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Title: Europa Variant
Post by: LotusJoe on Tuesday,October 02, 2012, 03:13:33 PM: I ran across a very unusual Europa today.

Hispano Aleman Castilla
(http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/albums/Hispano-Aleman-Castilla/H_A_CASTILLA1.jpg)

http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/Hispano-Aleman-Castilla (http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/Hispano-Aleman-Castilla)

The same coach builder did the something similar to a Porsche 914-6
I found a picture of the 914

(http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/albums/Hispano-Aleman-Castilla/914_Hespana.jpg)
Personally I think the 914 turned out better
Title: Re: Europa Variant
Post by: cal44 on Tuesday,October 02, 2012, 03:30:51 PM: Joe.........where on earth did you find these pictures? May be a little to over the top........but not by much.

Mike
Title: Re: Europa Variant
Post by: LotusJoe on Tuesday,October 02, 2012, 04:47:19 PM: Hispano Aleman was apparently a coach builder. I was researching a variant of the Porsche 914 that this company built. In the reference material they talked about a Europa that had been built as well. In searching I found not only some old publicity photos, but a guy in Spain, I think, that actually has one of these cars. I had never heard of this before. It is a bit off the wall, but I do like some of the modification.
Title: Re: Europa Variant
Post by: cal44 on Tuesday,October 02, 2012, 05:58:55 PM: Joe,
start an off topic section and let's talk 914's. Not only are they fun cars but I know just a little about them......giddy up.........and maybe a little Marcos GT
Title: Re: Europa Variant
Post by: Pete Gossett on Tuesday,October 02, 2012, 06:57:10 PM: The wheels shown in the side-shot in the album are pretty cool. I can't tell if they're truly unique though, or if its just the way they're trimmed/painted?
Title: Re: Europa Variant
Post by: LotusJoe on Tuesday,October 02, 2012, 07:48:26 PM: Quote from: cal44 on Tuesday,October 02, 2012, 05:58:55 PM
Joe,
start an off topic section and let's talk 914's. Not only are they fun cars but I know just a little about them......giddy up.........and maybe a little Marcos GT
:I-agree: New Board established --- Off Topic
Title: Re: Europa Variant
Post by: 3929R on Wednesday,October 03, 2012, 08:22:46 AM: Interesting.
For what it's worth, according to this http://www.autopasion18.com/HISTORIA-HISPANO%20ALEMAN.htm (http://www.autopasion18.com/HISTORIA-HISPANO%20ALEMAN.htm) it had design input from Chapman; four disk brakes; a Porsche 5-speed; and a 1600 cc, 110 hp Seat (Spanish) motor. Seems it was much more than cosmetics, with a few features similar to what ended up in the Twin Cam Special. However it apparently never went into production.
Title: Re: Europa Variant
Post by: LotusJoe on Wednesday,October 03, 2012, 12:52:22 PM: I found a picture of the underside.
(http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/albums/Hispano-Aleman-Castilla/Underside_transmission.sized.jpg)

Also one of the front suspension

(http://www.lotuseuropa.org/gallery/albums/Hispano-Aleman-Castilla/Frontsuspension.sized.jpg)
Title: Re: Europa Variant
Post by: cal44 on Thursday,October 04, 2012, 02:01:56 PM: Oh' that teener/6 is stunning.
Title: Re: Europa Variant
Post by: SilverBeast on Thursday,December 12, 2019, 12:38:56 PM: While reading ALL of the Garage articles I also searched for images of this and found this video on YouTube
https://youtu.be/XwJdkvu46k0 (https://youtu.be/XwJdkvu46k0)
Title: Re: Europa Variant
Post by: literarymadness on Thursday,December 12, 2019, 01:41:40 PM: Thanks SilverBeast: It looks a lot better in the video. The 914 version reminds me a Lamborghini Urraco.
Title: Re: Europa Variant
Post by: BobW on Friday,December 13, 2019, 11:11:45 AM: I've never been a fan of the 914's styling but the 914-6 is said to be as fast as a contemporary 911 and to handle better. If Porsche had put that body onto the 914 they would have sold a few more.