Another 1900?
Better --- 'Touring' badge on the bupkus . . . and a bit more put-together-looking, clearly a street car, but . . . biggish. Piccolo pipes look hopeful. Amazing how some of this bright-work got built + fitted. Vintage Michelins on chromy wires . . . . nice
Hard to take some o' these pictures --- sun was just blinding . . . tough to see/frame these shots, half were junk
Last edited by LongRanger; 11-09-2012 at 08:28 AM.
For an even more graphic comparison of size & scale without having to disturb Lars by asking him to pose, a photo of another Moretti ( essentially the same chassis dimensions of the car described by Chuck M., photographed at the Concorso d'Eleganza at Villa d'Este, '12) parked behind a guests current production Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe......no trickery and no photoshop. Astonishing, isn't it !!Originally Posted by Chuck Miller
And yes it's super TINY .... I think I can dig up a pic of our big friend Lars standing beside the Moretti....for scale.....
Before it became Ruprecht, my Porsche was a '70 911 T
Paying member No. 895 since 2006
" slavish adherence to originality wasn't for me, because the car wasn't as good as it could be."
Rob Dickinson's response when asked what motivated him to build Singers
I like this car . . .
Even more? --- I like the idea of this car
No placard/explanation/legal representation at a hand, but . . . . this looks very smart. Looks like someone took an (old?) Alfa-Romeo 6-cyl . . . then built themselves a whole car around it! Maybe dodge (just) a few 'regulatory issues' as they went? I'm not familiar w/ Alfa-Romeo motors, but I don't remember them building anything really memorable inline-6-cylinder-wise, post-War. (Do I care?) No problem, there --- this Little Beastie looks more racy than racer, anyway
Which could be the point?
When I think of how much money/effort/creativity/emotion goes into bringing some old hulk back to life . . . how much of a jump is it to just --- build a whole frickin' car! If anyone asks me 'where do you think The Car Hobby's heading?,' I'd say . . . . looky here
Pedigree-schmedigree. Why spend a ton o' money trying to buy what everybody else is chasing? Just spend a coupla hundred pounds --- on yer very own Kustom Kar
Interesting looking. Some nice lines --- especially along the fender-tops. Nice evocative nose, too. Reminds me (a LOT) of a D-type. Looks are subjective, but . . . . this rig looks totally custom, has no emission-controls (or head-restraints, outside door handles, dash + interior, shoulder belts, cup-holders, SRS, CC, ICE, ESP, or partridges in any pear trees) . . . but does have --- valid CA tags, so, all I can say is . . . 'Houston --- we have lift-off'
Keys, please?
Would love to hear The Story, here
Brill
Last edited by LongRanger; 11-13-2012 at 12:52 PM.
‘Boat-tail’ Duetto
Never got into these. Odd, dachshund-like proportions, mediocre power . . . reputation for mechanical mischief. And rusting like the dickens. People always ask me if I remember ‘The Graduate’
For this? No. I remember Dustin Hoffman . . . Short. Weird. Really poor taste in/choice o’/luck w/ women
For cars? --- I remember Bullit. Mustangs. Chargers. Shotguns. Stevo. And Jaqueline Bisset
Anyway . . . actually drove one o’ these, once. In college, taking this ‘Dance Major’ home in her Papa’s pride + joy. Just a few years old, the car looked tidy enough, but I swear --- every synchro in that ‘box was already toast. Had to double-clutch every miserable/whiny-a$$’ gear --- up-and-down/in-and-out . . . all the way to Her Place. Talk about foreplay. Woulda been fun if the car had any poke (didn’t). . . or if I got anywhere w/ said Dance Major (ditto)
Anyway, nice enough little cars, I suppose. And nothing a more cut-down/laid-back windshield --- and another hundred horsepower . . . couldn't improve
Not sure about that wine bottle . . . ‘Alfahol’?
Last edited by LongRanger; 11-13-2012 at 02:30 PM.
I tried to get my Porsche in . . . but they kicked my payment back
Wrong color, prolly
Not exactly beautiful, more like . . . cute. Like a bunny-wabbit
Used to see one o' these, parked out in front of this old beat-up gas-station, 'round the corner. Sat there --- in the exact same spot . . . for years. Started out kinda copper-colored. Then dirt + dust clouded the windows. Tires went flat. Paint fell off. Then the primer. I could see metal when I walked by
Never rusted, though
'Weird' . . . I thought
Always wanted to buy that thing --- 'Sprint,' it said . . . fix it up, then just putt-putt around in something that small --- gotta be good on gas, right? . . . just as soon as I got a job. And a driver's license
One day --- poof! Nothing but some trash + weeds left where it'd sat
So, every time I see one . . .
Prolly slower than snot, but still . . . all the interesting shapes/contours/folds/pleats. Car'd be murder to straighten-out. Fast-back w/ jet-fighter rear glass --- and little mini-tail-fins? Get down!
Wonder if I'd even fit?
Last edited by LongRanger; 11-13-2012 at 02:31 PM.
The 'other' Siata . . .
208S? . . . and this one has the FIAT 'otto-vu'
Could not dislodge the Codger --- a Bull Basking, I believe . . . so . . .
More 208S?
Mind-blower of a service sticker . . . and no relation to Jack . . .
Bantam . . . from the English part of France . . . & Italy . . .
OK, OK --- finally Ferrari . . .
250 Pininfarina Cab . . . Series Something-or-another --- but who cares? At least it has twelve cylinders. Guys who buy these prolly waited too long to get into a 275 . . . or are still grousing about their last 'belt-service' on that 430 Spider they took a bath in. So? Let's just restore The Living Daylights outta something that's going up in value, doesn't have any nasty 'belts' . . . and doesn't really --- you know? . . . move. The fastest this kinda thing ever goes is prolly between owners --- on a flatbed
Gloves? --- how dashing
What's Italian for Thunderbird?
Nice seats. And the color! --- say . . . have you recently had a belt-service?
Last edited by LongRanger; 11-14-2012 at 03:08 PM.
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