Rare/Unknown Cars

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  1. Thingamabob

    Thingamabob Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It's beautiful for certain.


    Yes, that's my impression too. The way the misfitted the lines meet to make it coo. It's like a fat man and a skinny girl dancing a Vienna Waltz to perfection ...... and in doing so they fuse to become an item of grace.
     
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    The Jensen Healey was the successor to the original Austin Healey 3000 that was second only to the E-Type when it came to good looking British sports cars of that era IMO.

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    Agreed although the Sprite fell well short of the mark.
     
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    The first indication Toyota was serious about actually being car folks.

    I present the Toyota 2000GT.
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    There were also cabriolet versions.
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    Much like a Jaguar E type, top up, or top down, this was a stunning car.
     
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    What?
    No love for the bug-eyed Sprite?
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    I mean, look at that happy smiling face.
    It's adorable.
    I wouldn't kick it out of my garage...
     
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    Going back to Alfa...
    1939 Alfa Romeo Tipo 256 Coupe
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    Stunning as a coupe, even better as a cabriolet.

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    Note, the cabriolet is also a custom coach works model called the sportivo
     
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    A bit too much like the E-type if you ask me.
    Imitation may well be the sincerest form of flattery but sometimes it's just a bit creepy.
     
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    Somewhere, deep in the archives of my life, is a photograph of me standing in front of a race-winning yellow one (with green trim) on display in Tokyo in 1967. I was 19 then and I don’t think I ever heard of Toyota at the time and had no idea what I was looking at. Everything was written in Japanese.
     
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    None.
    OK Thomas, you win. :smile:

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    Superbe! The cabriolet is boasting XK 120 lines.
     
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    I’m thinking of the Datsun/Nissan “Z” (1969-ish) ………

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    ……. with a touch of Ferrari 365.

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    That's exactly what Father O'Brien told me.
     
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    Did he also tell you to keep quiet because you would get in trouble as well as him? ;)
     
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    I give you the Talbot Lago Grand Sport. Introduced in 1948.
    Only 12 of the luxury version were built which makes it both rare and beautiful. Unless you have no soul. :)
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    And remember that this 256 Tipo predates the Jag by over a decade.
     
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    A Fairlady it was. I have a fondness for the original 240. When the last gen 350Z first went on sale, it was the first thing I bought when I got home from Kuwait.
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    Naw, I didn't think it was necessary. I knew you'd tell me sooner or later.
     
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    My soul tells me there's something strange about the wheel-base. Or maybe it's just the skirts.
     
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    Hudson Pick up.. I've got to carry around things!
     
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    That I didn't know.
     
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    This one would be for going to town.
     
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    You spent your Dinars well!
     
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    I just think there are better examples of Talbot Largo. For example, this gem.

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    The 1937 T150 C-SS by Figoni and Falacshi. Such a sexy beast.
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