Mystery Car!


This is a special edition of Mystery Car. Why is it a special edition you ask? Because its the first Mystery Car posting for me, but I can’t take all the credit. We received this very delicious posting from long time Hoon FacelVega (Thanks Man!) and I have to confess, I knew nothing about this car.
Every time we run this feature, our faithful fans seem to guess the vehicle within an hour after the post has gone live. Well, let’s see if you can guess this very obscure car without a hint (not even a little one). You know the drill- make, model, engine. Go forth and make me proud.

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  1. scroggzilla Avatar
    scroggzilla

    Mini Marcos

    1. Jim Brennan Avatar
      Jim Brennan

      and that would be wrong…..

      1. scroggzilla Avatar
        scroggzilla

        Humber Super Snipe?

        1. sidecar57 Avatar
          sidecar57

          Honda NSX.

  2. dwegmull Avatar
    dwegmull

    Could it be a Panhard cd?

    1. Jim Brennan Avatar
      Jim Brennan

      Short Answer? No.

  3. skitter Avatar
    skitter

    My gut instinct was an early Isdera, which would be the Erator.
    And I'll save you the trouble: that would be wrong.

  4. Jim-bob Avatar
    Jim-bob

    It almost looks like a modified Porsche 911 but I don't think that it is.

  5. muthalovin Avatar

    Wow, I am shocked! A whole 30 or so minutes and nothing!
    Well, I will wait to post pictures of a certain vehicle that looks nothing like this.
    Edit: I will just bide my time until the next mystery car… I am pleased I get a call-out in the tags. Thanks Hooniverse!

  6. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    I'm guessing Ginetta of some sort. Maybe one of the other British cottage manufacturers.

  7. Jo Schmo Avatar
    Jo Schmo

    tick tock people!

  8. Bret Avatar

    That windshield screams Sabra to me, but I can't find any evidence of a Sabra with that character blister just aft of the flared wheel well.

    1. skitter Avatar
      skitter

      That's the same reason I ruled out a Ligier JS2.

  9. Jo Schmo Avatar
    Jo Schmo

    This car is so obscure there isn't even a wikipedia entry. If it isn't on the innerwebz it can't possibly exsist!

    1. P161911 Avatar
      P161911

      Is it a kit car?

      1. Jim Brennan Avatar
        Jim Brennan

        No it is not a kit car…

    2. Jim Brennan Avatar
      Jim Brennan

      Ummmm, no hints, OK?

  10. OA5599 Avatar
    OA5599

    [youtube I7gmTrPBlHg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7gmTrPBlHg youtube]

  11. Black Steelies Avatar

    I wanted to say Matra of some sort but after some fervent yet fruitless googling, I'm ready to abandon that idea.

    1. Alex Kierstein Avatar
      Alex Kierstein

      I had the SAME idea. I was hoping I could find a 530 variant with GT40-esque headlights. No dice.

  12. Alff Avatar
    Alff

    Etceterini IDK

  13. Jimmy7 Avatar
    Jimmy7

    Sunbeam Harrington?

  14. Pug_Notsougly Avatar
    Pug_Notsougly

    Suggested by a 'hoon' calling themselves Facel Vega? This is definitely something French.

    1. P161911 Avatar
      P161911

      Looks very close to an Alpine A110, but off just a bit.

      1. dwegmull Avatar
        dwegmull

        THat was my first thought as well, but the area around the front of the door is wrong. The combination of the door going well ahead of the base of the windshield with that small horizontal bulge is very distinctive.
        Another close but not quite right is the Toyota Sport 800…

    2. skitter Avatar
      skitter

      I've gone through the Le Mans entry lists from 1964-1978 and turned up nothing.

    3. facelvega Avatar
      facelvega

      I'm just half French. From New York.

  15. Feds_II Avatar
    Feds_II

    Not an ASA 1000 either…
    <img src="http://budd.bundy.free.fr/les%20vraies/les%20autres/ASA/asa1000GTrouge.jpg&quot; width=500>

  16. joshuman Avatar
    joshuman

    Just to narrow things down a tiny bit, the wheel cap says GT on it.

    1. Syrax Avatar
      Syrax

      Yeah, but grand it isn't.

