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Name This Mystery Find

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Reader Guy H recently messaged us with a find a friend of his had made in Israel and I have to admit, I had no idea what it was! Clearly someone turned it into their own version of the Batmobile, but prior to their customization work, it was a very rare and impressive machine. Guy let me guess what it was, but I had to give up and he finally revealed what it is. I had such a great time trying to figure it out, that I thought I’d let you guys take a crack at guessing what it is! If no one is able to figure it out right away, I will get on and start giving out clues in the comment section! Good luck guys! Special thanks to Guy and his friend Yakir Even Z for sharing this with us.

Comments

  1. Avatar maserati

    Lancia? Body Style with a V8 ? mmmh..

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      Not a Lancia, but it is Italian!

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      • Avatar maserati

        I don’t have the Book on Hand,ISO build one that Style,I think it was called a Lele???

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      • Avatar Josh Staff

        Great guess, but not an Iso

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      • Avatar Austin

        I think i might be an Dual Ghia!

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    • Avatar WILL

      ghia 450ss

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      • Avatar Catalina381

        WILL is correct about, it’s a GHIA 450SS coupe

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      • Avatar WILL

        Real question is, taking it back to original styling cues and what that would cost. properly done these are great fast road touring cars with style and muscle done properly.

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      • Avatar Ol Shel

        You just need to find an early ’70s Celica to donate its front end to get this back to stock.

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  2. Avatar AJD350

    Studebaker

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      Not a Studebaker, but good guess!

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  3. Avatar JayGryph

    I dunno, but those remind me of kaiser tail lights. Crazy car. Neat tho.

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      The fins and upper set of taillights were added by whoever tried to turn it into the Batmobile.

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  4. Avatar MountainMan

    Mercedes SL?

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      Nope, good guess though!

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  5. Avatar Michael

    Was it once something designed by Michelotti? Fiat-based?

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  6. Avatar MountainMan

    OK, Italian….obviously not a Mercedes…

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  7. Avatar MountainMan

    Ferrari

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      It wasn’t built in Maranello, so it’s not a Ferrari. You’re getting closer though!

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  8. Avatar Alexis

    Is this an ISO GRIFO?

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      Nope, keep guessing though!

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  9. Avatar Nick

    Thought it was a Gordon Keeble at first glance, but the back is puzzling me! It’s a bit of a mish mash if you ask me! Maserati, Lancia, Chrysler?? Bit of Corvette paintwork aswell!!

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  10. Avatar John B

    The logo on the right side of the dashboard looks like Maserati.

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      It’s not a Maserati either

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  11. Avatar skloon

    The grill looks like Lancia the roof like an early Mustang the back end is too hideous to be Italian so my guess is a one off, the Fuggedaboutit

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  12. Avatar MH

    I don’t k n ow what it is but to bad they had to wreck what looked like a cool car.

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  13. Avatar FiatLancia

    De Tomaso Longchamp?

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  14. Avatar Alexis

    Momo Mirage 2+2 ? :-)

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    • Avatar Jamie Staff

      Alexis, that’s what I thought too, until I looked at the dashboards. But we’ll see what Josh says.

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  15. Avatar Rob Squire

    ’65 or ’66 Mustang

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    • Avatar yaug

      My guess too, the roof lines

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  16. Avatar mike hardy

    alfa c8

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  17. Avatar Dolphin Member

    A Fiat coupe, maybe a Fiat Dino, but the rear of the greenhouse on this Isralei special is too square and un-Italian.

    And those Henry J tail lights and all the other lights and do-dads just hurt my eyes. Need some real dark glasses, the kind Enzo wore. That would fix things….cut down how much of this I could see.

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  18. Avatar John Holden

    lamborghini 400

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  19. Avatar Jim

    At first glance I was thinking Ferrari, but isn’t that a small block Chrysler v8, maybe a 318 and I’m sure that’s a Chrysler alternator.

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    • Avatar Rhett

      And Chrysler Interior trim – I thought Monteverdi, but that’s Swiss. Maybe a Frua one off?
      As a side note – I never realized how much I really dig Monterverdi’s and Frua’s till I did all this research!

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  20. Avatar Jamie Staff

    Lamborghini Islero?

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      Sorry Jamie, it’s not a Lambo

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  21. Avatar Ard

    Looks like a Fuglyni.
    Or maybe a Bastardinetta.

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    • Avatar Ard

      Intermeccanica ? Not sure what type though.

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    • Avatar Jim

      Fuglyni! LMAO, I’ll have to keep that for future reference, thanks

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  22. Avatar scott

    Small block mopar,Mopar shifter,Kaiser upper tail lights,Motorhome front head light bessles .Side markers tell me its 1969 or newer.looks like a piece together car.

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    • Avatar Mike H.

      I was thinking the headlights came from a Checker. . .

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  23. Avatar Lee Hartman

    Monteverdi?

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  24. Avatar Getrag

    Not a Jensen? Fergusen (sp?) is second choice, I suppose.

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  25. Avatar MountainMan

    wow, Im stumped ….even with the google I cant seem to find a match for that greenhouse

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  26. Avatar Tom

    Ghia 450SS??

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      We’ve got a winner!!!!

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  27. Avatar boxdin

    Some kind of Ghia? Or designed by Ghia?

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      It is a Ghia!

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  28. Avatar David C

    Is it a Jensen?

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  29. Avatar MountainMan

    Think Jamie got it…Islero

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  30. Avatar Mark

    Detomaso Longchamp ?

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      Good guess, but not quite right

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  31. Avatar jeff6599

    Rolls Royce Boxer

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  32. Avatar maserati

    Intermeccanica

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    • Avatar Ard

      Ah just seen this after posting my second comment.

