Harry P. Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Remember-don't post answers or hints here. PM me with specific year, make and model! The answer: 1965 Apollo 5000 GY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Looks like a Palmer kit of a Ferrari 275 GTB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemodeler Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Looks like a Palmer kit of a Ferrari 275 GTB. I do believe Harry said no hints or answers posted here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete J. Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 But Harry wouldn't stoop to posting a kit car would you Harry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest G Holding Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Looks like a Palmer kit of a Ferrari 275 GTB. This doesn't count Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 It's not a kit car, it's a real car that was in production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimaxion Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I dunno ...again ... Thanx .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorvairJim Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 I think I knw the design firm/body manufacturer that did this beauty, and I have a pretty good idea whose name is on the badge, but darned if I can find any reference to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 This one was hard... only 7 of you came up with the right answer. The car is a 1965 Apollo 5000 GT. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_(1962_automobile) Who got it right: trogfor ChrisR G Holding Kenny Badluck 13 wisdonm Lunajammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badluck 13 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 AKA Thorndyke Special..........for us Herbie fans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorvairJim Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I remember the "Thorndyke Special" well. The car was bright yellow with a broad black stripe in the film.first appeared in Peter Thorndyke's showroom, and Thorndyke himself later used the car in the epic race. It I looked at the Wikipedia article and found that I was at least partially right in my assumptin that it was styled by Bertone, in that ex-Bertone stylist Franco Scaglione did the final styling revisions ont he car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdonm Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 (edited) The body of the Apollo was actually styled by Ron Plescia, a childhood friend of Brown's and graduate of the prestigious Art Center Scholl of Design in Los Angeles.The design by Plescia was influenced greatly by the recently introduced Jaguar E-Type and several Ferrari models. Scaglione made a few minor improvements, which included adding rear quarter windows and enlarging the rear window. Milt Brown conceived the project and designed the square-tube, ladder-type frame. Most of the major mechanicals were sourced from the new 1961 Buick Special. The funding for this project was provided by Newton Davis, another one of Browns friends. The finished and painted bodies were mounted on the chassis, both made by Intermeccanica of Turin, Italy, as well as having the interior trimmed before they were shipped to California. In California Davis's International Motor Cars Cars, Inc fitted the powertrain, suspension and other components. These guys were barely out of college and didn't know they weren't supposed build a stunning, high performance sports car. It's a Milestone Car. The reviews and road tests were favorable. The performance was similar to the Jag and Ferrari. There was nothing wrong with the car, it could be produced, as is often the case, money problems killed it. PS. My avatar is the "dancing Bull" of Intermeccanica. Edited September 7, 2012 by wisdonm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Whoever designed it, it's a total rip-off with a rear half that doesn't go with the front at all. Amazing that such a piece of junk could have had such great designers behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 If the design of that car was heavily influenced by the Jaguar E-Type, I'd say that the E looks about ten times better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Umm... I had absolutely no idea on this one... I was just looking Ferraris and Maseratis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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