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Title: C, D & V #295 - Tom Haubert / Mosport / Mike Salter's '60 "Bugeye" Sprite
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 25, 2012, 05:14:59 AM

For one point: Identify this car, the driver, and the venue

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Title: Re: C, D & V #295
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 31, 2012, 03:46:03 AM

Title: Re: C, D & V #295
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 07, 2012, 03:43:07 AM

...again

Title: Re: C, D & V #295
Post by: woodinsight on September 07, 2012, 04:52:09 AM

Looks like an Austin-Healey Sprite with a modified body?

Title: Re: C, D & V #295
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 07, 2012, 04:57:00 AM

Looks like you will solve this one, with a bit more info :)

Title: Re: C, D & V #295
Post by: woodinsight on September 07, 2012, 06:50:52 AM

The car is obviously racing in either the USA or Canada but I'm baffled by the high racing number.
Could it be Canadian as I don't think US cars had numbers this high?

Title: Re: C, D & V #295
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 08, 2012, 03:18:39 AM

Quote from: woodinsight on September 07, 2012, 06:50:52 AM
The car is obviously racing in either the USA or Canada but I'm baffled by the high racing number.
Could it be Canadian as I don't think US cars had numbers this high?

Well-spotted again. It is from Canada

Title: Re: C, D & V #295
Post by: woodinsight on September 08, 2012, 10:00:32 AM

Eventually found the same photo after googling for "Austin-Healey Sprite" "modified" "racing" "Canada".
It is apparently a 1960 Austin-Healey "bugeye" Sprite that had been modified with a fiberglass nose in the 1970s.
The photo shows the car being raced at Mosport in the 1970s driven by Tom Haubert.
I wonder if the "M" shown beside the number is for the racing class or stands for Mosport?

Title: Re: C, D & V #295
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 09, 2012, 05:15:13 AM

That's it!

Title: Re: C, D & V #295 - Tom Haubert / Mosport / Mike Salter's '60 "Bugeye" Sprite
Post by: D-type on September 09, 2012, 11:53:37 AM

The 'M' will be for the racing class

Title: Re: C, D & V #295 - Tom Haubert / Mosport / Mike Salter's '60 "Bugeye" Sprite
Post by: woodinsight on September 09, 2012, 01:11:58 PM

Quote from: D-type on September 09, 2012, 11:53:37 AM
The 'M' will be for the racing class

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