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Classic car spotting this week.
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SeaMSTR
·My money pit a 1969 US spec Alfa Spider
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mrbreen
·Slightly off topic, but just read a great (and relatively short) piece on the history of turbo engines. Thought some of you might enjoy it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/business/turbocharged-cars-jetfire-corvair.html
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ossodiseppia
·I love a boat tail spider. Very pretty. Bet it goes well too, with that twin cam in it?
Yes, and it's got a hemi!
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·Yes, and it's got a hemi!
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·There actually never was an A-H 100/4 though the early cars from 1953 to 1955 had 4-cylinder motors. The cars were actually referred to as Austin-Healey 100 (BN1).
The A-H 100 in the photo has a louvered hood (bonnet) which may well have been an aftermarket addition . . . or it could have been one of only 640 original 100M model vehicles. As it has drum brakes in the front, it cannot be a 100S.
When the 100/6 was introduced, some people started calling the 100 a 100/4, but no Healey aficionado would do so. ;-)
Here is my 1966 3000 Mk III (BJ8)
The fenders and doors are steel whereas the inner body panels are of aluminum. The panels are "isolated" by either felt or rubber. The chrome strips you see on the 100 through 3000 series cover the transition points from steel to aluminum.
My last Austin Ten Four was a little older than yours.
Very interesting regards the not 100/4 or a One Hundred four designation who would have thought that Austin would make a departure from their nomenclature but then again this is such a modern car they must have decided to break out of the mould.
My last one.
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subsurface
·I just can't bear to "like" that photo Canuck.
I didn’t actually see this Ferrari, but it was on a news broadcast, today. The car had just arrived back here from California, very recently, by flat bed, after the Calgary owner had it restored. This was the first time he had driven it since he got it back. He parked it in a restaurant parking lot, and a passer by called 9-1-1 when he saw that the car had conflagrated! He was matter of fact about it. It goes back to California as soon as he arranges a flat bed. 🤦
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·Came home late last night. And by home I mean in my father in laws garage since mine is full of bathroom parts and equipment for another month.
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·My last Austin Ten Four was a little older than yours.
Very interesting regards the not 100/4 or a One Hundred four designation who would have thought that Austin would make a departure from their nomenclature but then again this is such a modern car they must have decided to break out of the mould.
My last one.
I suspect the Healey family and team did not welcome the Austin name placed in front of the Healey name, but they had to get the cars built in quantity somehow . . . and Austin parts and production facilities were made available with the support of Len Lord.
Probably the best brief history of the Austin-Healey I've read in quite some time.
https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/austin-healey-100-100-6-3000/
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·Spotted today at Cars in the park in Lichfield,
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·And these today in Atherstone , two classic cars shows in one day for me to enjoy
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·These 2 beauties spotted in the village i live in. The merc is a 6.3l AMG.
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·These were 10 a penny on the roads of GB 30 odd years ago. Bet there are less than 20 now.
I hastened the demise of one Chevette by trying to rip the door off. It was a rental car and I was reversing through a gateway with stout wooden posts on either side. I had the driver's door open to look out of because I was so used to cars where the rear view was restricted and the door caught on one of the posts. Maybe we should have a thread "Rental cars I have damaged"?