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Keep it stiff said:
Couldn't guess at the story, but if you could train and elevate the turret I'd be interested gforceg said:
Apparently they produced this too, which is a little more successful in my eyes.
Saw something very similar to this on "Chasing classic cars" ,the Wayne Carini show but the onehe saw at a show in USA had no roof/canopy.
As for the car in the OP ,should go in a museum ,the Louwman in The Netherlands has some oddities
like the weird Swan car.
Iva Barchetta said:
gforceg said:
Apparently they produced this too, which is a little more successful in my eyes.
Saw something very similar to this on "Chasing classic cars" ,the Wayne Carini show but the onehe saw at a show in USA had no roof/canopy.
As for the car in the OP ,should go in a museum ,the Louwman in The Netherlands has some oddities
like the weird Swan car.
Keep it stiff said:
I've an idea it was in a kids programme sometime in the early/mid 1960s, possibly made at AP Films in Slough. No idea if it was built for that, or just used. GOG440 said:
Iva Barchetta said:
gforceg said:
Apparently they produced this too, which is a little more successful in my eyes.
Saw something very similar to this on "Chasing classic cars" ,the Wayne Carini show but the onehe saw at a show in USA had no roof/canopy.
As for the car in the OP ,should go in a museum ,the Louwman in The Netherlands has some oddities
like the weird Swan car.
PositronicRay said:
GOG440 said:
Did this every "work" as a boat? Who made it?This ‘boat on wheels’ is definitely not seaworthy. The Turin bodywork manufacturer Coriasco built this striking Fiat 1100-based vehicle in the 1950s to make publicity for a sailing school in Bologna, the Scuola Nautica Scarani. Coriasco applied all sorts of nautical details to the car, such as portholes, lifebouys and a varnished wooden deck; the mudguards represent the water and waves. As early as the 1920s Coriasco was building coachwork for Fiat, Ceirano and Itala. The firm then concentrated predominantly on light lorries and delivery vans. In the 1970s they reverted to passenger cars, among which a station-wagon version of the Fiat 127.
(I always take a photo of vehicle information when photographing vehicles in museums)
Riley Blue said:
PositronicRay said:
GOG440 said:
Did this every "work" as a boat? Who made it?This ‘boat on wheels’ is definitely not seaworthy. The Turin bodywork manufacturer Coriasco built this striking Fiat 1100-based vehicle in the 1950s to make publicity for a sailing school in Bologna, the Scuola Nautica Scarani. Coriasco applied all sorts of nautical details to the car, such as portholes, lifebouys and a varnished wooden deck; the mudguards represent the water and waves. As early as the 1920s Coriasco was building coachwork for Fiat, Ceirano and Itala. The firm then concentrated predominantly on light lorries and delivery vans. In the 1970s they reverted to passenger cars, among which a station-wagon version of the Fiat 127.
(I always take a photo of vehicle information when photographing vehicles in museums)
Iva Barchetta said:
Saw something very similar to this on "Chasing classic cars" ,the Wayne Carini show but the one
he saw at a show in USA had no roof/canopy.
As for the car in the OP ,should go in a museum ,the Louwman in The Netherlands has some oddities
like the weird Swan car.
The ones on CCC were Fiat 600 Jollies, with a garden parasol for a roof, like this:he saw at a show in USA had no roof/canopy.
As for the car in the OP ,should go in a museum ,the Louwman in The Netherlands has some oddities
like the weird Swan car.
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