What kind of car is this?

"wkiernan" (wkiernan) 04/29/2014 at 12:31 • Filed to: None

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Famous fifties British pinup June Palmer adorns the boot of this classic English sports car. But what brand of sports car was it? At first I thought it was an AC Ace but the tail lights don't look like the ones on pictures of Aces on the web. They do resemble the tail lights of the Aceca coupe. Any ideas?

Mattbob > wkiernan 04/29/2014 at 12:33

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This in the 50's? wow.

505Turbeaux > wkiernan 04/29/2014 at 12:34

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first, lets get a bigger image going on here... then we can talk about taillights

Your boy, BJR > wkiernan 04/29/2014 at 12:35

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It looks like some sort of cleavage triumph

CalzoneGolem > wkiernan 04/29/2014 at 12:36

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Car?

HammerheadFistpunch > wkiernan 04/29/2014 at 12:38

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Fortunate?

CAcoalminer > wkiernan 04/29/2014 at 12:38

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I don't know. I was distracted by the headlights.

I would guess Austin Healey of some kind. Probably the Sprite.

CAcoalminer > wkiernan 04/29/2014 at 12:42

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Here's another angle:

Brian, The Life of > Your boy, BJR 04/29/2014 at 12:44

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Yup, looks like a Mk1 Spitfire to me.

CAcoalminer > Mattbob 04/29/2014 at 12:44

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Yup. See when I was growing up, we didn't have to wonder if they were real or not.

Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez > wkiernan 04/29/2014 at 12:44

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Austin Frogeye or Bugeye Sprite.

theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil > 505Turbeaux 04/29/2014 at 12:45

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As usual, a google search yields NSFW results..

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > wkiernan 04/29/2014 at 12:46

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I don't see a car there is a car in this pic?

505Turbeaux > theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil 04/29/2014 at 12:53

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I went, I saw, I conquered

McMike > wkiernan 04/29/2014 at 12:59

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MK1 Austin Healey Sprite. '58-'61

wkiernan > CAcoalminer 04/29/2014 at 13:09

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That's it all right. I didn't recognize it because of those paint stripes on the back, which make the rear fender shape look different, but now that I saw your picture and the picture of the back of the 1st-generation Sprite on Wikipedia I see that it certainly is a bugeye Sprite. (Also the original picture was mirrored, as you can tell from the text on the license plate. Note that hers is an LHD model!)

CAcoalminer > Brian, The Life of 04/29/2014 at 13:14

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Nope Austin Healey Sprite MK1.

CAcoalminer > wkiernan 04/29/2014 at 13:16

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Yeah the tail lights and wheels are what give it away as a MK1.

Brian, The Life of > CAcoalminer 04/29/2014 at 13:22

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That's it! The fact that the image was mirrored was messing with me. Good catch!

CAcoalminer > Brian, The Life of 04/29/2014 at 13:25

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Thanks. The mirroring was messing with me as well but the tail lights and wheels are what confirmed it for me.