On Aug 23, 2010, at 12:46 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Aug 22, 2010, at 9:28 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > >> Close, Walter. But both cars in your photo have smaller wheels, and two >> eared knock offs. The front end of Pauls capture looks more Italian, as the >> headlights are much further forward in the fenders, like a Lancia or that >> other rust bucket I can't recall the name of. :-) > > At first glance that looks like some sort of TVR. Slight chance of it being > a Ginetta.
Thanks. I've looked for matches among images of both of those brands. No luck there. Could be a one-off of some sort I suppose, but it had an air of familiarity about it. Perhaps the bulbous cab reminded me of an XKE 2+2. Paul > >> >> >> On Aug 22, 2010, at 21:13 , Walter Gilbert wrote: >> >>> The closest thing I could find was an Austin-Healey Speedwell Sprite. >>> >>> http://www.barchetta.cc/All.Ferraris/images/0827/v333022_231716_-des.jpg > > Nope not a speedwell sprite, it doesn't have the sprite rocker panels. you > can see the curve under the quick release of the bonnet. At first I thought > that was a daimler SP250 in the picture, but I bet its one of those > harrington Lemans Alpines. > > > > >>> >>> The wrap-around of the back glass is considerably more dramatic on the car >>> in your image, but I think it's a pretty close match -- at least a starting >>> point for any detective work you might do on it. >>> >>> >>> Hope you find out for certain. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Walt >>> >>> >>> On 8/22/2010 9:51 PM, paul stenquist wrote: >>>> I'm trying to ID this car for an article. Does anyone know what it might >>>> be? It might be a one off, so identification could be impossible. >>>> >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11479231&size=lg >> >> Joseph McAllister >> Lots of gear, not much time >> >> http://gallery.me.com/jomac >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
