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#212256 - 06/04/2004 09:17 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
trs24
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Registered: 20/03/2002
Posts: 729
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
Ack! I even ran across the Ford Taunus in my searches, but I passed it off as a mispelled Ford Taurus. If only I had clicked on those links. Ah well, I can finally concentrate on work now. That contest was consuming me! Cool Ford, too.

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#212257 - 06/04/2004 09:20 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
boxer
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Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
Thanks for putting me out of my misery, now I'll have to spend just as long finding out about OSI - and it looked so familiar!
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#212258 - 06/04/2004 09:26 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
trs24
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Registered: 20/03/2002
Posts: 729
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
So, where did this contest originate from? Is there a regular "Name that Car" contest that you're referring to here?

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#212259 - 06/04/2004 09:38 Re: Name that car [Re: trs24]
furtive
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Registered: 14/08/2001
Posts: 886
Loc: London, UK
A friend of mine took the photo on a trip to SFO last week and wanted help identifying the car.

Not a regular competition, unless you want to make it one...
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#212260 - 06/04/2004 13:51 Re: Name that car [Re: boxer]
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Registered: 03/12/2002
Posts: 119
Loc: Stratdord-upon-Avon, UK
Same here - it may just have so many similarities that it instantly looks familiar, but I was sure it was fairly well-known. But I can't find much info on OSI that I can translate!! Not sure if it was available in the UK, but I am intrigued by the mention of Ford M-Models (http://www.ford-m-modelle.de) which seem to be a subset of Fords.

I thought I had a fair knowledge of recent classics (or UK at least), so that was really bugging me!! Better luck next time!

I actually have a Ford Taunus parts catalogue up in the roof - wonder if it covers these....

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#212261 - 07/04/2004 01:07 Re: Name that car [Re: Half_Geek]
boxer
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Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
It's not in my "every car sold in Britain 45 - 80 book", but one of the cars on one of those sites has a UK reg. I'm going to bounce it on to "Honest John" at the Daily Telegraph, who has a special section for this sort of thing (We grew up together, half a century ago in Orpington)
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#212262 - 07/04/2004 02:57 Re: Name that car [Re: boxer]
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You know Honest John? I am not worthy! You could post it in the "Back Room" of his site for starters I guess.

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#212263 - 07/04/2004 03:25 Re: Name that car [Re: g_attrill]
boxer
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Loc: Yorkshire UK
I wouldn't say knew so much, as we did have some correspondence a couple of years back identifying that we thought that we knew each other in our youth and could identify long gone people and places.
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#212264 - 07/04/2004 07:52 Re: Name that car [Re: g_attrill]
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Honest John's reply:

OSI was an Italian coachbuilder. The car in the photo is an OSI bodied FIAT 124

So those of us that thought Fiat and Italian were basically along the right lines.
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#212265 - 07/04/2004 08:53 Re: Name that car [Re: boxer]
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Great, thanks. I've passed the info onto the photographer.
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#212266 - 07/04/2004 11:07 Re: Name that car [Re: boxer]
trs24
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Loc: Palo Alto, CA
The car in the photo is an OSI bodied FIAT 124
So, now I'm thoroughly confused. Was it a Ford 20m TS of a Fiat 124? It most certainly looks more like the former. Or am I just misunderstanding you?

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#212267 - 07/04/2004 14:37 Re: Name that car [Re: trs24]
furtive
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I think it's a Ford, not a Fiat, and Honest John is wrong.

He is also wrong when he says this:

Lots of dodgy second-hand Eurons Roadster imports about.

Uncertificated Eunos Roadsters imported by traders after May 1998 could not legally be registered, so any Eunos Roadster might be a 'clone'.
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#212268 - 08/04/2004 03:03 Re: Name that car [Re: furtive]
boxer
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Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
I think it's a Ford, not a Fiat, and Honest John is wrong

If I get 10 mins. I'll look for it, but there was mention of Fiats as well as Fords on one of those German or Dutch sites - but I guess the guy can't know everything, he replied to my email in minutes, so I suppose he must have been fairly certain.

You're on your own with the Eunos: Another marque that I'd never heard of until this thread started!
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#212269 - 08/04/2004 05:27 Re: Name that car [Re: boxer]
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I'm going with the Ford. There is mention of the OSI Cross Country based on the Fiat 124 under the OSI link on this site http://www.carsfromitaly.com/others/index.html, but the similarity escapes me!!

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#212270 - 08/04/2004 10:13 Re: Name that car [Re: boxer]
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You're on your own with the Eunos: Another marque that I'd never heard of until this thread started!

Eunos = Mazda sub-brand, but only in Japan.

Mazda MX5 (Europe) = Eunos Roadster (Japan) = Miata (US)
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