Mystery Car (almost) Solved: We Have a Match

"Vee Ate Injun" (VeeAteInjun) 07/27/2015 at 11:03 • Filed to: None

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A few months ago I !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to my fellow Opponauts to help me solve a mystery: while driving around I had spotted a UEA, an Unidentified Exotic Auto, and couldn’t figure out what it was. So, I quickly whipped up a crappy sketch going off my faulty memory and asked for ideas. The answers ranged from Fisker to Spyker, but it appears no one hit the target. That’s probably my fault - my crappy sketch is pretty off from the actual car. But give me a break - I had maybe 2 or 3 seconds to get a good look as I passed the car on the street!

Fast forward a few weeks later. I was browsing the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! when I spotted my !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ! Unfortunately, there’s no caption or info on what the car actually is, so I ask you fellow Opponauts once again: what is it?

LongbowMkII > Vee Ate Injun 07/27/2015 at 11:06

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New TVR?

KnowsAboutCars > Vee Ate Injun 07/27/2015 at 11:10

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AC 378 GT Zagato

Patrick Nichols > KnowsAboutCars 07/27/2015 at 11:12

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very apt handle as well

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Vee Ate Injun 07/27/2015 at 11:15

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Perana Z-One by Zagato. AKA the AC 378 that KnowsAboutCars named.

KnowsAboutCars > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 11:16

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I knew I had seen this somewhere before and it looked like a Zagato design.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Vee Ate Injun 07/27/2015 at 11:35

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Yup, an AC 378 GT Zagato. Saw one of those at a Chinese auto show a few years back next to an original Cobra.

Hot Takes Salesman > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 12:36

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That’s AC as in Cobra, so of course it has an American 6.2 liter V8

Vee Ate Injun > KnowsAboutCars 07/27/2015 at 15:54

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Hey, you DO know about cars! Thanks for solving the mystery. I know I've seen (and heard of) the car before, but it's not something you see every day, even in the car land that is Los Angeles.

Vee Ate Injun > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 07/27/2015 at 16:03

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Cool beans, that’s it. Although, you notice the hood emblem on the car above doesn't match the AC or Perana logos?

Vee Ate Injun > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 07/27/2015 at 16:05

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Yup, that’s the car in question all right. Though it looks a little different in red.

Further research reveals that there’s a dealer/distributor in the area over in Santa Monica.

Vee Ate Injun > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 16:07

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Anyone else notice the hood emblem on the car above doesn't seem to be the Perana nor the AC logo? Any ideas?

Patrick Nichols > Vee Ate Injun 07/27/2015 at 16:09

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sure looks like this one to me

Vee Ate Injun > Patrick Nichols 07/27/2015 at 16:17

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Yeah, just spotted that logo in a search, too. All the images I had found had a different Perana logo:

So it appears they've used at least two different emblems. (I like the red one better)

Vee Ate Injun > Vee Ate Injun 07/27/2015 at 16:19

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Nevermind, I guess they’ve used two different hood emblems:

Patrick Nichols > Vee Ate Injun 07/27/2015 at 16:22

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I do too but at the same time I think every high end small car maker ends up going with the shield style because their customers will take it more seriously