Guess the car and year.

1st Vette said:
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No clue but google says "The image shows a model of the #12006 Horch 853 AS12 Lepil, a unique vehicle that started as a 1938 Horch 853 sports convertible and was converted into a fire engine by Lepil in Czechoslovakia between 1946 and 1949."
 
Dave91TM said:
Learn something everyday, I had never heard of a Triumph Ensign, I was thinking Hillman.
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Not Triumph per se. They may have used that name in Canada because it was known or I could be misremembering.
Here's what wiki had to say about it.
The Standard Motor Company Limited was a motor vehicle manufacturer, founded in Coventry, England, in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay. For many years, it manufactured Ferguson TE20 tractors powered by its Vanguard engine. All Standard's tractor assets were sold to Massey Ferguson in 1959. Standard purchased Triumph in 1945 and in 1959 officially changed its name to Standard-Triumph International and began to put the Triumph brand name on all its products. A new subsidiary took the name The Standard Motor Company Limited and took over the manufacture of the group's products.<a href="Standard Motor Company - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Motor_Company#cite_note-1)"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a>
 
Murray20c8 said:
Not Triumph per se. They may have used that name in Canada because it was known or I could be misremembering.
Here's what wiki had to say about it.
The Standard Motor Company Limited was a motor vehicle manufacturer, founded in Coventry, England, in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay. For many years, it manufactured Ferguson TE20 tractors powered by its Vanguard engine. All Standard's tractor assets were sold to Massey Ferguson in 1959. Standard purchased Triumph in 1945 and in 1959 officially changed its name to Standard-Triumph International and began to put the Triumph brand name on all its products. A new subsidiary took the name The Standard Motor Company Limited and took over the manufacture of the group's products.<a href="Standard Motor Company - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Motor_Company#cite_note-1)"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a>
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Interesting. Lamborghini also started out building tractors. And still does .
 
Good luck with this one……..
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Kind of looks like a Thunderbird wannabe. Definitely mysterious.....but ....

The Packard Predictor was one of the company’s last triumphs. The Predictor’s design is credited to Richard Teague and it was built on a stock Clipper chassis by Ghia. Ghia completed the project in an amazing 90 days, just in time for the Predictor to debut at the 1956 Chicago Auto Show.

It was created to “gauge public opinion on concepts in product improvement and advancement under study by Packard-Clipper product planners,” according to company officials. “The Predictor is not a dream car, nor is it next year’s Packard.” Instead, the Predictor “offers a realistic approach to functional styling”.

One of the Predictor’s most visible features is its electrically operated T-tops. The back-glass is also electrically operated as are the headlight doors and side windows. It features retractable roof panels, a retractable rear window, and Packard’s push-button Ultramatic transmission. Power is from a 374 cub-inch V8 engine offering 290 horsepower.packard-predictor-6.webp
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1st Vette said:
Kind of looks like a Thunderbird wannabe. Definitely mysterious.....but ....

The Packard Predictor was one of the company’s last triumphs. The Predictor’s design is credited to Richard Teague and it was built on a stock Clipper chassis by Ghia. Ghia completed the project in an amazing 90 days, just in time for the Predictor to debut at the 1956 Chicago Auto Show.

It was created to “gauge public opinion on concepts in product improvement and advancement under study by Packard-Clipper product planners,” according to company officials. “The Predictor is not a dream car, nor is it next year’s Packard.” Instead, the Predictor “offers a realistic approach to functional styling”.

One of the Predictor’s most visible features is its electrically operated T-tops. The back-glass is also electrically operated as are the headlight doors and side windows. It features retractable roof panels, a retractable rear window, and Packard’s push-button Ultramatic transmission. Power is from a 374 cub-inch V8 engine offering 290 horsepower.View attachment 134446View attachment 134447
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Interesting. The front has shades of later Edsels, and 60's Pontiacs, the rear lights and fins shades of Lincoln and Chryslers, the roofline shades of Lincolns and Mercury. Hideaway headlights, too many shades to list.
 
Dave91TM said:
Interesting. The front has shades of later Edsels, and 60's Pontiacs, the rear lights and fins shades of Lincoln and Chryslers, the roofline shades of Lincolns and Mercury. Hideaway headlights, too many shades to list.
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Dave91TM said:
Interesting. The front has shades of later Edsels, and 60's Pontiacs, the rear lights and fins shades of Lincoln and Chryslers, the roofline shades of Lincolns and Mercury. Hideaway headlights, too many shades to list.
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Bit of a dog's breakfast for sure. Probably why it never went into production.
 
Dave91TM said:
Interesting. The front has shades of later Edsels, and 60's Pontiacs, the rear lights and fins shades of Lincoln and Chryslers, the roofline shades of Lincolns and Mercury. Hideaway headlights, too many shades to list.
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