In Or Out? 13

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Yes, I have used the number 13 in a post title. After reflecting on yesterday’s “anniversary” I have decided to make an effort not to be controlled by random variables, by certain numbers. We’ll see how long I can manage.

Oh, WordPress did not eliminate the Classic Editor, but a glitch meant I could not access it in the manner to which I had become accustomed. The day that this platform does remove the classic option is the day I stop blogging.

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This edition of In Or Out? is a hybrid. No, not a gas/electric hybrid, but a car in the original meaning of the word in an automotive context: a car with a European body and an American drivetrain. From wallpaperup.com a picture of a 1967 Monteverdi 375-S:

 

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When I was a teenager these may have been my absolute favorite cars. This 375 is from the first year of production with the body by Frua and not a later one with a body by Fissore.

Peter Monteverdi was a Swiss car builder, no doubt inspired by his father who repaired cars and trucks. He later became the top Swiss dealer of imported exotic cars like Ferrari and Rolls-Royce. Monteverdi was involved in Formula One racing, mainly as a builder in the late 1950s and early 1960s, but actually raced once although he retired after just a couple of laps.

The Monteverdi cars like the 375 were powered by a Chrysler drivetrain, a 440 cubic-inch V-8 producing 375 HP, but 480 LB-FT of torque and mated to a three-speed Torqueflite automatic transmission. The cars were actually called the High Speed 375.

In the picture it’s difficult to get a sense of the size and proportion of the car. The 375 was built on a truck-gauge steel frame with an aluminum body and had only a 98-inch wheelbase. That’s the same as the second-generation BMW Z4, which is not a big car. That wheelbase length is also the same as the second- and third-generation Corvettes.

Supposedly, the fit and finish of these cars was superb. Monteverdi’s experience in selling Rolls-Royce must have influenced such attention to detail.

OK, kind people…the Monteverdi High Speed 375, In Or Out?

 

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12 thoughts on “In Or Out? 13”

  1. In for sure.

    And if finances allowed for its purchase, it would be parked next to a Jensen Interceptor.

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    1. Thanks for casting the first vote today, DDM. 1-0 In for the Monteverdi High Speed 375.

      The Interceptor was also among my favorite cars when I was a teenager. I don’t like the styling quite as much now as I did then, but I still like the car and, as you no doubt know, it was also powered by a Chrysler drivetrain.

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  3. Ok this one is an in for me. The Chrysler drive train makes it a winner. I would park the Corvette outside to put that one under cover.

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  4. To go along with the slang of that time, my vote is In Like Flint. James Coburn was Flint in the James Bond knock off films. I preferred him as Britt in The Magnificent Seven.

    I searched out the Monteverdi to see the car at other angles, and was rewarded with a very eye-appealing car. I can see why you were enchanted with it as a youth.

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    1. Thanks for the James Coburn reference. I remember he was paid some extraordinary sum for uttering the words “Schlitz Lite” in a commercial.

      4-0 In for the Monteverdi.

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  5. I’m in. I’m a fan of many if not most of those cars with sexy Italian bodies and American powerplants. This would look fantastic parked next to an Iso Grifo.

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