I just checked that site, but they seem to have changed the picture already.
Now it has an XK Jaguar.
I think I might know what that mystery car is though. The boys in the club here
will love this.
One of our members decided he wanted to go racing on the cheap and picked up an
Alpine that was ripe for the crusher. Most of the trim was missing, so he cut
down a Minx grille and
modified the front of the car to accept it. He didn't have a windscreen so he
fitted one from something else. He had someone bend some drainpipe into the
shape of a rollover bar and
welded it to the body. He even made a toneau cover out of a cheap tarpaulin.
We couldn't believe it when he actually got it through scrutineering. He had a
couple of unsuccessful race meetings before selling it to a dealer who onsold
it to some sucker at an
overblown price. The car was advertised in Australian Classic Car Monthly about
a year ago, so they probably borrowed the photo for their website.
Russell
Steve Laifman wrote:
> Thanks for the sanity, and the URL. It is even appropriately "quoted,"
> or <quoted> as I did, to be a HOT link. Using all the wonderful search
> engines I have access to, I would never have found this one if I were
> looking for "Classic Car Magazine". Note the two I did find.
>
> I did blow the picture up, and it appears to be a Sunbeam, according to
> the body shape and front lettering. It has a strange windshield, and
> even stranger grill and side-lights. Wonder what it is?
>
> Steve
>
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