The Car Challenge

[dtaai-maai]

Pretty but very small. Looks like a continental Morris Minor sports with a nose job!

[Frank Hovis]

I'll go for Lancia, based on the shape of the grille.

[Big Boy]

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[STEVE G]

Surely!:

[Nereus]

Yes Steve, but what is it?

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[Dannie Boy]

I cheated of course, but looks like this:

The Vignale Gamine is a small rear-engined car produced by Carozzeria Vignale from 1967 to 1971, based on the Fiat 500, also known as Nuova 500. Unlike the 500, however, the Gamine had an open-top Roadster structure and only two seats. Styling was by Alfredo Vignale. The Gamine is sometimes related in design to the Fiat 508 Balila. A hard-top was offered at an extra cost, and is considered these days to be quite rare.
It was powered by a 2-cylinder, air-cooled engine of 499.5 cc from the Fiat 500 sport, the sporty version of the 500, and an engine later to be offered on the 500F. There was only one engine version producing 21.5 PS (15.8 kW; 21.2 bhp). A top speed of 97 km/h (60 mph) was claimed according to official data.
The Gamine was Alfredo Vignale's baby project, but while design was fairly cute, the performance was lackluster even for the times. A high price, mediocre handling and versatility, meant that the Gamine never sold very well. In fact, the slow sales drove Carrozzeria Vignale out of business, forcing Alfredo Vignale to sell his production line to De Tomaso, which manufactured there the Pantera sports car.

[pharvey]

What is it - how is it being built? No "Googling".....

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[STEVE G]

Is it the plug to make a fibreglass mould?

[zeitgeist]

I'm going to guess with it being a DB5

[STEVE G]

I now know exactly what it is after reading the the Telegraph!

[pharvey]

I'm going to guess with it being a DB5

Very close......

I now know exactly what it is after reading the the Telegraph!

Actually saw it in the "Independent", but it was in the "back pages", so hoped it wouldn't have been noticed!!

Anyway, quite incredible.....

For others - it's how the skin/bodywork mould is being done.......

[Dannie Boy]

The grille is from a more modern Aston, either a DB7 or 9 or one of the named models like Volante or Vanquish?

[Siani]

I fell in love yesterday...again! I passed my local garage and sitting on the forecourt was this car. I have taken some pics of it. Do you know what it is? It did not have a price on it...probably expensive! [attachment=0]phpNIwJdNAM.jpg[/attachment]

[Frank Hovis]

Do you have a bigger picture?
I'm pretty sure it's not a TVR but I'll say TVR just in case.

[Siani]

Do you have a bigger picture?
I'm pretty sure it's not a TVR but I'll say TVR just in case.

I resized it to 200 pixels, not sure what it should be...will try again, its not a TVR.