Time for a new Mystery microco competition.

[Bob Purton]

Whats this?

[Chris Thomas]

Dear Bob

Is this your latest restoration project?

Looks like Fiat 600 side body panels have been used.

A good brain teaser Bob

Chris Thomas

[Bob Purton]

I wish it was Chris, I rather like it!

[Chris Thomas]

Dear Bob

As you well know only 40 were built between 1950 and 1960 so they are quite rare, but being all GRP and with a villiers twin engine they should have survived quite well, especially in their native climate

Chris Thomas

[Big Al]

A Fiat Divisionpla 300B from I'll be seeing yer, the forma brief Italian empirical possession in Africa. I claim my prize of Mike Shepherds only teabag from last years Mannheim and a year's subscription to Leap Year quarterly published tomorrow, the 29th Feb.

[Bob Purton]

Nice try Al. Sorry but Mike Shephards tea bag has been used 12 times already and is too manky to offer as a prize even if you had won! I can offer some left over cheese from last years Retromobile?


Chris clearly knows but is allowing someone else to have the pleasure of winning.

[marcus]

It looks Italian, Spanish or Hungarian. The radiator reminds me of the Spanish Pegaso trucks and David mini-car. I think Villiers engines were sold in Spain. There is a strong resemblance to FIATs 600 and Multipla. I believe SEAT were linked to FIAT and may have exchanged concepts or parts. Beyond that I am as clueless as usual on these quizzes!

[Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker)]

If the ERF truck company had made a version of the Fiat Multipla it would have looked a lot like this

[marcus]

That's the other thing I was thinking of! ERF truck radiator grille, deffo!

[Bob Purton]

Not even the right continent Marcus.

[marcus]

Who's incontinent?! Right then South America, Argentina, Uruguay or Brazil, perhaps a Dinarg Multipla copy?

[Big Al]

It looks Italian, Spanish or Hungarian. The radiator reminds me of the Spanish Pegaso trucks and David mini-car. I think Villiers engines were sold in Spain. There is a strong resemblance to FIATs 600 and Multipla. I believe SEAT were linked to FIAT and may have exchanged concepts or parts. Beyond that I am as clueless as usual on these quizzes!

Now you SEAT now you don't. Hispanio Villiers liquid cooled unit in a Bond. Just put two portholes in the wings to let the head poke through on lock. Its another nutty mod from Carlos Fandango.

[Peelpower]

Not even the right continent Marcus.

Portugal ? 

[Big Al]

Is Portugal a continuant?  Sorry easy target.

[Bob Purton]

According to this period ad its a Joseso by I.A.M.A.  of Argentina.  Looks like Chris was the only one who had the answer.