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« on: September 09, 2006, 09:47:13 AM » |
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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2006, 06:32:07 PM » |
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The side of the body is very similar to the Austin-Healey 100/3000. But the front is different and the body seems to have been made of grp?
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« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2006, 10:41:48 PM » |
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A Turner?
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« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2006, 03:51:02 AM » |
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The car has a fiberglass body. It is neither a Turner nor a Austin-Healey.
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« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2006, 10:46:28 AM » |
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Buckler?
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« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2006, 10:56:22 AM » |
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No, not one of those.
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« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2006, 07:37:45 AM » |
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Can it be a british EB (Edwards Brothers) from 1959-1964?
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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2006, 08:03:17 AM » |
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Nope.
Not from the UK.
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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2006, 06:03:21 AM » |
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The chassis of this car is based on a famous British make, but the drivetrain is indigenous to the country in which it was constructed, as pictured above.
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« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2006, 04:29:33 AM » |
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Fair dinkum, eh mate?
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« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2006, 08:27:13 AM » |
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Ooooooooooh.....  scurries off to the hunt. |
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Measures with mics, marks with chalk, cuts with axe, beats to fit and paints to match
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« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2006, 05:56:28 PM » |
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A FAIRTHORPE BODYSHELL POWERED BY HOLDEN .
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« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2006, 03:24:12 AM » |
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This car ran with a Holden engine; not a Fairthorpe.
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« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2006, 04:46:29 AM » |
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Our more adventurous sleuths might be interested to know this very car is for sale, right now. Now, throw away that Vegemite sandwich, get youself a bowl of bean sprouts, and get Googling!  |
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« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2006, 07:31:35 PM » |
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Devin SS?
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« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2006, 03:28:14 AM » |
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Not a Devin.
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« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2006, 04:49:49 PM » |
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How about a Buchanan?  |
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I finally decided it was like picking at a scab that was on someone else. Or something else. Like a rock. A rock buried under a rotten log. Which was located in a vernal swamp in the mountains of Chile somewhere in the vicinity of El Arpa. - Porridgehead
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« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2006, 03:08:16 AM » |
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No one of those.
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« Reply #18 on: November 02, 2006, 09:13:47 AM » |
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« Reply #19 on: November 24, 2006, 08:44:42 AM » |
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Perhaps one of our fans of "California Specials" can chime on this one?
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« Reply #20 on: November 24, 2006, 08:04:23 PM » |
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A 1957 Triden Sports, to which I raise a glass of cheap domestic white wine  |
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I finally decided it was like picking at a scab that was on someone else. Or something else. Like a rock. A rock buried under a rotten log. Which was located in a vernal swamp in the mountains of Chile somewhere in the vicinity of El Arpa. - Porridgehead
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« Reply #21 on: November 25, 2006, 04:03:07 AM » |
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Wow - you guys are running the tables! Well done, sir! Correct again. |
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