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Posted: 6/23/2018 6:44:10 PM EDT
Back in the mid/late 1980s, maybe 1987 or so, there was a car for sale in the yard of a house down the street from a friends place.
This was in Raleigh NC just north of Whitaker Mill Rd. between Old Wake Forest Rd. and Glenwood Ave. If, by some odd chance, this was your car or you know whose car it was. I want to say it was an Italian car, produced probably no later than early 70s. It had the look of a Fiat X1/9, similar to the TR7 - very wedge shaped. It was a mid-/rear-engine car and a convertible. It was small. Tiny, even. 13" wheels or smaller. 4 cylinder. The drivers seat was angled. It was not parallel to the center line of the car. Your toes pointed at the center of the hood. I think it was the only example I ever saw - before or since. It was not a Lancia Stratos or Porsche 914. Thoughts? Ideas? Am I crazy? |
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My history teacher has one of those. He bought it new, and keeps it in his barn.
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Fiat x1/9?
Edit...oops you already mentioned that. There was a Lancia mid/rear engine model after the Stratos. Monte Carlo or Delta maybe? |
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Bertone originally designed the x1/9 and took over production in the 80s.
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got a name?
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should would be nice if the OP was here to let us know if we're close.
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Lotus Esprit. https://cdn.silodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Lotus-Esprit-Turbo-1600x1062.jpg View Quote |
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Quoted: I know there were several in NC. I went to college with a guy who owned 3 of them. A white one run over by a snow plow in the dorm parking lot. Another white one run over by a carload of drunks screwing around in the dorm parking lot after a snowfall. He graduated owning a purple one. http://www.swva.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Lotus-Europa-006.jpg View Quote Attached File |
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My sister and I were old school kids who didn’t have tv’s, video games and every other modern day convenience to keep us occupied during road trips. So after the game of slug bugs turned bloody, we would have a competition to see who could get the longest answer out of dear ole dad.
See, Dad was a genius (still is) who knows how everything works. So we’d ask him a question about how something works and check out while he answered. This thread is the OP doing the same thing as we did to my dad. No intention of answering or validating/shooting down any answers. OP should be ashamed! |
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Quoted: I know there were several in NC. I went to college with a guy who owned 3 of them. A white one run over by a snow plow in the dorm parking lot. Another white one run over by a carload of drunks screwing around in the dorm parking lot after a snowfall. He graduated owning a purple one. http://www.swva.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Lotus-Europa-006.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/128929/JPS-585423.JPG |
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Here's a list of 20 wedge-shaped sports cars from the 80s timeline. Is it one of these?
https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/g1832/the-future-was-here-20-of-the-greatest-sports-cars-of-the-70s-and-80s/ |
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Good guess on the Opel.
Weren't those sold at Buick dealers? I still see those from time to time. |
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