Guess This Car!

[Swallow Doretti]

We haven't had a good round of this in a while. This one promises to be a bit more difficult than some of the others. I hope.

[ogmius]

BMW M1

[Son]

Bitter?

[DUTCHMANia]

all i know is that it has Engelman sports mirrors

[Son]

If it's not a Bitter, at least I was damn close!

[Swallow Doretti]

Believe it or not, it's not a Bitter. In fact, not even close.

I told you this one would provide a challenge, didn't I?

[Son]

Here's a really nice Finnish one:

[Robin]

Looks kinda like a Ferrari 365GTC.....

probably not, but whatever

-R

[Jouko Haapanen]

looks like a Bitter CD and a Maserati Ghibli offspring....

[Swallow Doretti]

Not a Bitter, not a Ferrari, and not a Maserati. In fact, it's a brand that I'd never even heard of till I found the picture.

[Jouko Haapanen]

I think it's an Indra....sort of a Bitter, I guess.

Modified by Jouko Haapanen at 12:53 PM 8-11-2003

[Swallow Doretti]

Quote, originally posted by Jouko Haapanen »

I think it's an Indra....

Man! You people are too damn good.

It's an Intermeccanica Indra Fastback. I know NOTHING about the car besides the name. Perhaps someone else can help out?

[trh]

Quote, originally posted by bgluckman »

Man! You people are too damn good.

Nope, it's just Jouko. He's a wealth of worthless trivia.

[Porridgehead]

The Indras were produced from approximately early 1971 to mid-1974 with 127 cars completed. Breakdown was approximately 60 convertibles, 40 coupes and 27 two plus twos.

The engine power on most were either 327, 350 V-8 Chevy engines, or straight 6 Opel engines. There are currently six Indras in the United States, five two plus twos and one convertible. Most of the Indras were sold in Germany through Opel Dealers Network. The car was a partial joint venture between Intermeccanica and Opel.

Indras have DeDion rear suspension and ZF recirculating ball power steering. They all had four wheel vented disc brakes.

-Stolen from the Etceterini pages (carsfromitaly.com)

[Numbersix]

Intermecchanica Indra.

[Son]

Wow. Never heard of it. Oh well, the design is pretty generic 70's GT coupé, so it's not a miracle it looked quite a lot like Bitter.

Jouko, kerro lisää!

edit: OK, I got what I needed.


Modified by Son of a B...5er! at 8:03 PM 8-11-2003

[DUTCHMANia]

Quote, originally posted by Porridgehead »

Most of the Indras were sold in Germany through Opel Dealers Network. The car was a partial joint venture between Intermeccanica and Opel.

so i was in the right direction with my Engelmann mirrors

[PsyberVW]

I'm wondering if Indra wasn't a sort of RUF type of company, that took Bitters and re-worked them, as opposed to building an entire vehilce from the ground up. The biggest clue I see supporting the theory (aside from looks) is that the license plate on that Finnish one says "CDV-8" : As in Bitter CD, V-8 : pointing out that the car is a CD with a V8..

[edit] Nevermind, I was looking at B5er's pics. Duh, they are both Bitters! And no, the Indra doesn't look like it


Modified by PsyberVW at 10:02 AM 8-11-2003

[Son]

LOL, sorry for misleading you. I just got carried away when I remembered the gorgeous Bitter this Finnish tuning firm has (www.sutii.com). They also have some tight Asconas, Mantas, etc. and a Lotus Omega (still, I guess).

[Jouko Haapanen]

From http://www.intermeccanica.org/...a.htm :

The Indras were produced from approximately early 1971 to mid-1974 with 127 cars completed. Breakdown was approximately 60 convertibles, 40 coupes and 27 two plus twos.

The engine power on most were either 327, 350 V-8 Chevy engines, or straight 6 Opel engines. There are currently six Indras in the United States, five two plus twos and one convertible. Most of the Indras were sold in Germany through Opel Dealers Network. The car was a partial joint venture between Intermeccanica and Opel.

Indras have DeDion rear suspension and ZF recirculating ball power steering. They all had four wheel vented disc brakes.

Opel on pop, sit se on lop...