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1. what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Sam Perera <sam_perera@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 18:50:03 -0800 (PST); can anyone tell me what this car may be ? Is this some funky MG derivavtive or something entirely different ? http://members.tripod.com/sperera/car/what_is_this_car.htm thanks Sam == Sam Perera, Hous; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01266.html (7,606 bytes)
2. Re: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 21:26:47; derivavtive or something entirely different ? Well, not my area of expertice, but I guess Riley. Ric Simpson? Waddaya think? Barney Gaylord 1958 MGA with an attitude http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01268.html (7,765 bytes)
3. what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: "Your Name" <MARKSHERMAN@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 09:40:37 -0500; My guess is a Fiat Topolino, unless of course it is British. Mark Sherman '53 MGTD (Supercharged!); /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01285.html (7,536 bytes)
4. what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 11:33:09 -0400; But it's right-hand drive... Allen ** Allen H. Bachelder =iii=< Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs 49 YT, 57 ZB, 58 ZB, 65 B, 67 BGT, 73 B, 73BGT, 76 B, &... New Castle, VA 24127 USA 540/544-7333 **; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01288.html (8,018 bytes)
5. Re: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:40:34 -0800; The radiator shell design doesn't match the photos of Singers, Rileys, Alvises, Lea-Francises, Lanchesters, or Hillmans in my Catalog of Imported Cars, 1946-1990, although it doesn't cover these marq; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01293.html (9,543 bytes)
6. Re: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:29:08 -0500 (EST); I thought the bonnet was somewhat Bentley-like - there are some old series Bentleys with near identical bonnets, though I've yet to see one with the rest of the vehicle like that. Of course, it could; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01296.html (10,466 bytes)
7. RE: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: John Steczkowski <stecz@Crossroads.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:00:23 -0600; Work with me on this..... It's a bug with a kit body on it... check out the running boards, the door with the chrome strip near the top and the windshield shape... I wish their was a better picture o; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01299.html (9,246 bytes)
8. Re: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Robert Haigney <Robert.Haigney@anixter.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 10:01:24 -0800; I'm also going with the VW theory, it looks like a chopped car on the front, but the back, definately has a German influence, that's my two pence for what it's worth. Robert. tab@penworks.com on 12/3; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01307.html (10,994 bytes)
9. Re: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Sam Perera <sam_perera@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 14:08:31 -0800 (PST); Interesting analysis. My first impression was that indeed was a chop job from a previous known car - perhaps even from a morris minor. From the remaining posts on the list I can see why it looks lik; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01321.html (11,700 bytes)
10. Re: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 16:41:10 -0800; Oh, that's a BIG clue! It's probably a chop job on a Hindustan Ambassador, the ubiquitous Indian-built Morris! (I think it's based on a Morris, maybe an Austin?). Or one of the earlier Hindustans...; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01332.html (13,158 bytes)
11. Re: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Larry Dickstein <bugide@tfs.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 18:49:33 -0600; Sam Perera wrote: My only other guess may be some sort of Fiat Well, Sam, I don't know what it is either but I do know that it is not a Fiat 500. Good luck in your quest. -- Larry Dickstein Lone Jack; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01334.html (8,333 bytes)
12. RE: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 14:40:49 -0800; I thought of that, but I've never seen that ugly and kludgey a body kit. More like a homebuilt special, I would think. It's definitely a small car, like a Bug, though, and not a Bentley as someone pr; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01335.html (10,173 bytes)
13. RE: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 21:21:11; No, what I said was it looked like a Bentley hood strapped on a VW, though where the hell the back came from I couldn't say. I know it's way too small for a Bentley, but if you look at the bonnet/fro; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01336.html (11,135 bytes)
14. Re: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: "Neil Cotty" <neilc@apphosting.com>; Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 14:25:24 +1100; My guess it's either a Riley or a Singer. Singer due to the angular shape of the bonnet, or Riley due to the rear end treatment and the shape of the peak of the radiator. The Riley badge is diamond; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01339.html (8,295 bytes)
15. RE: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:40:42 -0800; Tab Julius had this to say: Well, actually, those were fiberglass kits that "looked" like Rolls-Royce bonnets. One company made a RR version and a 1940 Ford version, which was slightly more plausible; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01340.html (8,672 bytes)
16. RE: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 23:52:27; I've always though the degradation that the RR hood suffers to be on a VW is balanced out by the moment of a pride a VW has when it has a RR hood. I will agree that a lot of travesties have been visi; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01342.html (9,081 bytes)
17. Re: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Wildbil923@aol.com; Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 00:12:39 EST; The windshield looks Morris Minor-like. Perhaps it's someone's custom creation based upon a Morris. Bill Wilkman; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01343.html (7,715 bytes)
18. Re: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 00:24:14; I think FrankenCar pretty much sums it up, unless someone call pull a "long-lost" out of the archives.; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01345.html (7,597 bytes)
19. Re: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: Phil Bates <jello@ida.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 22:27:19 -0700; Can't tell for sure. I am pretty sure it is not a VW kit car. It looks most like a singer, but could be a riley or a standard, although I don't think it is a standard.; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01346.html (8,100 bytes)
20. RE: what is this car ? (score: 1): Author: John Steczkowski <stecz@Crossroads.com>; Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 10:52:17 -0600; I still think rebodied VW Bug, It is pretty ugly, so I can believe home -- John Steczkowski Director, Server I/O Crossroads Systems, Inc. 512-794-2742; /html/mgs/1999-12/msg01363.html (10,338 bytes)

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