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  1. phydeaux

    phydeaux New Member

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    #2 phydeaux, Jun 9, 2010
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    #3 Rally, Jun 9, 2010
    Certainly looks like an austin healey with bodywork to me.
     
  3. minimark

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    #4 minimark, Jun 9, 2010
    A sacrilege... :(

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    #5 dadsalfa, Jun 10, 2010
    Well done sacrilege on an Austin Healey though.
     
  5. phydeaux

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    #6 phydeaux, Jun 10, 2010
    It did look very good. My dilemma came from the fact that there was no badging anywhere on the car. Nor did I see any immediately identifying badges in the interior.

    Quick research later that even led me to think Austin Healey, too. Though the location of the side mirrors, and lack of side detail in the metal, fooled me a bit. My first thought was Cobra. :)
     
  6. Johngo

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    #7 Johngo, Jun 10, 2010
    Austin Cobra???
     
  7. YesIFit

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  8. minimark

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    #9 minimark, Jun 10, 2010
    No way, look at the rear wheels sticking out and the jacked up looking wheel gap..

    May be a kit with that stance.





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  9. orangecrush

    orangecrush New Member

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    #10 orangecrush, Jun 10, 2010
    Looks like a bug eyed sprite.

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  10. Metalman

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    #11 Metalman, Jun 10, 2010
    It's a Austin Healey fiberglass knock off. A couple of things give it away.
    First off the original AH had a slightly curved windshield, this one is obviously flat, which is way cheaper to work with on a reproduction. Also, the left and right windshield frame members are way too bulky as compared to the original metal units (they had to bulk them up in fiberglass to get the strength). Any car designer worth their weight in salt would never let a frame like that go into production. The whole windshield assembly looks like a catchers mitt, not something designed to deflect the wind. It's fake guys.
     
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  12. moreorless

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    #13 moreorless, Jun 10, 2010
    Well....this is a BugEye.....

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    #14 moreorless, Jun 10, 2010
    and here's a '65 3000......

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