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What's this, by whom, from when? For 1 point..

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Re: NEH 1784
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2012, 05:24:58 AM »
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Re: NEH 1784
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2012, 04:12:38 PM »
Austin Healey Sprite?
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Re: NEH 1784
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2012, 04:18:39 PM »
Austin Healey Sprite?
It should be the Austin Healey Sprite "7080 AC", in the 1969 Targa Florio version, where it ran with John Phillips and Martin Davidson.
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Re: NEH 1784
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2012, 05:47:18 PM »
Austin Healey Sprite?
It should be the Austin Healey Sprite "7080 AC", in the 1969 Targa Florio version, where it ran with John Phillips and Martin Davidson.

Yes, it's a Sprite (I didn't think it looked much like one though..)
Era is right but it's not '7080 AC'; so who built it to look like this and why?
Neither one of those guys mentioned..
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Re: NEH 1784
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2012, 02:56:59 AM »
Jack Wheeler built it , having rolled his coupe , the open car was built , inspired by Pete Jackson this ended up with Lotus Elan  suspension all round

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Re: NEH 1784
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2012, 04:19:22 AM »
Jack Wheeler built it , having rolled his coupe , the open car was built , inspired by Pete Jackson this ended up with Lotus Elan  suspension all round
Sorry... Jack Wheeler was one fo the drivers at 1969 Targa Florio... he rebuilt the car, I don't know if the chassis is the same... but the body is identical...
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Re: NEH 1784
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2012, 05:22:53 AM »
Yes, Jack Wheeler built it having rolled his Sprite at the Nurburgring in 1969.
That's the info I wanted so Shamrock gets the point; sorry Iluvatar..
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