One for Mr Z, Which film

[nopanic - neil]

One of the Sultan’s most recent acquisitions is this amazing and unique £500,000 Rolls Royce, photographed in London. A Silver Spirit Mk IV has been transformed into a 6.75l sports coupé with a sloping 350Z-style rear and scissor doors normally found on a Lamborghini Murcielago.

This particular Spirit of Ectasy and its carriage were designed by DC Design, an Indian firm owned by Dilip Chhabria. Chhabria qualified in Transportation Design from the Art Centre of Design, Pasadena and went on to work in the Design Centre at General Motors. He kicked the job in to launch his own automotive styling company in India and DC Design now offers vehicle and plane styling, show car and prototype building, customised and armoured vehicles building and, oddly, bespoke furniture.

[nopanic - neil]

OK - Found this one - I think it will be hard, but knowing you lot I stand to be corrected

Tell me more -

[Leftie]

OK - Found this one - I think it will be hard, but knowing you lot I stand to be corrected

Tell me more -

Mercedes 'Silver Arrow', not sure of the model number. though.

[Lorry]

Is it one of the Avus streamliners?

[nopanic - neil]

No - to answers so far

So another pic - engine this time,

[Nordic]

Is it a Veritas? one the other hand the engine has a 'British look' about it, but the car is a left hooker.

Bit stumped really.

[nopanic - neil]

not english

a bit of a bit of the car .

[SL]

It is probably an Abarth 1100 Spyder 1955 vintage

Using a tuned FIAT 1089 twin carb engine good for almost a jaw dropping 118mph!

C

[Lorry]

What odd carburettors.  Can't be italian - no fat webers.  Could be injection i.e. German

[SL]

 'fraid not usually the Abarth came with 2 side draft weber's 36D04

[Lorry]

Well its silver, not Green, Red or Blue or a big V8, so for the era, that only leaves Porsche.

What else is odd, is that its a left hooker.  Even the French used to put the driver on the right for better weight distribution (will someone tell Audi!)

Borgward

[SL]

It has to be and Abarth 1100 spyder 207.

Look at these photo's!

http://www.supercars.net/cars/4051.html

[nopanic - neil]

And the answer is -

1955 ABARTH Cisitalia 207/A Boano Spider corsa ex Piero Dusio


Wiki

Piero Dusio (October 13, 1899 – November 7, 1975) was an Italian soccer player, businessman and racing driver.

Dusio was born at Scurzolengo, province of Asti. His active soccer career (three games for Juventus 1921-22)[1] ended in a knee injury, after which he started a textile business (oil cloth), which evolved into sporting goods as well as becoming supplier of military uniforms. He raced in the Mille Miglia (1929-38), was sixth in 1936 Italian Grand Prix, winning Mille Miglia in a Siata 500cc (1937), and formed the Scuderia Torino (1939).[2][3] He commissioned Dante Giacosa of Fiat to develop a racing car (1944), and formed the «Consorzio Industriale Sportiva Italia» (1944). The firm became Cisitalia and involved Carlo Abarth, Rudolf Hruska and Ferry Porsche. Dusio won in the Giovanni Savonuzzi-completed car's premiere race at Coppa Brezzi in Turin (1946).[4]

Piero Dusio continued financing racing car projects, but the expenses in engineering the complex 202MM[5] almost ruined Cisitalia (1947), as well as involved the Juventus corporation (where Dusio was president 1941-1947). Consequently, Dusio moved to Argentina and established Autoar (Automotores Argentinos) S.A.I.C. (March 22, 1949)[6], financially supported by Juan Peron.[7] His son, Carlo Dusio continued to run a refinanced Cisitalia company in Torino (1948-1964).[8]

Dusio tried but failed to qualify for one Formula One World Championship grand prix (Italy 1952) with a Cisitalia D46, but he failed to set a time in practice due to engine problems. He raced in the Buenos Aires Grand Prix in 1954, and also started Cisitalia Argentina Industrial y Comercial SA, planning cars such as the Cisitalia 750 (1960).

He died at Buenos Aires in 1975.

So looks like SL was  correct.

Of to my vaults now to find another

[Nordic]

While Neil checks his Vaults, any idea what this little devil is?

I would think its not too hard as the car is quite well known.

[Nordic]

Nope, not a TVR.