Name The Car

[jinx]

No...but that does put you closer to the eye that tidied up the original design of this to produce the final thing.

[Kodiak]

Looks like a 300s... Possibly a variant done by another firm.

[jinx]

Kodiak - if you mean Maserati, then the answer is......no.

[KenD]

I did think Ferrari was a little too obvious.  There again jinx your devious comment may have been a bluff.  Sadly for me it wasn\'t:).

So after some more head scratching, I was looking at Intermeccanica...and moving on from that, could this be the Apollo GT?

[Brett]

^ How does he do it?

[jinx]

You have it! A fine Intermeccanica co-production with Apollo\'s several, serial, entrepreneurial owners in the US -  but not even Scaglione salvaged that rather uncomfortable rear quarter profile.

Well done Ken, I bet that took some googling on top the lateral thinking! I found it by accident looking for information on racing cars from Bertone a while back. Scaglione did some of the real landmark Alfas - so the Spider guess earlier on was spiritually close - even if it was totally wrong and the car by Pininfarina. :Laugh  

Apollo\'s founders apparently hired Scaglione to improve their original (US) design.  IM made the bodies and shipped them to the US for the mechanicals.  As this was the mid to late sixties you would have thought it would have been easier to buy a Euro crossbreed off the peg.. Bristol, ISO, Monteverdi or even a Facel Vega...there was plenty of choice!  

If things had gone on I was going to muddy the water with a Scottish red herring because Buick supplied the engine and that was started by a Scotsman...albeit in 1903!  :evillaugh

Back to you.  At least it wasn\'t just thee and me that time!

[Brett]

I quite like that.. I take it they are going for about £1200 these days and available in the autotrader bargins section?

[Will66]

Sorry, they\'ve never appeared in my "Best car you can get for £1200" game.

[KenD]

Well done Ken, I bet that took some googling on top the lateral  thinking! I found it by accident looking for information on racing cars  from Bertone a while back

Thanks jinx...yes it definitely took some finding.  I used the Alfa Romeo clue to see what the likes of Pininfarina, Zagato and Bertone were upto.  After getting nowhere, I looked up Italian car manufacturers (little knowing that in fact I was looking for an American company). Anyway I found Intermeccanica; from there is was relatively straightforward:).

Better see what I can find now....

[KenD]

Let\'s see how this one does.  No connection to the last challenge!  Off to hit the hay now so I\'ll say night night!

[re japi]

Yep, Ken is guru That previuos is quite beautifull car...

[Will66]

Lotus Elite

[KenD]

Lotus Elite

Not an Elite Will, but it is a British car.

And you\'re right re japi, the Apollo GT certainly is a nice looking car in either coupe or convertible form.

[jinx]

Elva Courier?

[KenD]

Elva Courier?

That\'s the one jinx. Always thought it made a nice looking sports car.

Good link here for some background:
http://www.elvacourier.com/story/index.html

Back to you jinx....hope the flu isn\'t getting the better of you!