| btsai |
05-18-2003 04:24 PM |
We haven't played "Mystery Car" for a while
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| stale_face |
05-18-2003 07:30 PM |
Off topic:
Whats that silver disk just inboard of the wires, looks too big and too far out for a disk brake rotor, plus I don't see any calipers.
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| aumoore |
05-18-2003 07:41 PM |
The silver disk is a brake cover and I bet there are drums behind the disk. The car looks like a 260 Cobra but the frenched in headlights are not like any cobra or AC Ace-Bristol I have seen?
My guess is a late model 289 Cobra replica with custom bodywork.
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| Cobra20646 |
05-18-2003 07:57 PM |
Top of windshield is different (no frame piece).....
Odd hood scoop.......
And is that a door handle I see????
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| PatBuckley |
05-18-2003 09:53 PM |
Lancia?
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| btsai |
05-18-2003 10:06 PM |
Keep guessing. Wooaahh, haa, haa, haaaaaaa (evil laugh). :) :) :)
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| PatBuckley |
05-18-2003 10:08 PM |
Siata!
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| MilwDoug |
05-18-2003 10:11 PM |
MGA
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| Whaler |
05-18-2003 10:59 PM |
Looking at the rear fender and the narrow top to it, I'll be darned its an original JBL
Notice the neat little softtop too
LOL
Tim
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| Alex Donghi |
05-19-2003 08:15 AM |
Allard??
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Pat's right.
Specifically, a 1953 Siata 208S with a 2.0 litre V-8. Owned by Mark Gessler. Winner of R&T Trophy.
Road & Track (June, 2003) at page 11.
A lovely little beast.
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| Bill Wells |
05-19-2003 10:58 AM |
fix..insider info....you told pat the answer ...fix...but , is it REAL ? LOL...bill
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Trust me on this...Little Buddy knows all kinds of strange things on his own.
Ask him about the alphabet.
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| btsai |
05-19-2003 12:37 PM |
Well, Pat was right, as Jamo correctly pointed out. Glad I'm not the only one who reads Road & Track. When I saw the photo it struck me how much it reminded me of the early Cobras -- just narrow the mouth of the Siata and voila -- pretty darn close to the AC original. Just think -- that shape, an english roadster, a V-8 -- in 1953!
Ben
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A few years back I drove a Siata with a Chevy V8. The car had been shipped from the factory to the States sans engine and the first owner installed a 265. At the time, I thought this would have made a unique and fairly quick vintage race car. Unfortunately, the then current owner had replaced the front suspension with Mustang parts...sigh
Rich
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| jhaynie |
05-19-2003 02:51 PM |
They should have sued shelby for copyright infringement, or style infringement, or idea infringement, or whatever the hell he sued everyone else for.
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| PatBuckley |
05-19-2003 03:07 PM |
I didn't recall seeing it in R&T - although I do read it. (I hate their new format with those huge pages.....)
I remember seeing them when I lived in Italy as a boy....
Pat
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| computerworks |
05-19-2003 03:22 PM |
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A different view of the Siata 208S
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| Mark IV |
05-19-2003 06:26 PM |
Anyone remember...
..The Siata Spring 850? "Retromobile" built on a Fiat 850 chassis back in the mid 70's. I always thought Siata was a joke due to that car, I didn't find out they were building real, Italian exotics until years later.
Rick;)
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| computerworks |
05-19-2003 06:52 PM |
Re: Anyone remember...
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Originally posted by Mark IV
..The Siata Spring 850? "Retromobile" built on a Fiat 850 chassis back in the mid 70's
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