Great find! But did anybody else notice on the Innocenti page that the
top photo showed the grille bade on the middle bar of the grill while
Laurie's photo showed the badge on the top bar? Additional photos on the
Innocenti page show it both ways. Different years? Or a different
restoration specialist?
Either way, a very unique car with an interesting history, but I'll bet it
won't keep up with even a single carb 1500!
Another interesting blend of British and Italian automotive history is the
Triump Italia. <http://www.vtr.org/Italia/Italia-history.html>
Paul
OROC
BTW, hats off to Eddie for his knowledge of strange little cars!
---Original Message-----
From: eddie@ratdat.com <eddie@ratdat.com>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 5:51 PM
Subject: Fw: <ot> my new car - brain teaser
>
>
>
> At first I thought this car was one of the following ones...
>
> 1960-67 Fiat 1500 Cabriolet ...close but too mant differences
> 1965-70 Honda S800...headlight sorround and turn signals look familiar but
> the rest is nothing like it, especially the grille and rear end.
> 1963-65(?)Daihatsu Campagnolo Cabriolet...front end is wrong
>
> But I have come to the conclusion (99.99% certain) that it's an Innocenti
>950
> which is an italian bodied Austin Healy Sprite. About 1960 I believe. Must
> be very rare in the States.
>I have checked up and found some information on these cars on the Sprite
and
>Midget Club site:
>http://www.mgcars.net/midgetspriteclub/sprite/spriteinno.htm
>
>
> Eddie
> England
> 1969 SRL311
> eddie@ratdat.com
> pics at www.ratdat.com
>
>> > So here are the only two pictures of the newest addition to the
stables:
>> > anyone care to see if they can figure out what it is???
>> >
>> > http://members.aol.com/astonm/newcar.html
>> >
>> > hint: not the "F" word
>> >
>> > the prize: knowing you spend way too much thought on odd little cars
>> >
>> > Laurie :-)
>> > 70 SPL311
>> > 69 SRL311
>> > Chandler, AZ
>> >
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