford Taunus Transit and Fiat 1100T.

never seen a Fiat 1100T, i thought it was a Hanomag Henschel, but i think you are right.

Tue May 27, 2025 12:36 pm

Here's one for ya...
Guess what.

Tue May 27, 2025 12:55 pm

Looks like a Jensen humped a Volvo.

Tue May 27, 2025 1:38 pm

Mazda?

Wed May 28, 2025 6:55 am

busdaddy wrote: Mazda?

Yes, early 1970s wagon.

Wed May 28, 2025 12:17 pm

Yep, 1971 Mazda. It was my cousins, came with a rotary engine but had been converted to inline four JDM engine. Had some running issues but was a cool little car, people were always asking what it was.

Wed May 28, 2025 2:51 pm

cdennisg wrote: Looks like a Jensen humped a Volvo.

:D :D :D