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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #1075 on: May 26, 2016, 09:33:02 AM »
Exactly, oko was just a bit faster, because I copied a picture of it:

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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #1076 on: May 26, 2016, 03:50:30 PM »
Thanks, guys ! ;)
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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #1077 on: June 12, 2016, 06:58:42 AM »
I think this one may have been a puzzle - any ideas?

(Found it) http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2012-41/solved-254-of-all-'comet'-jet-car-by-stanley-eakin/
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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #1078 on: July 07, 2016, 05:16:35 AM »
Do you know what is this? It is captioned as "Samsung" but I'm not able to find any connection...

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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #1079 on: July 07, 2016, 05:20:56 AM »
It's the Turkish Karsan V1 New York City taxi concept, first shown at the Geneva Salon around eight years ago.
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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #1080 on: July 07, 2016, 05:24:09 AM »
Indeed! The caption drove me far from the right name!

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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #1081 on: July 07, 2016, 06:24:46 AM »
Do you know what is this? It is captioned as "Samsung" but I'm not able to find any connection...

Have official brochures of this car in my collection, if you need some additional info - let me know.

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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #1082 on: July 11, 2016, 01:12:29 PM »
Does anyone recognize these cars and who built them?

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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #1083 on: July 12, 2016, 02:28:14 PM »
Looks like that MG Special made in New Zealand; or was it a Ford?
I'll have to see if I can find it...
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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #1084 on: July 12, 2016, 03:27:02 PM »
I believe the pictures were taken in a bodyshop on the American east coast but I don't know if the MG special was constructed there (it appears to be only car that is complete in the pictures so perhaps not). I have a couple of more pictures of the same place should it be of interest.

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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #1085 on: July 13, 2016, 05:46:40 AM »
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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #1086 on: July 13, 2016, 08:02:58 AM »
Ah, I thought you were thinking of the MG T-type in the background. I can certainly see the similarities, but I suspect both cars were inspired by the Jaguar C-type and that's where the grille shape (which is the biggest similarity between the two) comes from.

Here is a closer look at the last car in the pictures. I would think it should be possible to at least identify one of these cars.

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Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1087 on: August 05, 2016, 10:44:42 PM »
I was looking through some old family 35mm slides from the late 1950s/early 1960s. My Dad used to race at Virginia International Raceway, and that's where these pictures were taken. I was hoping someone would know what model cars are in them. There are several that I can't ID. They're probably easy for most car nuts.

Here's the first one (001, I'll call it)

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Re: Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1088 on: August 05, 2016, 10:46:15 PM »
Here's 002 (Austin Healy 3000 Mk II?)
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Re: Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1089 on: August 05, 2016, 10:47:34 PM »
003 (Lotus Six?)
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Re: Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1090 on: August 05, 2016, 10:49:54 PM »
004 (Sunbeam Tiger or Alpine?)
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Re: Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1091 on: August 05, 2016, 10:51:56 PM »
005 (MGA MK II?)
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Re: Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1092 on: August 05, 2016, 10:52:27 PM »
006 (MGA MK II?)
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Re: Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1093 on: August 05, 2016, 10:53:03 PM »
007 (Austin Healy 3000 Mk II?)
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Re: Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1094 on: August 05, 2016, 11:01:03 PM »
Now that I look at them close-up, two of them are the same car (002 and 007). Also, it looks like 005 and 006 are the same model vehicle. I went back and included my guesses as to what the cars are. I have no idea about 001!
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Re: Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1095 on: August 06, 2016, 03:57:33 AM »
Hello and welcome to Autopuzzles Buford!
I've re-sized your photos to fit the normal display area and will post them with my comments (if I have any):
This looks like an Elva Courier to me
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Re: Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1096 on: August 06, 2016, 04:03:27 AM »
I'd say Austin-Healey 100-6 or 3000 mk 1
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Re: Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1097 on: August 06, 2016, 04:06:40 AM »
This is a Lotus 7 of some sort or one of the many clones/copies of the design!
We have people here who can be more specific I think!
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Re: Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1098 on: August 06, 2016, 04:08:09 AM »
As you say, a Sunbeam Alpine or possibly Tiger.
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Re: Need help ID-ing some cars!
« Reply #1099 on: August 06, 2016, 04:11:16 AM »
As you say, both are MG MGA but again I'm not expert enough to say which sub-model.
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