Autoquiz 411 - Finished

[carsntrucks4you]

 

This time I was looking for a car that is based on a 1967/68 Ford Taunus 20m. It was sold either with a 2.0l or 2.3l V6. It was manufactured in Italy by  Officine Stampaggi Industriali S.p.A. ( OSI).The correct is name is OSI 20M TS (German Site). Some sources  say Ford OSI or OSI Ford. It is the best looking Ford that was sold in Europe

 

Edited February 2, 2019 by carsntrucks4you

[Matt Bacon]

...I'm offering a special extra prize (a particularly vintage smidgeon of kudos, highly polished and carefully metered...) for anyone who wants to tell me what it ISN'T, as well as telling Michael what it is. If you track it down, and look into more than just its identity, you'll know what I mean, and I'll look forward to receiving your PM (no extra clues here, as always...)

best,

M.

[carsntrucks4you]

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Edited January 28, 2019 by carsntrucks4you

[carsntrucks4you]

7 hours ago, Matt Bacon said:

...I'm offering a special extra prize (a particularly vintage smidgeon of kudos, highly polished and carefully metered...) for anyone who wants to tell me what it ISN'T, as well as telling Michael what it is. If you track it down, and look into more than just its identity, you'll know what I mean, and I'll look forward to receiving your PM (no extra clues here, as always...)

best,

M.

Thats a good idea. I still got a wrong answer.

[ChrisR]

Absolute clueless on this one......................

[dodgefever]

On 27/01/2019 at 10:24 PM, Matt Bacon said:

 If you track it down, and look into more than just its identity, you'll know what I mean

I know what it is, but I'm still not sure I get your meaning.  There are many things it isn't, but nothing's leaping out at me as the obvious answer to your question.

[Ace-Garageguy]

On 1/27/2019 at 5:24 PM, Matt Bacon said:

...I'm offering a special extra prize (a particularly vintage smidgeon of kudos, highly polished and carefully metered...) for anyone who wants to tell me what it ISN'T, as well as telling Michael what it is. If you track it down, and look into more than just its identity, you'll know what I mean, and I'll look forward to receiving your PM (no extra clues here, as always...)

"Matt Bacon cannot receive messages"

[dodgefever]

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

"Matt Bacon cannot receive messages"

Funny, mine went through.

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 minutes ago, dodgefever said:

Funny, mine went through.

Just tried it again...copied this directly from the page:  Matt Bacon cannot receive messages.

[Matt Bacon]

Try now...

best,

M.

[DPNM]

Being I got last weeks correct, which was easy for me to find, this one again eludes me, as all but one did.

It is a nice looking car, whatever it is. I'd drive it.

[Bucky]

Well....I think I know what it ain't!! HAHA

(I'm pretty good at that! Figuring out what it is gets me!)

Edited January 30, 2019 by Bucky

[carsntrucks4you]

Let me give you a hint:

The car is based on a german car with an body not from Germany

[ChrisR]

Okay, I officially give up.....................................

[89AKurt]

Oh man, I know what the car behind it is!

[Matt Bacon]

...and a small clue from me: there's a very well-known ("cult" in some circles) car from a mainstream manufacturer that was the winning proposal in an internal design competition that this design lost, which is why it ended up being used elsewhere. The winning design is the thing that this isn't...

best,

M.

Edited February 1, 2019 by Matt Bacon

[dodgefever]

Well, I've been through at least a couple of dozen blog and reference pages on this car, and I'll be damned if I can find any mention of the design being put forward for anything else.  :/

[stitchdup]

I tried a few days ago, I know what it isn't and I really thought I was right, lol

[MrObsessive]

I've seen this car before, but dang if I can remember what it is!

[carsntrucks4you]

Let me give you the names of tose who found the correct answer:

dodgefever

dw1603

GeeBee

Ace-Garageguy

Phirewriter

TomZ

Richard Bartrop

 

[matthijsgrit]

well done all! I'll impressed.

Didn't have a clue.

[MrObsessive]

Well, that wasn't quite what I had in mind but that is a BEAUTIFUL car! At first glance I thought it was a Fiat Dino coupe, but of course it wasn't.

[Matt Bacon]

And for those who are wondering, the answer to my additional question “what ISN’T it?” is a Ford Capri. According to Steve Saxty’s new book “The Cars You Always Promised Yourself,” a history of “Ford’s Coupes and High Performance ST, XR and RS cars”, in 1965, Ford started work on a small coupe to emulate the success of the Mustang in the US. Work started in the International Studio at Dearborn. The GBX concept was shipped to the UK, where the British team started developing it further. In Germany, the local Ford design team were working on their own alternative coupe design based around their V6 engine. As the GBX evolved, Ford decided it couldn’t justify having two similar sporty coupes in Europe, so decided to launch the British version as the Capri, with the Cologne V6 as an option eventually. The Ford Germany design was passed to Officine Stampaggi Industriali (OSI) to produce, but even with Ford sales support, the OSI version was too expensive for large scale success...

best,

M.

[stitchdup]

I'd never have guessed it was a capri under that body, I found a near identical looking car that was frua bodies bmw. I wonder if that would have sold as well as the actual capri did?

[Bucky]

I was WAAAAAAAAAAY off!! I was looking at Jensens!