Beautiful, lesser known classics?

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montecristo

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178 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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Reading one of the other threads, TIGA84 posted a link to a Gordon Keeble. I'd never heard of them.

And I also don't know much about European classics.

What other beautiful, lesser known classics exist? No Ferraris, BMWs, Porsches, Lamborghinis etc...

P5BNij

15,875 posts

107 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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Monteverdis - another svelt European missile born of a fall out with Enzo Ferrari.


Keep it stiff

1,767 posts

174 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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How about Facel Vega?


P5BNij

15,875 posts

107 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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Monte... High Speed 375L...


P5BNij

15,875 posts

107 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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Or how about the Isdera Imperator...


Keep it stiff

1,767 posts

174 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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P5BNij said:
Or how about the Isdera Imperator...

Beautiful?

Mercky

642 posts

136 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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Keep it stiff said:
How about Facel Vega?

Never heard of em.

Mercky

642 posts

136 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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What about the 'Swiftmobile'? beautiful motor. Very rare.

Edited by Mercky on Thursday 22 December 19:52

oliverb205

705 posts

227 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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The De Tomaso Vallelunga, achingly pretty and quite quick even with a Ford 4 cylinder engine. Shame the chassis was a tad floppy...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Tomaso_Vallelunga

Oliver.





montecristo

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178 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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P5BNij said:
Monteverdis - another svelt European missile born of a fall out with Enzo Ferrari.
I think you mentioned this on the same other thread, it's a great call.

Lugy

830 posts

184 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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I've always thought the Swallow Doretti was a very nice looking little car, there was one inside a barn on a farm my mum kept her horse at which I always loved. It always seems a newer design than mid 50s.

Quite an expensive esample here...

http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/swallow/do...

LuS1fer

41,142 posts

246 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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Iso Griffith


Lamborghini Jarama


Monica GT


Monteverdi Hai

TR4man

5,233 posts

175 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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LuS1fer said:
Iso Griffith
A what??

Grifo man, it's an ISO Grifo!

P5BNij

15,875 posts

107 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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Keep it stiff said:
P5BNij said:
Or how about the Isdera Imperator...

Beautiful?
Hmmm, fair point!

P5BNij

15,875 posts

107 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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montecristo said:
P5BNij said:
Monteverdis - another svelt European missile born of a fall out with Enzo Ferrari.
I think you mentioned this on the same other thread, it's a great call.
Got them on the brain at the moment...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G1mG5lgrcc



Andy Allenton

555 posts

124 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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How about this German sculpture with an American engine?



sim16v

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202 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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Bizzarrini






Bitter




sim16v

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202 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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Beat me to the Bitter!

eldar

21,802 posts

197 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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Gaylord Gladiator



Lesser known, certainly. Beautiful, maybe. Amusingly named, yes.

stuartmmcfc

8,664 posts

193 months

Thursday 22nd December 2016
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I always thought (for onbvious reasons smile ) that Cougar convertibles were good looking things