What car is this?
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loose cannon said:
Looks like a matra bagheera
or a Maserati Khamsin with a homebuilt tail, cheap way to keep it on the road after being hit? Windows line up to the OP's pic better than the Bagheera doeshttp://www.rsiauto.com/maserati/1974-khamsin-962.p...
Hayduke said:
or a Maserati Khamsin with a homebuilt tail, cheap way to keep it on the road after being hit? Windows line up to the OP's pic better than the Bagheera does
http://www.rsiauto.com/maserati/1974-khamsin-962.p...
Again, one I had on the list but although similar the door shuts are the wrong shape and the front/rear windows are different - it kind of looks like a later model Kamsin built in the 80's, but that model never existed. http://www.rsiauto.com/maserati/1974-khamsin-962.p...
Kit car of some sort. The large single side window above the door seems at odds with the 70s designs mentioned so far.
And the roof is flat at the rear of the door, many designs of the era projected by this car had a slope already occuring at a similar point.
Looks quite tidy though, where in Oz was the pic taken OP?
And the roof is flat at the rear of the door, many designs of the era projected by this car had a slope already occuring at a similar point.
Looks quite tidy though, where in Oz was the pic taken OP?
Deisel Weisel said:
BigShow said:
The Surveyor said:
Volkswagen SP2,
A friend if mine suggested this but the rear is different.Next though was that it looked a little Ginetta like, but it's not. It's certainly not a Maserati either, although it is quite a handsome looking thing.
OP, did you take this photo? Looking at some of the shading and detailing close up (to try and see a badge), it looks a little 'modified' to me. The red shading behind the wheels looks pixelated and the rear lights looks to be different height, the right hand light cluster being higher then the left. Are you sure this isn't a 'shop?
The fact that it's RHD is interesting because rare continental cars often are not made RHD. Also the paintwork is very dull suggestive of cheap GRP rather that lovingly tended original paintwork that you would expect on a valuable car. Clearly it is old, and Australian UV is pretty lethal so that could account for that.
BigShow said:
It's an original image taken in Sydney Australia - still no closer then, I was hoping the mighty power of pistonheads could solve this one.
Got me beaten, the nearest I can find with that window and vent detail is the Mitsubishi Celeste Colt, although it doesn't have the same flared arches or rear lights. Maybe a customised version?The Surveyor said:
Got me beaten, the nearest I can find with that window and vent detail is the Mitsubishi Celeste Colt, although it doesn't have the same flared arches or rear lights. Maybe a customised version?
Me too sadly - the power of the internets has failed on this one and now I have to live with that niggling annoyance that I can't work out what car it is lol.Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff