I was poking around on
cardesign.ru and found this:
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Wimille Prototype (1946-1948)
Initiator of the project - the famous French driver Jean Pierre Wimille. Work on the machine he started in 1940, in cooperation enlisted former Bugatti engineers and designer Philippe Charbonneaux...The first prototype was ready in 1946.
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The tall cabin/low beltline reminds me of the Volkhart Sagitta:
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next page over I found this:
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1954 MV Agusta MV350cc'' Vetturetta'' (company produces exclusively motorcycles and helicopters).
Currently located in the Agusta museum (Museo Agusta), Cascina Costa, Samarate, Italy.
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It pre-dates Preston Tucker's 1955 design:
