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> What kind of car is this??, Here is a tough one for ya!
Bleyseng
post Sep 2 2003, 09:38 PM
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Saw this by a job I am starting, what is it??

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post Sep 2 2003, 09:39 PM
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looks like an mga to me?

well, kinda from the side. The front looks like a locomotive.
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post Sep 2 2003, 09:42 PM
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Kind of but its fiberglass I think.
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post Sep 2 2003, 09:42 PM
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Kaiser....Darin, maybe?
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post Sep 2 2003, 09:43 PM
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Triumph? Saw one like it on the road today actually. "What the hell is she doing with that on the freeway?!?"

Her license plate boarder said "My other car is a TR-4" or something.
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post Sep 2 2003, 09:46 PM
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It does have the shape of an MGA but the front grill look fugly???

First pic really makes it look funny. Almost like a cartoon...

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post Sep 2 2003, 09:49 PM
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Maybe its Roger Rabbits car!
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It's a Devin, I bought a 914 from a guy who had one under a tarp, and I snooped around while he was gone. That one looks decent.
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post Sep 2 2003, 09:55 PM
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The real Batmans car?

The side view, from the windshield back, does look a lot like an old MGA.

I've NEVER seen a front end like that! So, I would guess it's a kit car.

Have you checked the longitudinals yet? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Sep 2 2003, 11:16 PM
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It's a Devin
Dang, I was going to vote for A.C.
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post Sep 3 2003, 03:26 AM
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Yeah...my first guess was a MGA.....is the boat a Glaspar?
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post Sep 3 2003, 05:19 AM
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Wish I had a couple of those jack stands.
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post Sep 3 2003, 06:25 AM
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Since my other car is an MGA (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) The doors are way to low to be an MGA. It almost looks like a modified Triumph TR-3. What an UGLY Grille though. I've never seen a Devin but that certainly looks like fiberglass to me.

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post Sep 3 2003, 09:02 AM
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A guy here in S. Cal named Muntz built a car that looked like that. His doors slid forward into the front fenders so I don't think that's one of them.
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post Sep 3 2003, 09:06 AM
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Craig, any other info on it than that???

Yeah MikeZ the boat is a Glaspar. There are lots of those boats sitting in peoples yards around here, most have no motor soo they sit.

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post Sep 3 2003, 09:22 AM
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looks like a jacked up triumph to me... possibly a triumph kit?
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post Sep 3 2003, 12:22 PM
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It could be an Austin A35 or a Turner variant Like these: Turner Cars

If it's a Turner, there are only 260 known to exist. Manufactured from 1949 to 1964. Ten models, total production 685

Why not knock on their door and ask?
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post Sep 3 2003, 01:26 PM
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The Turners that I have seen had a different rear than that. Up until a couple of years ago Larry Moulton out of Utah raced one very successfully in SCCA, went to the Run Offs every year. That is not like his.

And it is not a Kaiser-Darrin with forward sliding doors.

It is ugly enough to be a Jowett Jupiter. And that grill is nasty enough to have been banged out in someone's metal shop class.

Sneak back and take a peek underneath. If it has lever shocks it might point to a Triumph or MG frame with a fiberglass body.
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post Sep 3 2003, 03:11 PM
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Here is a photo of a Devin. Many of the lines do seem to be the same. The front hood also looks correct. The windshield is different. Don't know what to say about that cow catcher grill.


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