Unusual 'vette

[Matt Bacon]

I'd not seen one of these before browsing through the UltimateCarPage's Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza report, but while we're on the subject of beautiful sporty cars:

It looks like a cross kit with a Ferrari 275GTB might work out... ;-P

best,

M.

Edited May 29, 2018 by Matt Bacon

[Leonidas]

Oooo, that's pretty! 

[Snake45]

From the cowl back it's reminding me of something else...First-gen Mazda RX-7, maybe?

[Classicgas]

Yeah first gen rx7.

[unclescott58]

Very pretty. 

[GerN]

Maserati 3500 gt, customized.This kit, or the Monogram reissue, for a starting point.  Or a Ferrari 250 Berlinetta.  There was also a similar 250 with a straighter rear fender.  Or for a real challenge.

[Oldcarfan27]

5 hours ago, Snake45 said:

From the cowl back it's reminding me of something else...First-gen Mazda RX-7, maybe?

More like a Datsun 240Z kit car.

[89AKurt]

That is a very special Corvette.

You Want A Pretty, High-Dollar Corvette? How About The One Of The Three Handbuilt Scaglietti Corvettes?

[89AKurt]

I saw this custom Corvette at Pebble Beach, last century.
 

 

[unclescott58]

I'm not seeing first generation RX7 in this car at all. 

 

[Snake45]

Maybe I was thinking of TVR, or maybe that old SAAB sports car. Something about it reminds me of SOMETHING.

[Richard Bartrop]

2 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Maybe I was thinking of TVR, or maybe that old SAAB sports car. Something about it reminds me of SOMETHING.

not surprising, since styllists do tend to cover similar territory.  I see a lot of vintage Ferrari in it,  which should probably be expected, since the company who built it, Scaglietti, also did a lot of work for Ferrari.

[Matt Bacon]

I'd say 250SWB meets 275 GTB except for the fact it doesn't have any "hips" and both of those do...

Something of the Lotus Elan Plus 2 in that waistline...

best,

M.

[Classicgas]

10 hours ago, unclescott58 said:

I'm not seeing first generation RX7 in this car at all. 

 

C pillar to rear fender is similar to rear fender to rear window area on the RX7. I see it. Not identical but similar.

[Jon Cole]

[GerN]

Original Sergio Scaglietti designs include:^[3]

• 1953 Ferrari 166 MM (Scaglietti Spyder, Protipo, 0050M)
• 1958 250 Testa Rossa
• 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport
• 1955 Ferrari 500 Mondial Series II
• 1954 Ferrari 250 Monza
• 1956 Ferrari 290 MM
• 1956 Ferrari 860 Monza
• 1958–9 Chevrolet Corvette Scaglietti Coupe

Bodies executed to a third party design:

• 1957 250 California Spider
• 1962 250 GTO
• 1955 Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France
• 1968–74 Ferrari Dino 206 & 246

Thanks to Wikipedia

[unclescott58]

6 hours ago, Classicgas said:

C pillar to rear fender is similar to rear fender to rear window area on the RX7. I see it. Not identical but similar.

I don't see it. 

[Classicgas]

It's there. I owned a first gen RX-7. Know em well. its there. Look where the rear window on the RX-7 meets the rear fender, imagine it is sheet metal instead of glass then look at that same area on the Vette. It's there.

Edited May 31, 2018 by Classicgas

[Oldcarfan27]

Save Ferris.