Autoquiz 489

[carsntrucks4you]

I hope this one would be easier than last week. As usual sent PM with Year, Make and Type.

 

 

 

Edited August 24, 2020 by carsntrucks4you

[Pete J.]

?  Easier??  Not so sure.  I just happened to stumble across it when looking at a different website.  Shear dumb luck!

[dw1603]

I haven’t given up completely yet, but I’m getting nowhere with this one.

[carsntrucks4you]

Let me give a hint. This car was mostly used by the government of  the state were it was manufactured. 

[dw1603]

I give up, I can’t spend any more time on this one.

[carsntrucks4you]

Here is the solution . It is a 1967 Itamaraty Executivo (Portuguese Sorry). Itamaraty was build by Willys do Brazil. The Executivo was a extended version of the Itamaraty which was the luxury version of the Aero 2600. It was mainly used by the brazilian goverment. In 1967 Willys do Brazil was sold to Ford do Brazil. The Areo and the Itamaraty were sold in 1968 under  Ford brand

 

The correct answer were sent in by

Richard Bartrop

Junkman

Pete J.

GeeBee

Congratulations

Edited August 29, 2020 by carsntrucks4you

[DonW]

Ugh. I had no idea and less interest. Not my kind of car. What was it powered by?

I suspected the Ford connection because of the clumsy grille and the rectangular secondary lights that jar with the rest of the design.

I did spend a lot of time looking for this gem but to no avail...

Keep 'em coming, Mike!

[dw1603]

Well I ought to have found this one, I looked at Willys, I looked at Brazil and now you have revealed it, I’m even aware of Itamaraty. Total failure on my part. Oh well, roll on 490!

 

[Pete J.]

I have to say, were it not for an incredible coincident I would not have found this one.  Haggerty Insurance has a great online news letter and Willys Aero was one of the topics in their latest edition.  Well one thing lead to another and bingo, there it was.  Not a particularly great amount of skill on my part. 

[dw1603]

3 hours ago, Pete J. said:

I have to say, were it not for an incredible coincident I would not have found this one.  Haggerty Insurance has a great online news letter and Willys Aero was one of the topics in their latest edition.  Well one thing lead to another and bingo, there it was.  Not a particularly great amount of skill on my part. 

I’d rather be lucky than smart.

[carsntrucks4you]

11 hours ago, DonW said:

Ugh. I had no idea and less interest. Not my kind of car. What was it powered by?

I suspected the Ford connection because of the clumsy grille and the rectangular secondary lights that jar with the rest of the design.

I did spend a lot of time looking for this gem but to no avail...

Keep 'em coming, Mike!

It is powered by a 3.0 l 6 cylinder engine. 

[ChrisR]

I were far off, were looking for cars from the eastern bloc...

[Earl Marischal]

38 minutes ago, ChrisR said:

I were far off, were looking for cars from the eastern bloc...

x 2

steve

[Pete J.]

6 hours ago, ChrisR said:

I were far off, were looking for cars from the eastern bloc...

 

5 hours ago, Earl Marischal said:

x 2

steve

Yup, me too.  First stop was Russia followed by China.  Then I wandered off to India.  

[Richard Bartrop]

I started off in Autosoviet checking out the Russian limousines too, then those headlights tweaked a memory.