  17. muthalovin Avatar

    This is amazing! Could the Hooniverse be truly stumped?
    Here is a blurry NSX for inspiration:
    <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/191/515602744_d5ba438192.jpg"&gt;

  18. Target29 Avatar
    Target29

    Simca Abarth GT???

  19. Van Sarockin Avatar
    Van Sarockin

    If that blister behind the wheel is fairing over a surface mounted hinge, I'd really like this to be an Alpine. But the pixelsnout doesn't seem to fit that…

    1. Alff Avatar
      Alff

      Is it possible that's just a shadow, or a tricky bit of 'shopping? That feature, along with the very slim bit of fender between the back of the wheel and the door, are the distinctive characteristics that I cannot match to anything. Kudos to UD and FV for presenting a real stumper.

  20. scroggzilla Avatar
    scroggzilla

    It's not a Malzoni GT or a Simca 1200S

    1. Beer_Rover Avatar
      Beer_Rover

      I don't know… Alpine M63?

  21. raphaelinberlin Avatar
    raphaelinberlin

    went through all the marcos cars on http://www.marcoscars.net/models.htm#TS500 and found nothing. MAN does it have a marcos vibe, though.

    1. raphaelinberlin Avatar
      raphaelinberlin

      still no clue, but I did find this tasty number I'd never seen before: http://www.supercars.net/cars/3082.html
      <img src="http://www.supercars.net/carpics/3082/1968_NeriBonacini_StudioGTDueLitri1.jpg&quot; width="500">

  22. Alff Avatar
    Alff

    Judging from the shape of the headlight doors and the diminutive size, I'm going with a Ford GT20.

    1. scroggzilla Avatar
      scroggzilla

      I've never heard of the GT20.

      1. Alff Avatar
        Alff

        It's about half the size of a GT40

        1. BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ Avatar
          BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ

          Hahahaha.., Mr. Funny Guy

  23. mr. mzs zsm msz esq Avatar
    mr. mzs zsm msz esq

    I think some people MUST be getting tantalizingly close. I thought I had failed in my google-fu, but then I found this, and even though I can't name the car in the picture, I now feel I am a winner leaving for home.
    <img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4479468493_3f2ccbc71e_o.jpg&quot; width="485" height="308" alt="Carro Design" />

    1. BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ Avatar
      BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ

      That's a Ford Pampa or Del Rey front with Kombi end
      <img src="http://www.vrcarros.com.br/imagens/carros/gr/ford-pampa-1994-carro-12973694286770.jpg"&gt;

  24. Jim Brennan Avatar
    Jim Brennan

    OK, I see that it's time for clue number one – It is French…… Good Luck!

  25. Lotte Avatar
    Lotte

    Why, that's a Jidé sports car, I believe!
    <img src="http://www.allsportauto.com/photoautre/2007_gpao/saloon_cars/2007_gpao_saloon_car_68_m.jpg&quot; width="500">
    So, so close with the Alpines and Matras; apparently this is of the same breed (and it's fiberglass, too!). Stumbled upon this great archive of it: http://debrito.chez.com/EvenementsJide.html through here: http://www.ritzsite.nl/Archive/0611.htm while working the wiki list of "French Car Manufacturers" from the top. Both great reads!

    1. Alff Avatar
      Alff

      Good job! Never heard of this.

      1. Lotte Avatar
        Lotte

        Me neither.

    2. raphaelinberlin Avatar
      raphaelinberlin

      I knew I'd seen those lights before! here's a Jide Maxi on the well-travelled arthomobiles.fr: http://arthomobiles.fr/Echevannes09/coursecote09….
      <img src="http://arthomobiles.fr/Echevannes09/Big/VEchevannes050709%20364.JPG&quot; width="500">

    3. scroggzilla Avatar
      scroggzilla

      I've seen a photo of this, but didn't know what it was. Thanks.

    4. facelvega Avatar
      facelvega

      Beautifully done, and yes. Fittingly, when you got this I was teaching a bunch of design graduate students about French critical theory. I wish I could take credit for this, but the suggestion actually came from my (non-commenter) brother, a man who I am sure quietly snickers when it takes us more than ten minutes to figure out what a random mystery car is, when meanwhile he has already determined that the car in question must be a '68 and not a '67 because the photo shows that it has the late 9mm screw heads.

    5. BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ Avatar
      BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ

      Good job, never heard of this ugly duck.