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dobbo2

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14,619 posts

276 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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I wonder what the Alfa Romeo designer was thinking when he penned this one:










plotloss

67,280 posts

298 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Sorry to say it but that Alfa makes the T350 look like a retiring violet.

Oh and the back end is much more Elise MkII than anything else...

Apache

39,731 posts

312 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Nope, looks nothing like it. Does remind me of those little Opels I used to see in Germany, y'know the ones that looked like a baby Corvette?

nubbin

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306 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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T350 is the better shape, IMHO

anonymous-user

82 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Apache said:
Nope, looks nothing like it. Does remind me of those little Opels I used to see in Germany, y'know the ones that looked like a baby Corvette?



That'll be the Opel GT.



dobbo2

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Thursday 11th September 2003
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Apache said:
Nope, looks nothing like it.



Apart from the bulge over the rear wheel, the way the rear end cuts down abrubtly, the vents in front of the wheels, the wheels, the windscreen rake, and the overall profile?

>> Edited by dobbo2 on Thursday 11th September 15:51

Apache

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Thursday 11th September 2003
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anonymous said:
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Thats the fecker! cute looking thing. As for the similarities what about the mid 70's Corvette, I think that car started a lot of styling cues that have become common on a lot of sports cars.



>> Edited by Apache on Thursday 11th September 15:57

Apache

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Thursday 11th September 2003
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dobbo2 said:
I wonder what the Alfa Romeo designer was thinking when he penned this one:





hows about this then? I know it's about thirty years old but....

plotloss

67,280 posts

298 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Whats that Pete?

Looks a bit like a Datson 280Z

Apache

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312 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Opel GT

marki

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298 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Wheel archs are modified IIRC

anonymous-user

82 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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They look as though they have been modified on that one.

plotloss

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298 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Doh! Will read thread next time...

Thats about as bang on a match as there is going to be I reckon.

Apache

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312 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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yeah the whole car has had the 'works' but it shows the similar cues, now if I could superimpose the Alfa wheels onto the opal...........

raceboy

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308 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Also avaliable in BMW M-Coupe style.......

Soft top.....

.........'fancy a race'

apache

39,731 posts

312 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Now that's just nasty!............ in a volvo 480 type of way and the bottom pic looks like the wing took his roof off when he drove underneath

z_chromozone

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277 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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plotloss said:
Whats that Pete?

Looks a bit like a Datson 280Z



Perhaps SAAB Sonnet like too

Z

FourWheelDrift

92,186 posts

312 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Saab Sonnett was more of a straight edged wedge.

Apache

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312 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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erm, you're on yer own with that one chromazone

Psychobert

6,318 posts

284 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Odd..

I prefer the look of the Alfa in the pictures, for some reason I wasn't impressed when I 1st saw pictures of the T350. I think the Alfa's a bit more curvey..

Having said that, having had a good look at a couple of T350s in the flesh they are gorgeous.

Could be that a couple of T350s I 1st saw in pictures had Tuscan style paint jobs which I didn't think worked that well.