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1962 Volkswagen 1500 [Typ 31] 
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◊ 2008-06-19 23:52 |
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◊ 2008-06-20 02:36 |
Fiat 1300? 1500? |
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◊ 2008-06-20 03:28 |
I think it rather looks like an Alfa Romeo Guiletta. |
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◊ 2008-06-20 23:21 |
Or a Hillman Minx / Singer Gazelle? |
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◊ 2008-06-20 23:34 |
I'd vote for a british car too |
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◊ 2008-06-21 01:24 |
Blurry, but my guess is VW 1500. |
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◊ 2008-06-21 19:45 |
I was thinking of DKW F102 ... |
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◊ 2008-06-22 09:26 |
I don't think we will ever resolve this one but I would tend to agree with VW sedan. |
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◊ 2008-06-28 13:02 |
not a VW, the 1500 was, in sedan guise, by definition 2 door, this looks like a four door to me. The DKW would be too angular for this. The Gazelle/Minx (interesting to name one variation after a feline and the other after a typical prey for many felines) would work, as long as it is the pre 63 models (which would make sense in a movie from 63). Mike, were the chrome brows over theheadlights exclusive to the Singer, or available on the Hillman as well? if not, the Singer would be the one to go with as this car seems to have brows. |
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◊ 2008-06-28 13:52 |
Singer would be my guess as well. But I didn't find the right side deco yet... |
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◊ 2008-06-28 15:24 |
The 55-57 Gazelle (Gazelle {Mk/Series/Phase - don't know which if any of these Singer used} I) had a simple chrome strip along the length of the car. the rear bumper appears (possibly due to the movement) to run too far forward along the sides towards the wheelarch. still, if it is a Gazelle, she's most likely a Gazelle I '55-'57 |
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◊ 2008-06-28 15:37 |
When I saw it I thought VW1500 "notchback" as well. I still think it is. Hillman first introduced a car called "Minx" in 1932 and kept one in their range for 30 odd years. When Rootes bought Singer in 1955 they only built one very old fashioned saloon model called the Hunter, so Rootes rapidly cobbled together a car (Minx body, Hunter engine and transmission) which needed a name. So if you are naming a car which is a hybrid of a cat and a horse, why not call it after a sort of deer? -- Last edit: 2008-06-28 15:38:41 |
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◊ 2008-06-28 15:57 |
Volkswagen 1500 [Typ 31] gets my vote. Despite it looking like a four-door, the B pillar was unusually central for a two door sedan on the VW. The rear-side glass was quite long. The front turn signal lights and rear reflector (chromed?) housings look to be visible. The rear screen size (height into the roof) and shape (curvature) are also the same. The sides have the general appearance also of the VW 1500 compared with this.... /vehicle_128269-Volkswagen-1500-Typ-31-1962.html -- Last edit: 2008-06-28 15:59:15 |
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◊ 2008-06-28 16:08 |
Guess there's only one thing for it.. I'm gonna have to find a video rental place that caries the film and watch it. maybe a bigger screen and better resolution will allow us to work out for sure what it is... |
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◊ 2008-08-09 11:02 |
Hillman? |
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◊ 2016-10-31 16:45 |
I've feeling it's UK Ford E100-series more likely.  |
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◊ 2016-10-31 17:54 |
I can't decide. My first reaction was VW 1500, but it looks 2-tone which suggests something UK - if a Minx or Gazelle, only S1/2 Minx or S1 Gazelle would match the split, and the B-pillars look Rootes-jewellish. Ford 100E 4door (so Prefect) could fit, and the more I stare at it, the more the front portion begins to look Triumph Herald, although not much else does. So I'm not casting a vote. |
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