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Re: MJW #353
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2011, 11:57:37 AM »
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Re: MJW #353
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2011, 10:17:47 PM »
Wow - I've been checking in every day because I love this car. I can't believe nobody's even touched it!

So I'll stick my newbie neck out and go with some random thoughts...

British? (Or at least, British-based?) I see those tripod headlamps that were so popular on British cars back in the 60s. The little dash-mounted mirror looks like the dash-mounted mirror on every car out of the England in the 50s and 60s. And of course, there's the dark green color. Maybe not what I think of as "BRG" but still a deep green. The windshield looks very Austin-Healey, and the shape is sort of AC-ish. And the little round badge above the grille looks yellow with a triangle of some sort inside. An upside down Lotus emblem??? Nah - couldn't be!

But wait a minute - it's left-hand drive. The countryside looks very Central/Southern California, but the license plate is too low and wide for a US plate (assuming a local plate). Maybe Tuscany or southern France? But what country ever had red front turn signals???

The side-grille in the fender looks kind of... um... You know, the more I think about this, the more stumped I am!

I give up!

(But I still like it, and hope to see more pictures!) (And please tell me it has a British straight-6!)

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Re: MJW #353
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2011, 11:37:28 PM »
Wow - I've been checking in every day because I love this car. I can't believe nobody's even touched it!

So I'll stick my newbie neck out and go with some random thoughts...

British? (Or at least, British-based?) I see those tripod headlamps that were so popular on British cars back in the 60s. The little dash-mounted mirror looks like the dash-mounted mirror on every car out of the England in the 50s and 60s. And of course, there's the dark green color. Maybe not what I think of as "BRG" but still a deep green. The windshield looks very Austin-Healey, and the shape is sort of AC-ish. And the little round badge above the grille looks yellow with a triangle of some sort inside. An upside down Lotus emblem??? Nah - couldn't be!

But wait a minute - it's left-hand drive. The countryside looks very Central/Southern California, but the license plate is too low and wide for a US plate (assuming a local plate). Maybe Tuscany or southern France? But what country ever had red front turn signals???

The side-grille in the fender looks kind of... um... You know, the more I think about this, the more stumped I am!

I give up!

(But I still like it, and hope to see more pictures!) (And please tell me it has a British straight-6!)
I enjoyed your reply - I'm also amazed that there has been no response before.

It is based on a British car but nothing to do with Austin-Healey, AC or Lotus.
It is photographed in a European country but not Italy or France.
And yes - it does have a British straight-6!

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Re: MJW #353
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2011, 04:51:10 PM »
An easy expert point?

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Re: MJW #353
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2011, 05:25:16 AM »
Jaguar XK 140 from 1956, with a body by spanish coachbuilder Galo Mateos and a blower on the engine. The car was finished in 1960.

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Re: MJW #353
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2011, 05:42:22 AM »
Yes, that's the car.