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Have to say I rather like the convertible Alfa SZ.
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Have to say I rather like the convertible Alfa SV.
Weirdly, it's the RZ not the SZ that i thought it was - haven't seen another one in any of the 'dusty' places we've visited.
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You don't see many Autech Stelvio Zagatos laying round!
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Love that Alfa

Where is this place?
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Blimey - a Samantha! Nearly as gorgeous as the one in Bewitched, IIRC. Being a Vignale, the doors are common to the Interceptor.

Where is that, UF?
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Jurby Transport museum on the Isle of Man.
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I nearly bought a Vignale Samantha in the early '80's for a few hundred quid.

Fiat 125 platform and running gear IIRC; beautiful,looking car with Miura-esque headlights.

Hard to imagine the same brand is responsible for the Fiat 500 XL.
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It was indeed - hard to think it's a relation of the Polski-FIAT.
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My Mitsuoka Viewt owning neighbour (you can see the Viewt in the garage in the second pic) has just taken custody of this. He hasn't bought it and is merely storing it until the seller finds a buyer.

It's a Nissan Pao (pronounced Pay_oh) brought back from Japan by the owner, who is a Scot who works in Japan (as a film director apparently) and who brings cars back with him when he can. If that G plate corresponds to the age of the car, then it's in remarkable nick with not an ounce of visible rust anywhere.




I quite like the function over form interior ...


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