The Puzzle Post!

[Spacenut]

Junior has got a cracker there. But i can almost hear Laurens cogs, it wont be long i reckon!

I'm a frayed knot... like you I KNOW I have seen those lights before, but I can't place it. Tried some other avenues, like the Lombardi FL1, Nissan AD1, still no joy. Rainbow is still the closest match in terms of proportion and style, but it isn't the Rainbow.

Those plugs look really weird, but it's got to be mid-engined hasn't it?

This is really bugging me now!

Lauren

[BS25]

OK, my go .

Trident Iceni? Not sure if it is or not, the butresses behind the cockpit seem familiar-ish!

[junior]

Well I am surprised I thought someone would know of it.

So first clue, I took my holiday in France !

[PETROLHEAD]

Are you saying renault?

Peugeot. Citroen?

[PETROLHEAD]

No,

You're not are you,



Now i know why we only got the left handside of the backend, cos you're saying.....


Matra P29?


Yes? Yes? Yes?

[Kegsti66]

OK, my go .

Trident Iceni? Not sure if it is or not, the butresses behind the cockpit seem familiar-ish!

No it is not one of them Bryan, I will be honest I didn't know what a Trident Iceni was.
Good old Google.
This should help.

[junior]

Well done. A very crazy car that worked from some angles but not others.

The museum was a good visit and enhanced as it had a Ferrari exhibition (some other Italian firm I believe) on at the same time.

The only thing to watch out for is of course they close at 12 noon for a long lunch. You have to admire them after all the years I spent hunched over paperwork with a sarnie.

[Spacenut]

Man, that is one ugly car, amazing how the promise of wide wheels and a mid-mounted engine can lead you astray!

http://oldconceptcars.com/wp-content/up ... P29_01.jpg

But I LOVE the interior!

http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/conc ... P29_05.jpg

Well, you got me good there Junior!

Lauren

[PETROLHEAD]

You can see the renault gt2 in that shot cant you?

[Kegsti66]

I thought that, but didn't want to get laughed at.

[PETROLHEAD]

I did like the gt2, have to be honest

[Kegsti66]

Especially in the works colours.

[junior]

Oddly the car looked great from the front and the back in my eyes.

It would just be something to turn up in though whether you liked it or not as it would turn heads like nothing else.

Glad it gave you something to think about.

Had to crop the picture well as through the screen you can see the bonnet of a Bagheera with Matra on it.


This is the one I liked best. Owned by the son of the founder

[Kegsti66]

It has a touch of the Alpine A110 about it.

[Spacenut]

Matra Bonnet Djet?

I saw a nice example at Goodwood a few years back. The C-pillar air intake grilles were formed out of the Matra company logo, which is like the Star Trek Federation symbol on its side - very nice.

SAAB always used to go on about their aircraft heritage, but I think Matra put far more aerospace thinking into their cars, particularly racing models.

Lauren

[junior]

Hi Yes that is what it is, I could not recall what it was called.

I liked the whole fit of the car, the wheels and sparse interior all seemed to go together rather well. Funny when there was a lot of Ferraris there to look around and the one car you fancy just taking a spin down the country lanes is one of the cheapest cars there.

[Veesix75]

Slight deviation, but love or loath the Reno 5 turbo 2, one has just sold at anglia classic auctions for £60k

[PETROLHEAD]

love or loath the Reno 5 turbo 2

Love!

[Sud 145]

[Kegsti66]

I will let Kev answer this one !
Looks nice.

[Sud 145]

It was meant to be a Kev gimme.

[Spacenut]

Build plate says Lancia Aurelia, but seeing as the engine is a V6 I had sort of got that far on my own...

[KevJTD]

certainly looks like a B20GT unless it's an obscure one to catch me out.......i'm not all that good at this game, even on lancia!

the worlds first production V6 no less

beautifully engineered.

i may even know where there is one awaiting me to win the lottery..........

[Kegsti66]

certainly looks like a B20GT unless it's an obscure one to catch me out.......i'm not all that good at this game, even on lancia!

the worlds first production V6 no less

beautifully engineered.

i may even know where there is one awaiting me to win the lottery..........

[Sud 145]

[KevJTD]

thought i'd be caught out, not a B20GT after all...

a B10 berlina?

what a thing of beauty

[Sud 145]

Got to keep you on your toes Kev. As with the Appia this was more expensive than a Rolls back in the day.

[KevJTD]

and far more stylish in my eyes tony.

suicide rear doors, pillarless so one big opening. cool

[junior]

A smashing car, very desirable. Shared a Fulvia for a few years and great fun. Amazing in deep snow, did better than a mates landrover.

This next posting is a bit different, but interesting. But I forgot what it was and wondered if anyone new. On a camp site in the Swiss mountains.

. I bet it was expensive what ever it is.

[PETROLHEAD]

1978 Talbot Concept Dustbin lorry?