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Solved:171. of All., Sid Ward Special Austin-Healey 100/4
« on: February 23, 2009, 12:49:01 PM »
Get your point by telling me what this is! (inkl. make and designation please!)
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Re: 171. of All.
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2009, 11:22:58 AM »
Hello Experts!?

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Re: 171. of All.
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2009, 11:37:58 AM »
Could it be a Morgan +4 SLR?
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Re: 171. of All.
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2009, 11:48:13 AM »
No, I'm sorry!

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Re: 171. of All.
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2009, 09:32:25 AM »
WSM?

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Re: 171. of All.
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2009, 10:07:04 AM »
No Sir!

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Re: 171. of All.
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2009, 12:09:13 PM »
Brittish?

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Re: 171. of All.
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2009, 12:15:39 PM »
partly yes!

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Re: 171. of All.
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2009, 12:25:11 PM »
I mean manufacturer. Made in the 1950s?

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Re: 171. of All.
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2009, 02:06:55 PM »
Yes from the fifties (the based car!). The base is British!
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Re: 171. of All.
« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2009, 02:38:36 PM »
Originally a 1955 Austin-Healey 100/4 BN1, shipped to Australia, but soon written off in an accident; in the late fifties rebodied to a nice roadster, and later rebodied again, now to its present four-seater coupe shape, by Sid Ward, a Melbourne coachbuilder. Known as the Ward Special.

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Re: 171. of All.
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2009, 04:49:48 PM »
Originally a 1955 Austin-Healey 100/4 BN1, shipped to Australia, but soon written off in an accident; in the late fifties rebodied to a nice roadster, and later rebodied again, now to its present four-seater coupe shape, by Sid Ward, a Melbourne coachbuilder. Known as the Ward Special.

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Re: Solved:171. of All., Sid Ward Special Austin-Healey 100/4
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2016, 12:36:00 PM »
Front view:

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Re: Solved:171. of All., Sid Ward Special Austin-Healey 100/4
« Reply #13 on: June 10, 2016, 02:20:08 PM »
Amazingly, after 7 years of inactivity, I also saved exactly the same picture today to post in this thread!
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