OK, I'll bite. Digging deep into the trivial, if 375 bhp cars can ever be
called trivial, we pull up the late '60s Bizzarini Strada, a lightweight
Iso Grifo (Chevy V-8, but otherwise very Italian.) and it's scaled-down
sibling, the late 60's Bizzarini Europa (how this squared with Lotus, I
have no idea) it was a little fiberglass look-alike with a 1.9 liter (Opel)
engine.
Back to LBCs, I think that TR4s and Innocentni Sprites (the convertibles
not the coupes) look like they were separated at birth. They don't meet the
same marque criteria though.
Phil Vanner
been hanging out with the Italian marque clubs too much lately
-----Original Message-----
From: WSpohn4@aol.com [SMTP:WSpohn4@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:12 PM
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Lookalikes
The latest issue of the English Jensen club magazine has a back cover
picture
of an Austin A-40 Sports and an original Interceptor - they look like
clones
from the same lab, and would look even more alike if the old Interceptor
didn't have the little grille in the nose of the bonnet (was that an
earlier,
later or what development?).
The doors on the Austin apparently fit the Jensen (being made in the same
factory, why not), although the other panels are a bit different.
Quiz time - what other automotive twins can you think of that came in big
and
small and looked very much alike (and I don't mean a Triumph Mayflower and
a
50s Rolls).
Ground rules - made by the same company. There may be a bunch these pairs,
other than the one I am thinking about, so there could be more than one
answer.
Over to the trivia buffs.
Bill S.
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