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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Skylark[/i] [br]I know our JSS group is not really a foreign car crowd, but how about a hybrid? ..... this car was built by an Italian-American Company, headed by an Italian who immigrated his business to America after WW2, and it used a 327 V8 Corvette engine, because he didn't have the money to design/build his own engine. (kinda sounds like the Studebaker Avanti story, in a way) Twice the price of a Corvette, and half the price of a comparable Maserati, it sold only 800 units from 1962-1970. Personally, even if I had the money, I would never buy the 1:1 car, but I can't help admiring some of the Euro companies' designs. [u][b]1962 Iso-Rivolta IR-300[/b][/u] (and in later years, renamed IR-340 with a higher HP Corvette motor) [img]https://img.drivemag.net/media/default/0001/47/Iso-Rivolta-GT-4-4452.jpeg[/img] [img]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMta8sbDKYxXvQqf3MGIsn_Q4LIIHemT2rbC5EyEJqj2dyB2GYfyDA6VnjGrPMYIUnzj2N5-YRNl7-NTcCymmVPL5KP3KSNVIJ9zywyIxf_erhQcBrAd3GTYjWle54wctsUGdOkOh8d80/s1600/Ma%25CC%2581te%25CC%2581-Boe%25CC%2581r-1966-ISO-Rivolta-IR300-26-2000x1335.jpg[/img] [img]https://static1.hotcarsimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Iso-Rivolta-IR-300-.jpg[/img] [img]https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1966_iso_rivolta-ir300_1-1-09242-80246.jpg?w=620&resize=620%2C414[/img] [img]https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/3-1-08919-97768.jpg?w=620&resize=620%2C414[/img] [img]https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/3-1-08961-97893.jpg?w=620&resize=620%2C414[/img] [img]https://tcct.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/profilo-ISO-1024x684.jpg[/img][img]https://silodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1968-Iso-Rivolta-IR-300-GT-Coupe-By-Bertone-30-RM_Sothebys-740x555.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.planetcarsz.com/img/carros/galeria/2023/01/iso-rivolta-300-gt-coupe-1968-02-20230108081736-1600x1067.jpg[/img] Before moving his company upscale, they built microcars like this Iso Isetta 250 immediately after WW2. Later, they licensed this design to BMW, who sold it as a BMW-Isetta. The partnership was profitable for both companies, and the Italian (Mr. Rivolta) decided to go up-market. [img]https://cdn.classic-trader.com/I/images/1920_1920_inset/vehicle_ad_standard_image_27bbe95fbb89368b6bf0d7dfd3c81c1a.jpg[/img] [img]https://cdn.classic-trader.com/I/images/1920_1920_inset/vehicle_ad_standard_image_e752d270b54e55cfd91e75658033cf38.jpg[/img] [img]https://cdn.classic-trader.com/I/images/1920_1920_inset/vehicle_ad_standard_image_f0ce5effb0b5e7a9fa74bfdbd3b046fa.jpg[/img] [/quote]   Check here to subscribe to this topic.