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Another forgotten gull-wing door car - bjbrownie - 20 Feb 2014 Browsing ebay in the Dinky Toys section (as you do) I came across a strange looking toy car called a Marzal, made by Lamborghini as a concept/show car for 1967, looking at it you can see a few similarities with the DeLorean, especially the way the doors look when aloft. Lots of glass made for a very light and airy car, not sure about the seating choice though! 8) Strange how I've never noticed this one before! Re: Another forgotten gull-wing door car - bjbrownie - 20 Feb 2014 This is the Dinky Toy of the Marzal, it doesn't do the real thing justice-but it is only a toy! :lol: Re: Another forgotten gull-wing door car - TheOriginalMrP - 20 Feb 2014 Thanks for sharing! It looks very familiar and I love all the hexagons in the interior. Even the seats have that shape if you look carefully. And that louvre is very unusual but it works. The triple headlights give the nose the look of an Alfa Romeo SZ :-) Re: Another forgotten gull-wing door car - bjbrownie - 20 Feb 2014 The more you look at it, more details seem to become DeLorean similar-I wonder if JZD,Chapman and the boys at Lotus got a few 'styling' ideas off this,after all it was penned by Bertone one of the top Italian style studios at the time. Re: Another forgotten gull-wing door car - Chris Williams - 20 Feb 2014 This Bristol was very close to the DOC stand at the NEC last year, very lightweight gull wing doors made from Kevlar (I think) and plastic windows, all weighed very little and the only lift/support was by two gas struts, much smaller than what our cars use. [ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND] [ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND] Re: Another forgotten gull-wing door car - stunned_monkey - 21 Feb 2014 Bristol got the gullwings correct, Lambo didn't. Re: Another forgotten gull-wing door car - Matt Clark - 21 Feb 2014 I've always liked the Tapiro, and I feel that Guigario re-used a lot of elements from it when he was doing the DMC draughts. Those rear tail lights show up in some early sketches in SSI and the seating / back pads is exactly the same in Proto 1. Re: Another forgotten gull-wing door car - Chris P - 22 Feb 2014 Matt, any chance you could send me a few decent scans of these? Thanks Chris