Europa Variant

[LotusJoe]

I ran across a very unusual Europa today.

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


Personally I think the 914 turned out better

[cal44]

Joe.........where on earth did you find these pictures?  May be a little to over the top........but not by much.

Mike

[LotusJoe]

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.

[cal44]

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

[Pete Gossett]

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?

[LotusJoe]

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

   New Board established --- Off Topic

[3929R]

Interesting.
For what it's worth, according to this 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.

[LotusJoe]

I found a picture of the underside.


Also one of the front suspension

[cal44]

Oh' that teener/6 is stunning.

[SilverBeast]

While reading ALL of the Garage articles I also searched for images of this and found this video on YouTube
https://youtu.be/XwJdkvu46k0

[literarymadness]

Thanks SilverBeast: It looks a lot better in the video.  The 914 version reminds me a Lamborghini Urraco.

[BobW]

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.