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  1. damian in nj

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    #1 damian in nj, Apr 30, 2011
    I was in Bernardsville, NJ today and spotted a car I couldn't identify going in the opposite direction on Route 202. If I had to guess I'd say it was a convertible Iso Grifo in bright yellow, but googling that just said one was made as a prototype.

    I know there's a charity drive tomorrow in the area with a lot of exotics, which I can't attend, but could this car (whatever it is) be on the subscribed attendance list? Sorry I didn't have time to turn around and chase this car, whatever it is.
     
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    #2 velocetwo, May 3, 2011
    Interesting

    Only one grifo spyder made car number 002 it sits in LA unreastored.

    3 copies made from coupes, but all of those are in Germany. None were yellow.
     
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    #5 pearsonhaus, May 4, 2011
    Nice, nice....
     
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    #6 damian in nj, May 5, 2011
    Not a Ghibli spyder, I can say that for sure. Growing up we had a yellow Grifo here in town (with what would be called thesedays a MILF driver) so I'm pretty familiar with the form. I'm going crazy trying to figure out what it was.
     
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    #8 El Wayne, May 5, 2011
    What Grifo-like features did you see? Quad headlights? The front fender vents? Or just the overall shape?
     
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    I was directing the question to the OP so that I could better help him figure out what it was that he saw. For example, if he remembers seeing the quad headlights and fender vents but didn't get a good look at the overall shape, it might have even been something like this:
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    #11 velocetwo, May 5, 2011

    Yea but whats that big canvas thing on the back :) Excellent option I didn't think of the Jensen.
     
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    #12 damian in nj, May 6, 2011
    Of all the suggestions I'd say the Frua 428 cab comes closest. All the rest I'd have recognized. If I see the car again I'll follow it until the owner stops. Since I saw it not far from The Stable next time I'm there I'll ask if they know the car. I'll also ask around next time I go to Cars and Croissants, although I've never seen that car in attendance (but I don't go every occasion either). Thanks for all the suggestions, I get hugely frustrated when I can't pin down a make/model!
     
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    #13 c20500, May 15, 2011
    That must have been the one in Short Hills, NJ, yellow 4sp. she used to model with Beverly Sassoon (Vidal's wife) as twins when they were kids. She's a mom of 3
     
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    #14 damian in nj, May 19, 2011
    Exactly right, I did nail it with the 'milf' designation! Does she still live here? I remember it often near Community Congregational Church.
     

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