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About Tough to Crack Car Puzzle #195: 1961 Plymouth Asymmetrica
Having a new PreWar quiz and PostWar puzzle every week is quite a hard task and therefore we are very happy that we made a new partnership with our friends at AutoPuzzles.com. Many of you might know it as it is the world's largest index of rare cars. Really rare cars.
Tough to Crack Car Puzzle #195 was the first that came from this partnership and although it was a tough one, many of you knew it was indeed a 1961 Plymouth Asymmetrica.
It might have made it easier as the car was sold by RM Sotheby's at Monterey last year.
First to give us the good answer was Gerd Klioba "This is the 1961 Plymouth Asimmetrica, production version of the 1959 Plymouth XNR, both designed by Virgil Exner and built by Ghia. While the XNR was first bought by a Genevan butcher and later on owned by the Shah of Persia, the Asimmetrica, bodied on a Valiant chassis, was bought by the Belgian author Georges Simenon for his wife Denyse and owned later on by Rob de la Rive Box. A production of 25 cars was planned, but at most two were built. The car's name stemmed from the bumps and bulges on the driver's side only."
Fritz Hegemann added that the car was presented at the 1961 Turin Motorshow. He also told us more about the engine: "Based upon a Valiant, 4-seater with 2.8l “slant-six”-engine and the Hyper-Pack (radical cam, Carter AFB 3083S four-barrel carburetor on long-ram intake manifold, steel tubing exhaust headers, higher compression pistons and a special exhaust, advertised at 148 brake-hp, compression ratio: 10.5:1)"
Ace Zenek gave us a nice anecdote: "Only Ghia name appears on body. Hubcaps incorrect as originals were lost and new ones are different than originals. Chrysler Valiant St. Regis of 1962 had similar frontal design. " He also added a nice photograph of the car.
Verner Johnsen told us also that the former owner didn't make such a good investment, as the car was first sold (after a restoration) in 2012 for $935.000. And in 2018 for $305.000
Other good answers came from Timo Laitinen, Neil Beadle (who also told us some of the former owners) , Robbie Marenzi and Fried Stol
Thank you all for participating. It was a very tough decision but as Ace Zenek told us a nice anecdote, he will get the full 5 points for the 6 months competition, sponsored by Hans Compter Rare Cars.
Publié:
samedi novembre 3rd, 2018
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