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For one point, please respond and identify this car.
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One of the many Cobra replicas?
How did you guess? Yes, it is.
Hawke 289 - one of the few I can think of doing a 289 and not a 427 replica
Not that one
Cobra by Saier Automobilbau?
No
From Germany?
No
Looking at the side of the car, made in the USA? Definetely a 289 model.
Not made in the USA
English kit?
No
Ok european?
No
Not European, not USA. So, is it South African?
No
Australasia
Not from there
Aurora GRX.
Yes, the Aurora GRX from Canada. One more point for you.
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Ohh, those rear lights are bugging me! They look like they could be taken from a late 1960s Datsun Bluebird/1600/510 Wagon or an Autobianchi Primula (unlikely for a Canadian car, but...). Has anyone got any ideas please? Thanks.
I thought maybe Sunbeam Rapier bult not so sure now...:
Thanks Carnut. I thought about the Sunbeam too, but then noticed that the puzzle Aurora's lights don't have the raised plastic rim around them, unlike the Rapier/Hillman Huner Estate units. The mystery remains... ???
There's some speculation about the origin of these tail lights on the web, too. They are probably unique to the Aurora, despite their European looks.
Quote from: Wendax on January 11, 2017, 09:44:03 AM
There's some speculation about the origin of these tail lights on the web, too. They are probably unique to the Aurora, despite their European looks.
Thanks Wendax. From an early brochure I have, I know that the initial Auroras used he same Hillman Minx-type tail lamps as originally used by AC.