Solved - NEH 2628: Amero GT

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Identify this car correctly for 1 point:

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Experts?

[mekubb]

British ?

[nicanary]

The wheels and headlights are a giveaway ! Having said that, my further investigation has so far borne no fruit.

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British ?

No!

[mekubb]

Looks kind of British though, so how about New Zealand ?

[nicanary]

I'm getting nowhere with this one. Since I'm giving up the chase, one little clue - the wheels/headlight cowls look suspiciously like a Jensen-Healey.

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Looks kind of British though, so how about New Zealand ?

New Zealand is right!

I'm getting nowhere with this one. Since I'm giving up the chase, one little clue - the wheels/headlight cowls look suspiciously like a Jensen-Healey.

Nothing at all to do with Jensen-Healey.

[nicanary]

Got it at last. It's an Amero GT built in 1974 by Gordon Hook, the first of 6 such cars. It has a 3.3-litre Holden engine, and was originally made from parts of a Standard Vanguard Phase III ! Present owner Mark Stacey replaced the front end with Cortina Mk4 parts, and the rear end which was Holden based is now a Nissan Skyline.

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Got it at last. It's an Amero GT built in 1974 by Gordon Hook, the first of 6 such cars. It has a 3.3-litre Holden engine, and was originally made from parts of a Standard Vanguard Phase III ! Present owner Mark Stacey replaced the front end with Cortina Mk4 parts, and the rear end which was Holden based is now a Nissan Skyline.

Indeed it is.
Here's a picture of one of the other ones:

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A rear view: