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17-04-2010, 08:16 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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No; not any Ferrari.
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17-04-2010, 08:22 PM
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Part of a rear quarter view of the hardtop version (there is also a convertible of this model):
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17-04-2010, 08:27 PM
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lotus of some type europa?
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17-04-2010, 08:29 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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No; not a lotus.
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17-04-2010, 08:30 PM
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Lotus Eclat?
Edit- Wrong. Simmilar tho.
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17-04-2010, 08:32 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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The founder of the company suffered from Besnier-Boeck disease and died from associated medical complications.
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17-04-2010, 08:35 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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The company was founded in the late 50's and is still in business. The business is now run by a son of the founder.
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17-04-2010, 08:39 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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Founder's first name was "Frank" and son's name is "Henry".
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17-04-2010, 08:41 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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In addition to there own exotic cars they also made some replicas of some famous German cars.
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17-04-2010, 08:47 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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More than 100 of the model shown were built between 1971 and 1974.
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17-04-2010, 08:51 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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The started up in the late 50's making speed equipment to hot up various run of the mill European (mostly French) cars and didn't started seriously making their own cars in significant volume until the mid 60's.
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17-04-2010, 08:53 PM
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Started making cars in one continent but now making them in another.
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17-04-2010, 09:05 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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Front RH corner:
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17-04-2010, 09:10 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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OK the most distinctive giveaway bit of the jigsaw:
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17-04-2010, 09:14 PM
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Most road testers loved the looks but complained about the poor internal finish (glue drips etc) and poor ergonomics.
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17-04-2010, 09:28 PM
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The whole thing:
 
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17-04-2010, 09:40 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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The most frequently published, and hopefully well known, pic of this car:
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17-04-2010, 10:04 PM
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wrong guess just had a look at my answer and that ain't it
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17-04-2010, 10:15 PM
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A Bricklin?
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17-04-2010, 10:49 PM
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No; not a Bricklin.
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17-04-2010, 11:14 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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Further clue: the company's badge looks a bit like a cross between a Lamborghini and a Ferrari badge.
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17-04-2010, 11:25 PM
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The green car pic was used in the magazine ads of the 70's.
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17-04-2010, 11:28 PM
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The company also made a very good SS Jaguar replica.
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17-04-2010, 11:37 PM
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It has the same engine as some Holden Monaros of the same era and it was essentially a decision by GM not to supply any further engines that killed the car. GM then started selling a neo clone of it.
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17-04-2010, 11:43 PM
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FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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I'm off to bed now, but again Wikipedia has a very good entry on the company that will allow you to check if the the clues I have given match your guess if you think you have guessed it before I log on again.
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17-04-2010, 11:43 PM
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I'll never guess this one!
First time ive seen this car i believe.  :
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18-04-2010, 12:12 AM
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Intermeccanica Indra?
Sorry, I've been out for a bit.
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EBII Fairmont 4.0L NA - 206rwkw E85 cocktail === 13.48@102mph Thread here http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11334087 By HEINRICH PERFORMANCE & TUNING E Series Falcon Image Museum on FB https://www.facebook.com/pages/E-Ser...29864000453208 |
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18-04-2010, 12:35 AM
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18-04-2010, 12:54 AM
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I use Magic.
And google. Mostly magic.
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EBII Fairmont 4.0L NA - 206rwkw E85 cocktail === 13.48@102mph Thread here http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11334087 By HEINRICH PERFORMANCE & TUNING E Series Falcon Image Museum on FB https://www.facebook.com/pages/E-Ser...29864000453208 |
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18-04-2010, 04:21 AM
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Yes Intermeccanica Indra. I just had to get up and play nurse to a sick greyhound so while I was searching on what to do about broken dew claws I thought I would check on how you were going with this.
Images were from: http://www.shorey.net/Auto/Italian/I.../htmltree.html http://www.madle.org/dog05g.htm http://iccsw.com/ICF/rare.htm http://cars-and-races-of-past.skynet...ca-apolloindra Wikipedia article is here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermeccanica more interesting bits here: http://www.intermeccanica.com/ http://www.autohistories.com/interme...a_history.html http://www.intermeccanica.org/
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