I must admit that I fell in love with a forlorn Innocenti S that was
abandoned beside a gas station in Alexandria,Virginia when I was in High
School. I was heart broken to see it disappeared. It is the only one that
I have ever seen and the years have fogged the memory (hence the uncertain
answer - kinda like seeing an old girlfriend - they never look quite the
same after all those years) I suspect that this one became a campbell's soup
can or something along that order as the tinworm had taken it's toll
already.
Sid
P.S. What's my prize? A ride in it? ;->
>From: SPL311RDST@aol.com
>Reply-To: SPL311RDST@aol.com
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: mystery car: Sid & Eddie win !
>Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 22:19:22 EDT
>
>Sid Wins !!!!- first correct guess.
>Sid guessed it first, but wasn't terribly sure, and Eddie got it dead-on.
>Eddie, being in the UK, may have been at an advantage over the rest of us
><G>
>
>It's my 1965 Innocenti Spyder. Basically it's a Spridget with an Italian
>re-body job. They made these from ~1961-70, also making a coupe version
>from
>~'67-70. I've been told the total #'s were 17,500, of which only 50 have
>been
>traced living outside of Italy.
>
>Innocenti was also famous for their re-do of the Mini, and up until the
>early
>'90's produced Yugos under their badge! The same company made the Lambretta
>scooter.
>
>Now we're all just a little bit smarter on yet another odd little bit of
>automotive history.
>
>Yes, eventually the car will be up for sale, (unless I get *really
>attached*
>to it<G>). It oughta make an awsome little vintage racer - Spridget parts
>are
>available just about anywhere.
>
>The Honda guesses were pretty good- it's probably the most well-known of
>the
>weird little cars, and any Aston Martin references on the URL, well,,,,
>that
>has to do with my little problem with really needing one some day <G> (
>This
>is the same girl who parked herself in the middle of the A/M display at the
>Vancouver BC ABFM for several hours..."just because") (side note: the new
>A/M
>"Vanquish" - is that headache medicine or toilet cleaner????- not sure I
>can
>cope w/the name)
>
>
>Laurie :-)
>70 SPL311
>69 SRL311 + an INNOCENTI !
>Chandler, AZ
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