Silhouette thread

Hi dear Silhouette friends,

I have an issue about the ventilation slots on my engine lit? I know no another Silhouette with aluminium polished air inlets, except the photos in Lamborghini Supercar Supreme page 77. Can somebody clearify this issue? Is this 40016 with the original interior? But at the Geneva 1977 show there was 40000 or Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login 40032 with this interior?

 

Hi Marcel,

This comes from Quattroroute, I have that 3 page article, but I can't tell you from which month.

 

Great picture! Many thanks

 

The car on page 77 is 40000.

 

Thank you P300V8! Are there more recent photos of the engine lid of 40000?

 

It still had them when it reached Japan...

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A great picture, thanks1

 

Hi there, the pictures you sent of the red car with red/black interior are all of #40000. that car was at Geneva 1976. At Geneva in 1977 was #40032, red with light grey or white seats, like the car on the brochure. The car probably is the brochure car, like P300V8 said. Here is a picture of your car when it was still in Switzerland, with black air outlets, so yours are probably after market polished to aluminium ;-)
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Picture taken by myself when 40016 was for sale at Fab Design in mellingen, later it went to Max Bobnar. That thime Rysanek wanted 58kchf for here.

 

Hi Marcel,
If you look well at this picture, you can see they are already as the are today.

 

Martin got the Pictures from me in better Resolution that what is shown here.

 

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Greetings from Padua

 

Very nice job, congratulations!

 

Hi all,

Here's a Japanese Silhouette.
Looks like it has an early bumper with double deck lights, but I'm not sure about this one.
Anybody?

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Think I found it, I will vote for #40028 ;-)

 

autoroman japan double decker
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40000 proto raised boxes that house the silver vents are different. I reckon they were based of the french deck cars and which are taller and steeper than the normal production silhs. ivors car may also be taller since his car has early anomalies.

 

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A question, was the silhouette original equipped with sun visors?

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And again it was a nice day for a drive. A good friend from Curacao was over and I gave him a ride.
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I don't know examples which have originally delivered sun visors.

 

So the Silhouette never came with sun visors from the factory?

 

Yes I don't know any Silhouette which had sun visors mounted.

 

Is the blue Silhouette in Sport.auto (June 1978) chassis 40040, 40060 or 40070?
What is the chassis number of the red Silhouette in the Auto Zeitung article (77/03)?
Is the silver Silhouette in Car (August 1978) chassis 40096?
Is the silver Silhouette in Modern Motor (July 1978) chassis 40100?

 

Hi Rhyno, after going through my documentation, it looks like the red car in the article from Auto Zeitung had a clear window and sun visors!