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#35492 of 36999 Re: this one should be pretty easy [fintail] by explorerx4

Jan 08, 2013 (7:19 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jan 08, 2013 6:36 pm)
That picture was taken last September and I didn't look at it very closely, but I thought we had a picture of a Springfield Rolls and that is definitely not it!

#35493 of 36999 a tasty morsel by explorerx4

Jan 08, 2013 (7:23 pm)

although odd color choice for the brand
 

#35494 of 36999 Re: this one should be pretty easy [explorerx4] by fintail

Jan 08, 2013 (7:40 pm)

Replying to: explorerx4 (Jan 08, 2013 7:19 pm)
Springfield production ended in 1930, I think. That car is probably 1935-39. But, RRs were often rebodied. It would be cool in a way to have a US built Rolls.

#35495 of 36999 Re: this one should be pretty easy [fintail] by kyfdx HOST

Jan 08, 2013 (8:36 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jan 08, 2013 7:40 pm)
A friend of mine, who is a collector, once had a US made Rolls..

#35496 of 36999 Re: a tasty morsel [explorerx4] by andys120

Jan 08, 2013 (9:24 pm)

Replying to: explorerx4 (Jan 08, 2013 7:23 pm)
That's the car that comes to mind when I hear the word "Ferrari", it's a late 50s/early 60s 250GT Short Wheelbase Berlinetta.
 
Ferraris don't have to be red, Stirling Moss won a race at Goodwood in 1960 driving a dark blue SWB, while listening to the radio.

#35497 of 36999 sure? by stickguy

Jan 08, 2013 (9:28 pm)

#35498 of 36999 Re: sure? [stickguy] by andys120

Jan 08, 2013 (10:25 pm)

Replying to: stickguy (Jan 08, 2013 9:28 pm)
That looks like a prewar BMW 327 or 328 Coupe but it could be a postwar replica made by the Eisenach Motoren Werkes (EMW) which was formed by the Communist regime of East Germany. EMW was later merged into the IFA/Sachsenring consortium which made Wartburgs and Trabants among other things.
 
The EMW emblem looks like a BMW roundel with red in place of the blue and I believe that's what I spy on the nose of the pictured car..

#35499 of 36999 Re: sure? [stickguy] by grahampeters

Jan 09, 2013 (1:02 am)

Replying to: stickguy (Jan 08, 2013 9:28 pm)
G'day
 
EMW T327. Not so much a replica as a former BMW in East Germany taking a different path, off the same pre war design. Eisenach in Thuringia ended up in the Eastern Zone after the war and they just restarted off the pre war designs. The factory continued to use the BMW brand for some years and then change to EMW with the blue being replaced with red on the roundel. In guess that this makes the car about 1952 production.
 
Someone will remember the connection between EMW and Wartburg. I know they both came from Eisenach but cannot recall whether they were from the same factory.
 
Cheers
 
Graham

#35500 of 36999 Re: Ducktail> [qbrozen] by uplanderguy

Jan 09, 2013 (4:08 am)

Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 08, 2013 3:05 pm)
huh. OK. I found more pics and they do all look like that. Really thought '67 would have still had the '65-'66 taillights, and I definitely thought it said shelby on the back.
 
A '67 Mustang (and thus, Shelby) is a very different car than a '65 or '66.

#35501 of 36999 Re: sure? [andys120] by stickguy

Jan 09, 2013 (12:50 pm)

Replying to: andys120 (Jan 08, 2013 10:25 pm)
yes, a 1953 EMW. Like Graham said, it sounds more like a continuation, since they had the factory sitting there, and just kept making cars behind the curtain. With the red instead of blue on the badge.

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