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  33. Avatar 69' CUDA DUDE

    Is it some kind of Lotus?

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      Nope it isn’t a Lotus, but that’s a good guess!

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  34. Avatar maserati

    Intermeccanica only about the Hardtop Style and Frameless Door Glas,nothing else does match

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  35. Avatar Jim L

    That sure looks like a Chrysler 318 to me. Rounded bell housing pattern, rear distributor, oil pressure sender right beside the distributor and Siamesed center exhaust ports.
    If it weren’t for the fact he keeps saying it is Italian made, I would guess Facel-Vega.

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  36. Avatar Dolphin Member

    A disimproved, Plymouth V8 powered 1967 Ghia 450SS Spyder by Giugiaro

    http://www.carscoops.com/2010/07/ebay-find-giugiaro-plymouth-v8-powered.html#more

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      Thanks for the photo of one in original condition Dolphin!

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    • Avatar Chris in Australia

      We can all see where Toyota cribbed the front end for the first Celica from.
      And the 1970 Torino was influenced by it to.

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  37. Avatar Mike S

    Maybe an Alfa Romeo with the front grill changed to hide the signature triangle and its emblem

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    • Avatar Josh Staff

      Nope, but it definitely has had a lot of work done to it

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  38. Avatar MikeG

    Whatever it is, it looks like it spent some time in Tijuana…

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    • Avatar George

      Spent time? It looks like it did time…

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  39. Avatar L J

    The profile of the front fenders remind me of a Bizzarrini.

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  40. Avatar MountainMan

    ^ yup, Dolphin….think you nailed it

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  41. Avatar Mark

    Ghia 450. look at the fenders….

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  42. Avatar piper62j

    Looks like a customized mish-mash of different vehicles.. I can’t make out the nameplate on the rt side of the dash.. (:

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  43. Avatar gary k

    A serious marriage of sorts, looks like a Hotus, (cross between a Hudson and a Lotus) ..would have to wear some very dark glasses to drive this around

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  44. Avatar PilotMike

    Dolphin got it. The center console, and the underhood pics are a match.

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  45. Avatar MountainMan

    ^ yup, Dolphin….think you nailed it
    Thought jamie had it but the Ghia looks like its what this Batmobile once was

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  46. Avatar maserati

    so far the Ghia 450 looks very close to it

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  47. Avatar Josh Staff

    Lots of great guesses guys! It looks like Tom was the first one to figure out what it is! It is a Ghia 450SS! Of course, it has had a few unfortunate modifications made to it.

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  48. Avatar Mike S

    Wow that car looks so much better unaltered….what a shame

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  49. Avatar Steve Member

    Yugo

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  50. Avatar Jose

    Mustang with Torino grill, Kaiser taillights , Cadillac/Batmobile fins, and a sorry mistake. (smile) I’d say let the seller keep the car.

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  51. Avatar Frankie Paige

    That car was made for Batman down in Austrailia.

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    • Avatar Tony C.

      Steady on Frankie, we do have a little pride in the cars we drive down here, and anyone in that ‘thing’ would have to be feeling like a true ‘wanker’. We do like American cars, I’ve got 2, so we do appreciate them even though they tend to be “in your face” compared to the European stuff. We can only register LHD cars over 25 to 30 years old so we only have the good 50’s to 70’s stuff mainly with some 80’s thrown in.
      Tony C.

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  52. Avatar Dan h

    Space shuttle?

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  53. Avatar Alexis

    It was a great exercise. Found a lot of cars I never hear about before including the winning Ghia 450SS :)

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  54. Avatar Jim Harlan

    I think the car looks like a custom Willys. It has 1953 Kaiser tail lights.

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    • Avatar Jim Harlan

      Will I guessed that make wrong, but I still say it has 1953 Kaiser tail lights. What do you think?

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  55. Avatar CT

    I was going to suggest that it started life out as a Sabra……I see the Ghia now though….long road traveled to get here…..

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  56. Avatar michaedo

    Whoever did that to this car oughta be arrested.

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  57. Avatar Glen

    I enjoyed that! Even if I didn’t have a clue, it got me searching through images on google. Work gets in the way!

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  58. Avatar Rhett

    oh, the humanity…….

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  59. Avatar Milt

    Looks like American-made Gaylord of the early 50’s.

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  60. Avatar Jason Houston

    Akchully, sence im pretty good at car’s id say it was a 1959 Mustang 4-door Hardtop Sedan.

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  61. Avatar Erik

    Lagonda?

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  62. Avatar Ernie the Dancing Weasel

    One can only hope criminal charges are pending against the sadistic SOB that perpetrated this crime against good taste…

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  63. Avatar Mark E

    Ghia 450SS! Of COURSE! Now that I know it I can see…the corvair headlights, the massive radiator grille and, the most distinctive feature, those bulbous fins! Why didn’t I see it?!??

    I was surprised to see that the coves in the front fenders are factory original!

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  64. Avatar bcavileer

    It’s a Wopeedo! My cuzzin Vinnie’s ride. (No haters please, just a joke)

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  65. Avatar john C

    I enjoyed all the guessing and commentary on this ‘automotive unicorn’. Lots of good humor !!! And my ‘black plate’ t-shirt came today…Thanx !!!

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  66. Avatar EDW A CLYMER

    Looks like an Avanti made by hand in Indiana by hand with whatever fabric the customer wanted..The Company Used Studebaker parts from the Original Leftover Parts of the Closed Factory’s…

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  67. Avatar charlie Member

    I like the pointy Avanti,

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  68. Avatar MikeW

    Fox body

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  69. Avatar avi shabtai

    Its a Susita

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  70. Avatar Car Guy

    Looks like a turd to me, one persons dream. For me i reminds of a dream i had when i ate pizza too late one night.

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