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Re: AC(?) Mystery car

To: cobra@cdc.hp.com, reilly@admail.fnal.gov, british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: AC(?) Mystery car
From: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 94 19:03:45 -0700
In message <9408100001.AA03350@csx2282.cdc.hp.com> Roland Dudley writes:
> > > > The dead give away if it's an Ace is the transverse
> > > > leaf-spring suspension.  
> > > 
> > 
> > Did you mean the *front* suspension, Roland?
> 
> Front and rear.
> 
> 
> > 
> > The wire wheels are just covers, aren't they? They don't look like real
> > knock-offs to me.
> 
> 
> Just occured to me that AC knock-off have AC embossed on them.  I think 
> that true for all ACs even non sports car models.
> 
> > Can I split my vote? I vote for:
> > 25% Arnolt-Bristol (I don't have any pictures, this is just a wild guess)
> > 25% Allard Palm Beach II (I have a picture that looks sorta close, but this 
> > was
> > a very low production car)
> > 25% Austin-Healey 100 with a custom front end (note the AH was a steel body
> > car)
> > 24% Some other Bristol or AC
> > 1% Some homebuilt conglomeration of 50's sports car parts on a custom 
> > chassis
> > What do you guys think?
> 
> Even though I haven't seen the picture yet my vote is for a customized
> Healey.
> 
> Roland

Maybe its one of the long lost big Healey hard top prototypes?


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