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C, D & V #295 - Tom Haubert / Mosport / Mike Salter's '60 "Bugeye" Sprite
« on: August 25, 2012, 05:14:59 AM »
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Re: C, D & V #295
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2012, 03:46:03 AM »
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Re: C, D & V #295
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2012, 03:43:07 AM »
...again
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Re: C, D & V #295
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2012, 04:52:09 AM »
Looks like an Austin-Healey Sprite with a modified body?
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Re: C, D & V #295
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2012, 04:57:00 AM »
Looks like you will solve this one, with a bit more info  :)
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Re: C, D & V #295
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2012, 06:50:52 AM »
The car is obviously racing in either the USA or Canada but I'm baffled by the high racing number.
Could it be Canadian as I don't think US cars had numbers this high?
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Re: C, D & V #295
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2012, 03:18:39 AM »
Quote from: woodinsight on September 07, 2012, 06:50:52 AM
The car is obviously racing in either the USA or Canada but I'm baffled by the high racing number.
Could it be Canadian as I don't think US cars had numbers this high?


Well-spotted again. It is from Canada
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Re: C, D & V #295
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2012, 10:00:32 AM »
Eventually found the same photo after googling for "Austin-Healey Sprite" "modified" "racing" "Canada".
It is apparently a 1960 Austin-Healey "bugeye" Sprite that had been modified with a fiberglass nose in the 1970s.
The photo shows the car being raced at Mosport in the 1970s driven by Tom Haubert.
I wonder if the "M" shown beside the number is for the racing class or stands for Mosport?
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Re: C, D & V #295
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2012, 05:15:13 AM »
That's it!
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Re: C, D & V #295 - Tom Haubert / Mosport / Mike Salter's '60 "Bugeye" Sprite
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2012, 11:53:37 AM »
The 'M' will be for the racing class
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Re: C, D & V #295 - Tom Haubert / Mosport / Mike Salter's '60 "Bugeye" Sprite
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2012, 01:11:58 PM »
Quote from: D-type on September 09, 2012, 11:53:37 AM
The 'M' will be for the racing class
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