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Which car is this?
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Re: NEH 1707
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2012, 10:06:11 AM »
Works MGB for Le Mans in 1968(?)

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Re: NEH 1707
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2012, 10:24:05 AM »
Works MGB for Le Mans in 1968(?)

It's an MGB but not the one that raced at Le Mans in 1965 despite the appearance.
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Re: NEH 1707
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2012, 09:38:42 AM »
Sebring?
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Re: NEH 1707
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2012, 11:05:13 AM »
Sebring?

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Re: NEH 1707
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2012, 08:49:26 PM »
It's an MGB built with aluminium body panels to take part in the Sebring 12 Hours and features the same Droop Snoot of its LeMans counterpart. It was driven at Sebring by American Brad Picard and Canadian Al Pease.
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Re: NEH 1707
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2012, 04:07:43 AM »
It's an MGB built with aluminium body panels to take part in the Sebring 12 Hours and features the same Droop Snoot of its LeMans counterpart. It was driven at Sebring by American Brad Picard and Canadian Al Pease.

That's correct.
The Le Mans nose was originally designed by Syd Enever for the '65 race and adorned DRX 255C but this car is a different car, DRX 256C, but with a similar nose fitted for the 1965 Daytona 12 hours.
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Here's an unmodified picture:

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